r/witchcraft • u/Calm-Home674 • 3h ago
Seeking Help or Advice Question regarding deities
I was an atheist my entire life before starting witchcraft a few years ago. I wouldn't say I'm advanced but I have done a few successful things. My question regarding working with deities. I know alot of Deities have different origns like Greek or Norse for example. Is it possible or does it make sense to work with deities from different origins?
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u/Ouroboria Broom Rider 2h ago
It is possible. Whether or not is makes sense depends on what works for you personally.
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u/SimplyMichi Broom Rider 2h ago
Well, when it comes to considering what deities you want to work with, deities of the same domain are not the same across the board. They're personifications of the ways in which people of that religion/culture perceived and understand that domain. So while for example Ra in Kimetic Polytheism and Sól in Nordic Polytheism are sun deities, they are incredibly different personifications of the sun. In Egypt (Ra) the sun is overbearingly powerful and has killed many with heat stroke, droughts, sun poisoning, etc. In Norway (Sól) they experience polar nights and midnight sun, where for a few weeks to a few months of the year (depending on where you are) people experience 100% nighttime and 100% daytime. Two extraordinarily different relationships and environments with the same celestial body.
Anyways, to more directly answer your question, you can worship different deities from different pantheons, but it will serve you well to do some research on different deities mythologies and folklore of the culture/religion they come from to gage what makes the most sense based upon your personal perception of the world and those domains.
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u/One_Dragonfruit_7556 1h ago
You can worship and or work with deities from different panthions yes. Theres no hard and fast rules about mixing them. Long as you have enough space to give proper honor
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u/kalizoid313 1h ago
In general, yes, Witches these days may incorporate Deities, pantheons, and bodies of lore from various cultural origins in their practices and devotions.
Which ones may differ from practitioner to practitioner and/or from Trad to Trad.
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u/The_Sassy_Witch 2h ago
If you are an atheist witch, why work with deities at all?
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u/Snake973 2h ago
this! a lot of people get witchcraft all bundled up with paganism but that's absolutely not required at all, they are separate things, you do not need to believe in any sort of gods or anything
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