Pagans/Wiccans: Which god/goddess do you worship (so to speak)?

Question

Care to offer an explanation as to why?

Answer 1

I personally feel connected to Pan and Gaia as my archetypes, but these are merely facets of the whole of each of them. We all see them as different patron deities as we will feel closer to certains aspects of these Gods and Goddesses.

I adore both Pan and Gaia because they are so closely connected to nature in its basic form.

There are many others I do revere, but I feel closest to these two.

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Answer 2

Oh, different ones depending on what I need from them. You wouldn't take your car to a Plumber when it breaks down, would you? So, I look up what God or Goddess has the Power or Energies to help me with what I am doing at the time. A lot of Pagans believe that there are many different Gods and Goddesses around, that do different things, and watch over specific places, things, or Energies. Most Wiccans do have a Patron (or Matron) Deity that kind of watches over them, and gets special Rituals dedicated to Her. Mine is Brighid, but for Rituals and Spellwork I use a book of correspondences to look up the right Energies. Blessed Be!

Answer 3

Wiccans like me, look at the Goddess and the God as mirror balls the type found in discos. Each ball has many different faces and each of the different faces has a different name and culture. But they are still only one Goddess and one God, no matter what they are called or how they are worshipped.

Answer 4

Wicca as a religion is primarily concerned with the priestess or priest's relationship to the Goddess and God. The Lady and Lord (as they are often called) are seen as primal cosmic beings, the source of limitless power, yet they are also familiar figures who comfort and nurture their children, and often challenge or even reprimand them.
The god is a horned God of hunting, death and magic who rules over an after-world paradise (Often referred to as The Summerland), and a goddess, the Great Mother (who is simultaneously the Eternal Virgin and the Primordial Enchantress), who gives regeneration and rebirth to souls of the dead and love to the living

Answer 5

Mother Earth and Father Sky

Answer 6

I don't have a specific God /Goddess. The Lord and Lady are with us always but they have many aspects/faces . What aspect I chose to work with depends on the nature of what I'm doing/need help with at the time.

Answer 7

Mother Earth and Father Sky though i do tend to be more connected with mother earth she is trying to look after us and the planet the best she can but needs a little help to spread the word on how things need to change

Answer 8

Just as different people like different colors, the Pantheon of pagan gods and goddesses is vast.

For every culture and region, there is a huge set of gods and goddesses.

Every pagan has a choice as to which gods/goddesses resonate with him/her.

The one thing we all have in common however is the Father God and the Mother Goddess. They are the Creators of the Universe and our planet. Mother Goddess is in physical form as the Earth itself.

Examples of gods/goddesses from different regions of the planet:
Bast (Egyptian) goddess of protection while travelling and of cats

Kali (Hindu) Creatress and Destroyer

Brigid (Irish) Warrioress, protectress of children and women

Mithra (Persian) Sun God, bringer of Light, soldier's god

Pan (Greek) God of Nature and the woods, laughter and passion

Thor (Scandinavian) God of Sky and Thunder

The use of Gods and Goddesses in our religion are exactly like the "Saints" of the Catholic Church. (In fact, the idea of saints and the asking of favors from them was a way for the Catholic church to convert us pagans to their religion-we just wouldn't give up our Old Ways, so they changed theirs to suit us!!! Ha ha...)

Depending upon what you want to accomplish, certain gods are better than others to use for your purpose.

Some of us also feel an affinity for a certain god (like the gal ahead of me that said she feels close to Morrighan) and we use that god to give thanks to and to do spells with on a more regular basis.

Mine is the Tara of the Buddhist pantheon. I chose her because she was the first female to achieve enlightenment AND come back to earth as a bodhisatva so that we all may achieve enlightenment. AND she was a real living human at one point in time.

Hope this helps!

Answer 9

I don't worship a specific god/goddess but I do feel more connections with the Egyptian god Isis. She is intelligent, resourceful and willing to go to great length to defend what she feels is right.

Answer 10

In my belief, there is only one God/Spirit/Deity/Higher Power (or whatever you choose to call it), and the best way to describe it is that it's like a diamond made up of many facets. All the names of gods and goddesses from every religion of the world are facets of this one God/Spirit/Deity/Higher Power. I generally identify with a Goddess, but whatever name I choose, it's all the same. As humans, we recognize what we can identify with.