Introduction

Welcome to my blog!

As the title of this blog suggests I'm going to be learning about Theology just for the heck of it. I'm not taking a class in it nor do I plan to really do anything with this information. It's a topic I'm interested in and I decided to put what I learn here.

I hope others who find this blog can find learning about different theologies with me enjoyable or enlightening. Who knows, maybe this will help some kid with a school report one day.

(Please note the URL says "learning theology at 25" because "learning theology" was taken and I'm going to be 25 in April 2022 anyways so..)

What this blog will be:

I'm going to cover as many possible gods and goddesses that I possibly can, their myths/folklore, origins, what things are associated with them (i.e. Zeus' planet is Jupiter apparently), pretty much information that is limited to a few words or less. 

I'll link all my sources at the very bottom of each post with hyperlinks (i.e. [1] for the fact about Zeus.) whenever possible. Though, for instance, if I'm writing what I remember about a certain deity I'm not going to source it with "my memory" but know I most likely learned it from History or English class (which I will most likely state when that is the case).

I know that most information can be found just by looking at Wikipedia, but I'm going to try and find many different sources. This blog is about the journey of learning the information as much as it is about the information itself. I want to actually absorb the information not just find an answer for a brief amount of time.

 

Just so that you're aware…

Now, obviously since theology is the study of "god" as a subject we're going to cover different religions. My intent is never to offend anyone; I'm going into this with a completely open mind. personally, I am agnostic which is different from an atheist,

"an atheist is someone who doesn't believe in a god, while an agnostic is someone who doesn't believe it's possible to know for sure that a god exists. It's possible to be both—an agnostic atheist doesn't believe but also doesn't think we can ever know whether a god exists." [2] -  Kirsten Weir

Basically I'm a person who believes that a god - or many gods/goddess - may or may not exist, but I don't think there will ever be a way to know with 100% certainty. Therefore there will be no negative bias against any specific theology or religion coming from me in this blog. I respect others wishes to believe in what or whomever they choose, so long as it doesn't harm themselves or others.

 

How this blog will look:

Each post will start with a brief overview (Name, planet, colours, etc.) followed by me writing anything I can possibly remember about said deity, if I know anything at all about them before hand. After that I will research as if I were going to write a book report (which is not what I'm doing; haven't done one of those in years,) and share what I found. I won't simply copy and paste what I find, though I will most likely quote various articles, books, etc.

As of right know I know about some Greek/Roman, Norse, and Egyptian gods/goddesses from - and don't laugh - the Assassin's Creed video game series and what little I remember from school on the subject. I also know a little bit about Egyptian deities from the game Strange Brigade, but I'll go over that when we get to the Egyptian section. (Please note I will link the wiki pages of certain things like the before mentioned video games with the word itself being a hyperlink whenever possible.)

I plan on grouping what I learn by region/religion (i.e. I'll learn about all Greek gods/goddesses before moving on to Roman ones.) I'll start the initial post without looking at any sources or looking anything up to see what I can recall from memory before going into a bit more detail with an overview of that one particular theology after a bit of research. From there each post will be about a specific god/goddess.

Each theology's starting post will have link to each deity when those posts get added for easy navigation.

 

 

 

Below is a list of the theologies - in no particular order - that I plan to cover as of the start of this blog, more may or may not be added as we go.

• Greek
• Roman
• Norse
• Egyptian
• Hindu
• Aztec
• Celtic
• Japanese
• Mayan
• Chinese
• Native American
• Inca
• Hawaiian
• African
• Korean
• Arabic
• Hebrew

I hope others can join me and enjoy learning about the many theologies of our world with me. 😁

Sources:

Wiki page for Zeus [1]

"What do you believe?" by Kirsten Weir  article on APA (American Psychological Association) website [2]