Techniques for worldbuilding a pantheon of fantasy gods!

So you've decided to create a polytheistic religion for your fantasy world, but how do create a church? Handle church politics? Build a pantheon? Most importantly, drive the story! Let's explore how to build a pantheon.

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Chapters:
0:00​​ Intro
1:44 Models of Polytheism
6:32 Creating Portfolios & Gods
9:46 Origin Myths & the Evolution of the Gods
13:15 Rites & Rituals
15:06 Magic & Polytheism
17:19 How to build the churches
19:41 The Gods as Plot Devices

References:
The Orisha: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orisha
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Jacqueline Carey: http://www.jacquelinecarey.com/
Mercedes Lackey: https://www.mercedeslackey.com/
Steven Erikson: https://steven-erikson.org/
Katherine Kerr: http://deverry.com/
Kalavela: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalevala

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