Entropy_Pyre
@Entropy_Pyre@lemmy.ca
- Comment on Anon has an epic weekend 2 weeks ago:
I’d imagine there might be just a bit of under-reporting. People probably try to hide it.
I live near some polygamist colonies where they pretty… nested. And they definitely don’t talk to the government about it.
- Comment on English has too many words for animals 1 month ago:
The spring comment is valid.
- Comment on How did Greek or Roman choose their gods besides the big name ones? I mean did they have a god of shoes, god who relieves constapation, or one for there squeaky door? 1 month ago:
From what I understand, household gods were very common — personal traditions about a small god that perhaps your family worshipped for generations and had a small shrine to for protection. Some of these were picked up and developed into more general purposes for a larger audience.
The Romans in particular also had a habit of picking up local deities for a larger pantheon, in these cases less of choosing gods, it was more like reducing some gods with very elaborate lore down to just a few specific traits. Though of course some gods were invented by storytellers on the spot and picked up.
- Comment on Fucking math... 7 months ago:
Why did no one ever teach me this?? Did I miss this day in class? I feel so silly. This is really useful.