Religions, mythology

[voidshard]

Similar to language generation I think we'd want to start out with;

• creation myth
• deities, or beings of similar power
• personas, outlooks & whatnot of said beings
• base myth(s), including creation ideally and where beings or sub-sets of them come from / interactions between them
• from there we can split into religions, where religions take & mutate the above into their own spin, splitting some beings, renaming, ignoring others, flipping the perceptions / stories a bit (ie. a "sinister" being in religion A might be considered more neutral or a "testing" deity in religion B, with the myths slightly bent, added to or removed from in order to fit the narative)

The next step then is deciding tenants, teachings, rituals and so forth from the beings the religions follows most closely (or ..fears most I guess).

Some form of mutation mechanism for the stories / tenants / teachings might be appropriate, similar to how language might mutate as cultures merge, time passes etc. I envision this being similar in spirit but for oral / written / tradition targets instead.

[Flokey82]

Sounds like a solid outline :) Will the creation myth be a myth or actual fact? (Same with the pantheon) :)