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Originally Posted by recluse
The Endless Cycle.
Perhaps that is the answer.
There will always be gods. With the collapse of the old belief system, a new one rises from the ashes. The names may change, but they are the same old gods in new garb.
Humanity is a wayward child. It requires a set of rules to live by. Gods to emulate. Gods to fear. The "flavor" of the belief system is not as important as the existance of a belief system.
There will always be an "All Father/Mother", a "Trickster", a "Serpent" and a "Hero". Only the names have been changed.
I humbly await Ea's opinion.
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Great post! That's sort of what Neil Gaiman's "Sandman" is about, and his characters, "The Endless", who are representations of Death, Desire, Dream, etc. and who belong to all cultures, under varying guises.