Exploring the Consequences of Religious Switching and Cross-Pantheon Access in the Percy Jackson Universe (lemmy.world)

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I was hoping to possibly share a few Questions that I had, regarding the PJO Universe.

Question One:

1. What would happen if a Demigod switched religions?

For example, what if a Greek/Roman/Norse/etc. Demigod refused the Gods of their birth religion, including their godly parent, and started believing in another religion, or decided to become an Egyptian Magician, or whatever, what would happen?

Would the Demigod's godly parent just switch over to whatever the equivalent would be for that new religion?

Or would they just be a Greek/Roman/Norse Demigod/Magician/etc. who happened to end up going to another afterlife when they die?

Question Two:

2. Another question that I have is: **What would happen if a Demigod tried to access "Mythology Specific" zones of other Pantheons? **

For example, a Greek/Roman Demigod, or an Egyptian Magician, or etc., attempting to climb the world tree, or a Norse/Greek/Roman attempting to enter the Duat, or Alfheim, or Helheim, or etc.?

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[-] alex@jlai.lu 4 points 1 week ago

I don't know about the second.

For the first, I see two things:

Believing in something doesn't alter reality. You don't need to believe in Greek gods to find out Apollo's your dad, you can learn on the spot, I'm pretty sure.
I think "not believing" and changing your belief system when you know for a fact that Gods from a given religion exist and that one of them is your parent might be a bit hard, so I'm not sure the question would apply at all.

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