imagine a democratically-elected pantheon, where every so often there's an election and then there are new gods who were previously minor spirits
@Felthry I love this idea. Who would
vote? The spirits? The priesthood? The followers?
@dodec who knows! Probably depends on the culture it originates from.
I was thinking the spirits themselves would have internal elections, but the followers voting is also good
"we had a good harvest this year so I'm voting for !koou, the local farming spirit." or "too many storms have taken out too many fishing boats, Eskib the Lord of Storms is not getting my vote come reelection time"
I wouldn't be surprised if there's a real-world spiritual tradition that has something similar to this