Which god(s) would be in charge of caffeine and caffeination?
Asking for a friend.
I'm thinking Hermes or Dionysius maybe? Or maybe Nyx... 🤔
@zebratron2084 probably hermes or nyx
most likely nyx
@zebratron2084 Inari. "god of success, prosperity, rice, agriculture, industry, craftsmanship, smiths, agriculture, and tea"
@Aradia Oh that is indeed a very good one. When did coffee reach Japan exactly? Pretty early I would imagine...
Dammit sis I did NOT need another four-hour wikicrawl in my life, I...
Hmm, you know, maybe I did. Thank you, dear. 😽
@Aradia Introduced somewhere around 1700, evidently, but that certainly wouldn't preclude Inari from taking a hand in it once it showed up! That does raise intriguing questions about what they (I LOVE that "they" seems to be the most appropriate pronoun for them ❤️🦊) would have been up to in the early Tokugawa... 🤔
(Bea? Val?)
@zebratron2084 Oh, I hadn’t seen that and didn’t know about Waaqa. That is probably a better answer.
@zebratron2084 Depends how restrictive you mean “god”. There’s a Muslim saint (Abadir Umar ar-Rida) who was the legendary founder of Harar, the part of Ethiopia where coffee was domesticated. I think he deserves some credit too, especially since the Islam world is largely responsible for popularizing coffee in the first place, although I don’t know enough about Islam to say whether he or Allah should get the shout-out.
Dio's about joyous intoxication, Herm's about getting shit done quickly. Nyx is Chaos and the night, she's not gonna be any help either.
@anthracite you just named three things *intensely associated with coffee* (if you don't associate it with joyous intoxication YOU HAVEN"T DRUNK ENOUGH 😼 )
bit of an own-goal, babe, but your efforts are appreciated 😺
best i can really expect from a goddamn chai person😽
@Orb2069 @anthracite threadwinner, right here 🏆
I'm (pleasantly) surprised at how much thought people have put into this already. Saves me energy thinking for myself.
Oh here we go. I feel like a fool for not going straight to East Africa first.
Looks like the best claimant is Waaqa, sky god of the Oromo people. https://procaffeination.com/who-is-the-god-of-coffee-procaffeination-lists-the-top-contenders/
And here, it's Double Deities Thursday so have a bonus Mayan cocoa god free of charge. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ek_Chuaj