The Changeling's Feychild's Very Important™ Poll #2!!! (and lorepost I guess)
Recently, (within the past couple months,) I've spoken a good bit about a pantheon of gods in my writing and worldbuilding: the Existentials!
To clarify to those not in the know: the Existential Gods are personifications of "the Existence of things" immense enough to gain consciousness! Their names have been lost to time and are important to many plots / revealing them would spoil things, so I've kept them redacted by instead calling the individual—the person—by their Existence!
For example, I've historically referred to the Existential of Magic as "Magic" rather than their full name of, well, "the Existential of Magic", haha. I'm sure we all can appreciate that brevity...
But... obviously, even if the Existentials' names are forgotten, people in-universe still have an awareness that these gods exist. They've just been misunderstood, or interpreted differently, and given their own unique names by different cultures.
Furthering my earlier example: the Existential of Magic as a person has been adopted by the citizens of the Faewildes as their own protector god, who they refer to as Ailwyn.
But... while they're called Ailwyn by faefolk, and technically are Ailwyn, the Existential of Magic themself is different from who faefolk think they are.
Ailwyn is believed to be calm and kind, but strict, whereas Magic themself is uh... quite assertive, sassy, and enjoys pushing people's buttons—both friend and foe alike.
Both Magic and Ailwyn are in control of the very same (definitely named) organization of guards that helps carry out their will across the Faewildes, but only Magic is also active in the Real World outside of the Faewildes.
Only Magic is an Existential, only Magic uses magic to enforce their will upon others, and only Magic is willing to get their hands dirty to get what they want.
All squares are rectangles, but not all rectangles are squares.
All cats are animals, but not animals are cats.
Magic is Ailwyn, but Ailwyn isn't the Existential of Magic.
So, this brings up the question:
Should I start using the in-universe, colloquially-known names for the Existential gods, even if they're technically separate?
I read your posts, and I think you should! (explain why?)
I read your posts, and I'd prefer for you to call them by their Existence!
I don't read your posts, but I think you should!
I don't read your posts, but I think you shouldn't.
Hehe, what this button do?
Also, feel free to check out my first Very Important™ poll!
(Tagging all of my tag lists since it's highly relevant to how I present information in my stories!)