4000 BC. It is a time of man like all others but behold now there is great shared knowledge of the Goddess. For there was God and the Goddess.
Later her name will be know as Athena and she is the Goddess of civilization. She is a great virgin mother. She is strong, compassionate, and wise. She comes to people in many ways but never as Athena. For to bare witness to a god of such magnitude would surely be too much for the human mind. Instead she comes in the forms of creatures and in the shape of other humans. She is among many gods of humans but they are not the only gods.
For there are many gods among mankind but all the gods are gods no less. To be worshiped and loved and feared. For to anger them was to summon wrath. So that no human ever wage war in their names. No human ever use their names in vain. For they were the gods. A terrible and wicked furry was laid upon any humans who might use the name of the gods to smite thee. They were sacred and even though not all humans used the same names.. as people met they would listen to the stories of your gods and try to figure out which one of their gods you were referring to. If they couldn't relate that god.. than you had introduced them to a new god. Which was a rare event as there have always been several gods.
But never the less.. there was no war to be had in the name of any god. For history had shown, or rather fable, that the gods would be angry if you went to war in their names. That if you were not true in your intention.. they would punish you. An example of this.. is Troy. After Troy fell a woman runs to Athena's "temple" but she is dragged away. Athena and her temple are sacred and to defile anyone in anyway in her temple.. was to provoke a terrible wrath. Athena goes to Poseidon and ordered the destruction of the Greek as they were at see and so it was. The Greeks died.. thousands of them lost and those who survived knew why. They had all know what they did was a sin against Athena.
Later in history, we have the Romans. The Romans, eventually, believe themselves to be the supreme race that will lead all other races. They maintained the Gods of Greece under new name and for 1000s of human years.. no holy war has happened.
Then comes the Jews and their "1 god above all others" theory. Even the Jews acknowledge the Greek gods but the Jews believe their god is the one true god. That has no real affect on the Romans. Each culture they have harvested had their own gods. It is true of the Earth that there are many gods and it is better not to anger the gods for they will smite you. The gods, like humans, were capable of terrible wrath but also mercy and compassion. They had many human attributes of nobility.
Then come the Christians. The Christians declare there to only be one true od. That all other gods are hereby considered "pagan". The Jews are deeply offended. Not only them but also the Muslims are also offended. For they have some of the same characters in their Koran that the Bible possesses. Not only that but the Christians, openly defy, the gods of Rome. Nero, Caesar of Rome, and a rather vial man himself, decides to punish the Christians and holocausts them for defy the natural order of man.
But the Christians, are a religion of vikings and as time progresses Christianity begins spreading among the Anglo and Euros. Christianity takes a step most other faiths would never do. Christianity.. declares war on all other religions. In mans history it was common to war but never in the name of a god. The Christians declared all wars in the name of the Jewish god. This caused religious wars. Suddenly the Christians were sweeping through the known world, wiping out all text of other religions. Just as Hitler destroyed all conflicting knowledge.. so did the Christians. They declared all other faiths PAGAN! A derogatory word Christians use to negatively label anything that is not Christianity and conflicts with such.
The Christian wrath was terrible. Most of European history, which was held through their gods, was destroyed. The Christians roamed the Earth, destroying all other faiths in an attempt to control the world. But the Christians were not unchallenged. For the Muslims would not submit to their devilish ways. The Muslims knew that the Christians were not a true faith. They were a mixture of the Muslim faith and Roman faith and Jewish faith. The Muslims would fight and never lose this war. Even long after the fall of Rome.. their gods remained.
The Christians eventually gained enough power to make war on this world. But still.. they could not win their crusades against the Muslims. For even the Christian God would never allow the destruction of his own Bible and people and even though they fought one another.. both the Muslims and Christians shared a common faith.. Other faiths, like the Mayans faith, weren't so lucky. Most faiths were completely wiped out. For others only fragments remain. But the sad thing is.. these faiths were not just faiths but also represented the cultures of the world and their history. All that wisdom and knowledge.. is lost.
All cultures of man are the same. In all conditions.. humans always end up dividing into different classes and social structures. From 4000BC to 2010AD we have not changed. Our technology and ability to destroy has evolved but our compassion is no more than it was 6000 years ago.
To this day the Christians still fight to unite the world under their one faith. To this day the Christians still seek to destroy all other faiths. So the Muslims fight as the Norse gods fought.. a hopeless battle to preserve their way of life and as the Norse gods know.. so do the Muslims... that their destruction is inevitable. That one day they will fall under the feet of their enemies. But still, with great valor, they fight a losing battle. The gods and heroes of Norse mythology knew one day a battle would come that they could not win. Just as the Muslims now see that a night will come where no day will follow.
But they stand and fight. Not for money.. not for greed.. they fight to preserve their faith. Their way of life against an enemy who will one day kill them all. But even with that knowledge.. they stand their ground.. never defeated.. never beaten.
Sadly no matter the mythology I read.. I don't really see any good gods that would want mankind to destroy itself as it is. The gods have truly abandoned not you.. but your way of life.