Deity pop-culture connections

[equinoxmaster]

all i could think of is

zon-kuthon= cenobite

shyka the many= dr. who

suggest more if you can

[Archpaladin Zousha]

Shelyn = Flonne

[equinoxmaster]

Kord=thor

[Scintillae]

Cayden Cailean = Bluto Blutarsky

[equinoxmaster]

on a related subject, sheogorath looks a bit like boccob as he appeared in deities and demigods and i know skyrims devs were DND fans so that is sorta self explanatory

Boccob

sheogorath

[Orthos]

Asmodeus = Mephistopheles from Faust

Abadar = Scrooge McDuck

Lamashtu = Echidna from Greek Mythology (and thus things based on it, such as the Percy Jackson series)

[Rysky]

Archpaladin Zousha wrote:

Shelyn = Flonne

Does that make Zon-Kuthon Laharl? Hmm probably not...

[Haladir]

Not exactly a deity in PFRPG, but...

Catrina psychopomp = Santa Muerte

[Kittyburger]

Scintillae wrote:

Cayden Cailean = Bluto Blutarsky

I thought Cayden Cailean was more like Heracles crossed with Mad Martigan.

[I'm Hiding In Your Closet]

Kittyburger wrote:

Scintillae wrote:

Cayden Cailean = Bluto Blutarsky

I thought Cayden Cailean was more like Heracles crossed with Mad Martigan.

Cayden Cailean = Errol Flynn, Owen Wilson, and Johnny Depp performing the Dragonball Z Fusion Technique together.

Kalistrade = a sort of perverse compromise between Ayn Rand and Mohammed

Asmodeus & Ihys = Steve Jobs & Steve Wozniak?

Aroden = JFK?

[Mystic_Snowfang]

Razramir= L Ron Hubbard

[Alaryth]

Sarenrae= Nanoha Takamachi

[Warhawk7]

Mystic_Snowfang wrote:

Razramir= L Ron Hubbard

Bwahaha, you went there.

[blackbloodtroll]

Orthos wrote:

Lamashtu = Echidna from Greek Mythology (and thus things based on it, such as the Percy Jackson series)

Lamashtu is a real Sumerian god, and the Pathfinder version is not all that different.

[Dreaming Psion]

I always likened Aroden to the Centurion from the Mutants and Masterminds Freedom City campaign setting. If not in personality, they are similar in roles (both are scions of a long passed empire, godly powers, and champions of humanity) and legacies (their deaths make the world a lot more uncertain and thus pave the wave for new heroes like the player characters.)

[equinoxmaster]

Not exactly a deity, but...

Esoteric order of the Palatine Eye= Illumanti

[Mudfoot]

Irori = Chuck Norris

[Lore the Seeker]

Aroden = Gary Gygax

[Goddity]

Cthulu = Cthulu (Its a celeb really!)

[xeose4]

Mudfoot wrote:

Irori = Chuck Norris

I'd have thought him more like Jackie Chan or something.

[Tacticslion]

Dot = the Warner Sister.

[Voadam]

xeose4 wrote:

Mudfoot wrote:

Irori = Chuck Norris

I'd have thought him more like Jackie Chan or something.

Dhalsim

[Ross Byers]

Irori is Buddha.

[Tacticslion]

Ross Byers wrote:

Irori is Buddha.

With fists.

[Hrothdane]

Both Irori and Korada seem to be riffing off different aspects of Buddha.

[Ross Byers]

Hrothdane wrote:

Both Irori and Korada seem to be riffing off different aspects of Buddha.

Korada is definitely a Zen being.

But with Irori I was specifically referring to 'ascended to a higher state of being by achieving enlightenment' part.

Or, more simply, Korada is Buddhist. Irori is Buddha - and was Siddartha.

[Hrothdane]

That's a good way to put it.

I also think of Irori as the version of Buddha that warrior monks and soldiers worship and Korada as the Buddha we associate with the Dhalai Lama.

[Tacticslion]

So...

Tacticslion wrote:

Ross Byers wrote:

Irori is Buddha.

With fists.

:D

EDIT: Just to be clear, I'm not trying to be disrespectful, condescending, or mocking in the slightest. I just think this is really cool.

[Ross Byers]

Hrothdane wrote:

That's a good way to put it.

I also think of Irori as the version of Buddha that warrior monks and soldiers worship and Korada as the Buddha we associate with the Dhalai Lama.

That's probably accurate, within my very limited understanding of Buddhism. But Korada was never mortal, which is the primary distinction I'm trying to make.