"kirivian;c-16796815" wrote:
First off, this is an awesome display of creativity and inspiration. Makes me want to know more! The idea of creating a whole new pantheon and religion for gameplay is fabulously ambitious and compelling. Very much beyond my capacity - although some of my sims practice hybrids of modern and ancient religions. I would be interested to know the nature of the holidays associated with these deities, and some of the more common practices those who worship them might be expected to uphold or follow. Many ancients who worshiped pantheon style deities practiced the worship of the darkest of their deities with equal devotion and regularity to that of their lightest - embracing the concept perforce that the human experience cannot be divided by a code of morality - good and evil must exist in equal measure or neither are valid. Certainly the Celts, Egyptian and Mayans. So I am really intrigued by this. If you're inclined I'd love to learn more about it.
Well to start, the holidays:
Zenith:Winterfest - 3rd Wednesday of Winter
https://i.imgur.com/yFWI83l.png
Winter is the most sacred season of the year, and Zenith is the original Father Winter ;)
New Year's Eve - last Sunday of Winter
https://i.imgur.com/3GMsNOw.png
Janus Day - last Monday of Winter
https://i.imgur.com/0D5VMhM.png
Basically New Year's Day, a perfect day for sobering up from a raucous late night of partying
Aatar:Hanukkah - 2nd Wednesday of Winter
https://i.imgur.com/FZun49A.png
What can I say? I like the Jews and I wanted this holiday to fit somewhere...
Festival of Lights - 2nd Wednesday of Summer
https://i.imgur.com/yCA6xNT.png
Gwynn:Gwynn's Day - 1st Saturday of Winter
https://i.imgur.com/4hIy9xv.png
A very random holiday for a very random goddess; don't ask
Alithia:May Day - last Friday of Spring
https://i.imgur.com/TxggzWn.png
Basically a second-chance holiday to right wrongs and air out differences and start again
Hannai:Day of Wisdom - 3rd Tuesday of Autumn
https://i.imgur.com/GoGEk0a.png
Verloren:Verloren's Day - last Friday of Winter
https://i.imgur.com/dh39p2v.png
A gloomier, colder Day of the Dead
Arashi:Arashifest - 1st Friday of Spring
https://i.imgur.com/RDJ82Bx.png
It's the more naughty, adult version of Easter ;)
Anankos:Harvestfest - last Thursday of Autumn
https://i.imgur.com/jvDxrdU.png
Rhiannon:Family Day - 2nd Sunday of Autumn
https://i.imgur.com/FBQZZGN.png
Aesir:Newbloom - 1st day of Spring
https://i.imgur.com/UjLGIz3.png
The child-friendly version of Easter; sometimes can be considered secular
Jubilea:Jubilation Day - 3rd Sunday of Spring
https://i.imgur.com/HC9xS5Q.png
We're pretty much celebrating her 'birthday'
Abraxas:Abraxas Day - 1st day of Summer
https://i.imgur.com/7TLGAc4.png
What better day to start cooling off?
Lydia:Lydia's Day - 3rd Saturday of Summer
https://i.imgur.com/qv5eCUa.png
Love Day #2 but religious
Fenghuang:Fang's Day - last day of Summer
https://i.imgur.com/a0wWeGG.png
As with the controversial Divine this holiday's tied to, this may or may not be widely celebrated among believers
Misc:Samhain - 3rd Friday of Autumn
https://i.imgur.com/WuQTsxt.png
It's actually more a mix of the pagan Samhain, Day of the Dead, and Halloween; the holiday can also easily be attributed to multiple Divines
Love Day - 3rd Friday of Spring
https://i.imgur.com/DCFqKTH.png
The more secular holiday; sometimes given to Lydia as well
