Some deities are just not meant to be softened, declawed, defanged, and repackaged as a gentler, kinder version of themselves.
Who am I kidding? No deity was meant to be robbed of their vicious nature, if they have it. Why would you? If you’re frightened or intimidated or put out by the darker, scary, or unkind deities, don’t paint them over in pastels and sparkles and expect them or their devotees to thank you.
Want a loving, caring and sweet deity? There are those out there that fit that. They still have their protective, harder aspects, but they’re more the bill you want.
“But why do you only talk about their harshness?” Well, perhaps that is what some of us look for, the reason we worship them, perhaps we like this love. The vicious love. The cold burn. It thrills us. The whip crack, the high heel stomp, the domination and subjugation, the unyielding wall, the broken cries, the bruised knees of devotion.
Leave us to our cruel gods, if they are too much for you.
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