I would note that in the Classical Age Gods *did* travel and the old pagans were much less fussy about it than people are nowadays. Romans might worship at the temple of Isis or the Magna Mater in the morning, sacrifice to the Dodecatheon in the evening, or even blend Judaean practices in with 'generic' paganism. At least some of the attitudes for more hardline elements do reflect the reality of cultural appropriation, but there is, honestly, a very very simple line there.
One can honor the gods of other cultures without presuming that being honored by them or called by them outweighs the voices of the actual culture, or makes that call somehow superior to its original context. At least to me. If anything that renders it much more totally focused on the deity, and thereby strengthens that particular tie.
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Date: 2019-02-12 04:36 pm (UTC)One can honor the gods of other cultures without presuming that being honored by them or called by them outweighs the voices of the actual culture, or makes that call somehow superior to its original context. At least to me. If anything that renders it much more totally focused on the deity, and thereby strengthens that particular tie.