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English Homework:
Strange Gods

©1998 Gareth Pitchford

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In History you may have learnt about the Roman and Greek gods. Gods of war, goddesses of love, gods of death and destruction, they are all pretty impressive.

For your homework I would like you to think about the gods and goddesses that you don't hear about. The unimpressive gods.

For example:

· Cuppa the God of Tea;

· Éclair the God of Crème Cakes;

· HaychBee the Goddess of Pencils.

Those are gods of silly things.

Make up your own god or goddess to write about. Tell me a bit about them. What do they look like? What are their temples like? What sacrifices, tributes and gifts must you bring to their temples?

Write a short story about your god or goddess. Think back to the Greek and Roman myths you've heard to help you. Maybe your god sets a task for a hero to perform or helps a hero with a quest. Perhaps your story could be about how another god tricked your god or how your god tricked someone else.