game gods
People like to gamble, they make bets for fun or to earn extra money. When they feel lucky or when someone is watching them, they simply want to take a chance, show that fortune is smiling on them, and gambling is no exception.
Praying to God for a team to win a particular game so that you win a bet is more or less selfish when there are still so many bad things in the world. But what about those ancient gods of the past? People believed in them and prayed to them for fortune. The different mythologies of the world reveal powerful deities that rule the game world. These are some of the gods that can influence the outcome of a football match in our favor:
Hermes is the Greek god of gambling, profit, risk, and gambling. Hermes was the winged messenger of the gods. He was the god of herds, the road, trade, commerce, thieves. He is also known as Mercury in Roman mythology. His father is Zeus, the ruler of the Greek gods.
Thoth is the Egyptian god of the game. He had the same attributes as the Greek god Hermes. He is the creator of magic, the inventor of writing, the messenger of the gods, and the divine recorder and mediator. According to myth, he won an extra 5 days by gambling with the moon (then known as Iabet) in a game of dice to help the sky goddess Nut bear her children.
Macuilxochitl, (five flowers, also called Xochipilli) is the Aztec god of games, music, and dance. He was the god of games, from board games (Patolli) to the Aztec version of soccer (Ullamaliztli). Usually depicted as a god of fun and dancing, Xochipilli could also send venereal diseases to anyone who violates abstentions by having sex.
Li-Nezha is the Chinese god of play. He is probably the only one of the Chinese gods who can reveal the winning lottery numbers. Li-Nezha is perhaps better known as Nataku or Nata from Japanese anime, a half-mortal god of war. In ancient times, mortals worship him as a God of Lotteries and Games of Chance.
Lakshmi is the Hindu goddess of wealth, prosperity and fortune. Lakshmi is the consort of the god Vishnu. Hindus believe that whoever worships Lakshmi sincerely and without greed will be blessed with fortune and success. After worshiping Lakshmi on Diwali, many Hindus gamble and spend heavily, believing that Lakshmi has bestowed good fortune on them.
Nohoilpi: The Navajo god of gambling. Also called “He who wins men”. He is a renegade son of the sun god Tsohanoai. He came down to Earth and taught his gambling to the various tribes, but soon abused his power by beating them in all their gambling and collecting their winnings by enslaving the people to build a city to mark his glory. He was defeated in the game by a Navajo man sent by the other gods and was thrown into the sky.