olioster

olioster t1_je5sojg wrote on March 29, 2023 at 4:50 PM

Reply to comment by KypDurron in TIL that in Chinese Folk Religion, a mortal human being could ascend into godhood not through the decisions of a clergy/church, but by the sheer number of people who believe that their extraordinary achievements led to apotheosis, which forced Confucian/Taoists clerics to canonize a person as a God. by Khysamgathys

"kinda"

olioster t1_je3ud1q wrote on March 29, 2023 at 5:32 AM

Reply to TIL that in Chinese Folk Religion, a mortal human being could ascend into godhood not through the decisions of a clergy/church, but by the sheer number of people who believe that their extraordinary achievements led to apotheosis, which forced Confucian/Taoists clerics to canonize a person as a God. by Khysamgathys

Kinda like the concept of Mantling in the Elder Scrolls universe.