User blog comment:Vitorriq/what is the possible origin of all pagan gods? what does the word'' Pagan'' some questions, two questions/@comment-3045936-20120918231434

There are many theories. Some like Greek, Roman, Norse, share a common belief based of Creation from Chaos. Chaos in Greek and it's Roman version was what the universe was before now. Some works call it an endless and ageless void of nothingness, while others call it the place or ocean of magical waters from which creation and the first gods came from. Some call it a god, event, or a place like in Norse.

Ex nihilo (out of nothing) is another theory. This is more often thought with as God is Omnipotent and fall closer to Judeo-Christian, but there are some pagan Ex nihilo (out of nothing) myths. Some being in Ancient Egyptian creation myths. But this theory holds different than Creation from Chaos. As sometimes Chaos is a god of nothingess or what was before this universe. Ex nihilo is normally the universe's creation by one or several deities. As God in Judeo-Christian created all things.

Emergence is another belief. It differs as it hold severel different kinds of forms. Take the Shinto creation myth of Kotoamatsukami which were the first three gods that appeared at the dawn of creation of Heaven and Earth and the other two not long after. Some story say there were form from light particles and some say they were formed from a world egg that released these light particles.

As for Pagan. That is an umbrella term referring to all none Judeo-Christian religions. Like Greek, Roman, Norse, Celtic, etc are originally pagan. However, calling Eastern ones like Shintoism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Taosim to those that live in those places of the world insluting. As pagan is an European term and labelling them with one is insluting to them.

This all I have for the moment, I'll give more details later.