Faith and Aspects [Second Update]

As mentioned earlier, even without True Ether, deities could still gain power through the faith of their believers.

However, the uses of the power of faith were limited. The impression believers had of a god determined the scope in which that power could be used.

For this very reason, when spreading their faith, deities often needed mortals to understand them—or understand one of their aspects—so that they could reliably obtain specific divine powers.

A deity's so-called aspect was its persona among mortals. These personas often represented a particular side of the deity and a portion of its character. To mortals, they might seem like different gods, but in truth, they were all the same deity.

Within the Heliopolitan Pantheon, Ra had three aspects: Ra, Osiris, and Horus.

In monotheistic faiths, Jehovah and Allah could both be considered aspects of Yahweh.

In a certain Campione! world, Athena, Medusa, and Metis were the three aspects of the goddess Athena.

Under certain circumstances, Ishtar of the Mesopotamian pantheon, Isis of the Heliopolitan Pantheon, and Anat of the Canaan Pantheon were also three aspects of the same goddess.

Even Baal of the Canaan Pantheon had aspects such as Bal the Demon King and Melqart, the Phoenician God-King.

Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva of the Indian pantheon also had legends of a trinity, one entity with three aspects.

Of course, the concept of aspects was not so widespread in the Type-Moon world. At least, Ye Ting knew that Athena and Medusa were not the same god; instead, they bore a deep grudge against one another.

Isis had no connection to Anat either, though it was true that Isis was an aspect of Hecate.

Furthermore, Bastet was also an aspect of Sekhmet, the lion goddess.

Getting back to the point, aspects could arise not only actively, but