Maple Kerman 143 Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 (edited) Kerbal Mythology I've always thought about how the Kerbals see deities and other religious/mythological figures, and there isn't really much to go by in the game other than Moho and Bop. I took it upon myself to make a chart of mythological figures that I think the Kerbals may have worshipped. (In a way, this is a continuation of this forum thread). This is by no means a "standard" for Kerbal mythology, as I don't really expect most people to care too much about it anyway, meaning that these names and definitions are open. However, I did think it would be cool to share my ideas in this forum post, so keep reading if you'd like to know what I came up with. You are free to use this "model" of Kerbal Mythology for anything you want, these are just cool ideas I have (e.g., naming your ships, your missions, Kopernicus planets, etc.). I decided to model the deities after Greek and Roman mythologicial figures (unoriginal, I know). Similar to our own solar system, I made sure that the names of the figures coincided with the celestial bodies in Kerbal Space Program that had real-world counterparts. Obviously, stock KSP has a reduced solar system, so I wouldn't be able to do it with names made only by Squad. I decided to use the names of celestial bodies found in OPM and MPE, two high-quality mods that add "kerbalized" equivalents of real-world celestial bodies into the game. The celestial bodies that these two mods add counterparts for are named after Greek and Roman gods, so I was able to match up each god with the "Kerbal" version of their name. Even after doing so, there were still a number of Greek and Roman gods that didn't have Kerbal counterparts, so I made my own names that try to maintain the same style. I ended up adding one additional god that wasn't present in any of these mods or ideas, which was Alternis, the god of change and difference, from Alternis Kerbol Rekerjiggered. I also added the Kraken.One last thing; several of the deities have purposes or roles different from their Greek and Roman counterparts do. This is because I wanted their roles to make sense in the in-game universe. Legend:Green = Names made by Squad, found in the stock game.Red = Names found in Outer Planets Mod. (Credits to @CaptRobau.)Purple = Names found in Minor Planets Expansion. (Credits to @Exo's Lab.) Black = Names made by me. Credits to @NovaSiliskofor "Alternis". Name Greek/Roman Equivalent Role Kebus Phoebus Apollo God of reparation and sunlight Moho Hermes/Mercury God of voyages, lava, and fire Eve Aphrodite/Venus Goddess of passion and deceit Duna Ares/Mars God of combat and explosions Dres Demeter/Ceres Goddess of cycles and dullness Jool Zeus/Jupiter God of the clouds Sarnus Cronus/Saturn God of time warping and fate Urlum Uranus/Caelus God of atmospheres and empty space Neidon Poseidon/Neptune God of the oceans Plock Hades/Pluto God of death and currency Krova Hera/Juno Goddess of Kerbalinas and family Vant Hestia/Vesta Goddess of spacecraft Alnerva Pallas Athena/Minerva Goddess of wisdom and missions Kortana Artemis/Diana Goddess of the wilderness Vulko Hephaestus/Vulcan God of engineering and building Bakos Dionysus/Bacchus God of food and celebration Zore Psyche/Anima Goddess of the soul Edas Eros/Cupid God of obsession Ervo Eris/Discordia Goddess of confusion Alternis None/Janus God of change and difference The Kraken None God of chaos and destruction Ike Phobos/Pavor Personification of fear and panic Deke Deimos/Metus Personification of terror Edited February 17 by Maple Kerman Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Souptime 580 Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 cuul Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Urus28 368 Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 I'm not sure they are so ancient.... After all kerbals continue to sacrifice rocket and kerbonauts to these planets Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Maple Kerman 143 Posted December 23, 2020 Author Share Posted December 23, 2020 1 minute ago, Urus28 said: I'm not sure they are so ancient.... After all kerbals continue to sacrifice rocket and kerbonauts to these planets True. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Souptime 580 Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 Maybe some day we could come up with a kerballized everything: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Roman_deities | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Greek_mythological_figures Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stormpilot 235 Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 (edited) Very very nice @Maple Kerman! Ceres is just like Dres! Nobody knows about them! Edited February 15 by STORMPILOTkerbalkind Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Maple Kerman 143 Posted February 15 Author Share Posted February 15 14 hours ago, STORMPILOTkerbalkind said: Ceres is just like Dres! Nobody knows about them! That's true. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kerbiloid 11,146 Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 God of Unity bugs God of console bugs God of software debugging (aka The Unknown God) God of releases (does nothing, but rules others) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
space_nerd 2 Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 don't forget jebediah, the overlord of casos Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ziggy Kerman 20 Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 1 hour ago, space_nerd said: don't forget jebediah, the overlord of casos Jeb, Son of the Kraken, Explorer Extraordinaire, Master of Daredevils Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kerbiloid 11,146 Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 Bobbilly Kerman - a patron of auxilliary staff and bobbibilling (an occupation when you lift useless pieces of metal in gym instead of rotating an electric generator). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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