Many as One Beings
Many as one beings are fictional gods, spirits, aliens, or other beings that exist in many forms all representing a single entity or different aspects of a single entity. These may be dipartite gods, tripartite gods, or others. An example of this would be a single god of creation/destruction with split personalities, or a single fictional god that exists as a swarm of locusts. These beings a made of up of multiple or many individual parts.
| Synonyms: Beings of many forms |
| Example Mythonyms: the Spirit of the Swarm, the god of Night and Day |
| Gods |
Designing Many as One Beings
Overview
Designers creating many as one beings should consider how each individual part fits into the broader context of the whole. Each individual part may have its’ own will and personality (as is the case with dipartite and tripartite gods that function as a single god with multiple aspects) or may be relatively simple and mindless (such as beings composed of a swarm). Understanding how these pieces fit together may be an especially important consideration in the context of death and how such a being such as these can die and what happens if only a single part meets an unfortunate end.
