What are gods doing the whole day?

[Larethiel]

Okay, the topic sounds rather stupid but it's a thing I'm wondering about for quite some time.

What are the deities doing the whole day?

Sitting around their realm and looking out of the window while parts of their minds are focused on the demands of priests, the overlook of their faithful etc.?

I mean the thing is, they have to do something else besides of that. From Erevan Ilesere, the elven deity known as the unseen trickster I know that he spends lots of time on other planes, causing mischief and playing pranks on other beings.

But what, for example of one as Corellon Larethian? Or Sehanine Moonbow? or *enter name of the deity of your choice*?

I read the player's guide to Faerûn a time ago and there it was mentioned that visitors of Arvandor (I know, I'm elf-focused ) can take a walk around the shared home of Corellon and Sehanine to "bath" within their glory etc.

Now it would be interesting to know if they're just wandering around there sometimes so that you can look at them like "Oh-my-gawd-there-isCorellon etc."?

And it's not just about the elven deities it's for the human pantheon as well or any other. I'm not asking of the portfolio of the different deityies, merely after their "Daily-life" if you want to call it that way.

There might be no clear answer on that matter but I would rather appreciate some thoughts, opinions and whatever.

Thank you anyways and best regards

[Gwain]

I understand about the question, you are askign about the fr universe, not the fk universe (wherein in fk the gods are administering the realms, generating rp and oocly answering questions or helping adventurers while they are on or rping themselves)

The concept of divinity and divine nature varies, for example a deity is not a mortal, therefore they cannot be measured to a mortal standard. They can become more than one form of an avatar or avatars and do numerous tasks directed towards followers, their portfolio, their realm or any other activity they desire while focusing on something completely different. Truly powerful deities with millions of followers may break into several different parts in the thousands or create aspects of themselves to deal with certain areas, such as war, recovering the faithful from the realms of death or answering prayers. The problem is that deities within fr are infinite, divinity equals divine power, they can go most places hear most things and gauge most situations. I believe the only thing denied to most deities (I'm exempting Ao, since he is one of the titan Elder gods of Old) is the power of infalability, and divine foresight. They cannot know the future for sure, but can predict the logical conclusions. (This can be explained by certain gods dying or experiencing set backs uncharacteristic of their plans and strategies).

In the case of the dead going to divine realms of deities they have served well, the only way to explain that is for those that have went to explain. The problem is that a living person not yet visited cannot associate experiences with one there or one returned, simply because they have not died and been there nor have returned from their. So the only way to truly comprehend Arvandor, is to have died and went there to experience it. Anything else, would be subject to interpretation and pose of religious poetry and piety.

I hope this helps.