I like my gods as modern as possible and weird. Not weird to the point of looking stupid or goofy, but creepy and macabre. I think the weirdness fits Wonder Woman's world and it's a great update and replacement of the Golden and Silver Age's wackiness and hijinks. Though not a god, a case in point is the Keeper of the Grounds in the latest issue. Giant man dressed in ominous Edwardian clothing, with the head of a bird, a huge hat and a lantern on a weathered stick...it's a cool design.
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To the contrary, while a similar concept the depiction of Athena in Azzarello's run just looked stupid.
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There's a fine line artists have to walk. To that end my favorite versions of the gods are...
Ares with blond hair as the God of Conflict, black hair as prisoner of Themyscira and horrifying in armor as drawn by Liam Sharp
Apollo and Artemis as twins Sun and Moon
Phobos and Deimos as foppish 19th century brats
Athena with her owl on her shoulder and laptop in hand
Perez Poseidon with the bubble beard and massive trident
Hephaestus with molten rock arms and Hellboy influence
Aphrodite invisible so you have to use your imagination
Hermes golden flower delivery form from Earth 2
Demeter dreaded African earth mother
Hades with the candles but Rucka's undertaker was cool too
Strife is always preferable to the female Ares form of Eris
I don't know that Orana is really much of a distinct character. She basically just created the "red headed rival for Diana" archetype that was later used for Artemis and Aleka. Artemis is effectively the post-Crisis incarnation of Orana (basically a Barbara Minerva vs. Priscilla Rich situation). So having them both around is pretty redundant.
I think at this point both the Bana Artemis and goddess Artemis are too important and established for either to be re-named, but if it was possible I'd re-name her as Orana of the Bana-Mighdall.
As far as the two Artemis.....there's room enough for both of them and no need to change either of their names especially when the Goddess rarely plays a big role in WW.
I quite like the Orana idea, bit then again, I'm not a big follower of Artemis.
Any thoughts on the Bana gods?
I'd love for Jimenez to redesign them for a Historia issue along with several Bana Amazons with unique designs. The effort would probably kill the poor guy though lol. Or we wouldn't see it until 2030.
Do the Banas worship the Egyptian gods? Has it been explored how the Tribe's relationship with the gods is?
In Jimenez's run they along with some of the Olympian Goddesses helped rebuild Themyscira after it was destroyed in the civil war and the Our Worlds At War crossover.
And they also showed back up after Hera kicked Themyscira back into the ocean. Like the other gods in Rucka's first run, they were given modernized looks also.