04-01-2024, 07:30 AM
I do have a thought inspired by that tidbit.
I think we are looking to closely at the rituals of the Cult in all our theories and such. Too much importance placed on the actual acts. Suggesting a deity tie to Maria seemingly cracks the door a bit on the SH universe.
The demon/demigod/god behind Silent Hill is going to be a lot older than any of the human attached rituals and names.. These sorts of beings are typically ancient. It wants worship, they all do. How that worship is obtained is not important. The same creature now being called god and having the hierarchy of other entities in the religion such as Valtiel, etc has more than likely existed at some ancient time elsewhere, with other people, whose worship it obtained with a completely different set of rules. A different religion, different name, and totally different mythos. For whatever reason things went sour and our demon finds a new home with new chumps to do its bidding.
What we are seeing isn't perhaps different end/boss creatures at all, but our same now nameless entity working every angle to be fully released, using the emotional states of different people (each protagonist) to attempt the fulfillment of some master plan.
This is not unreasonable, many instances of a god or demon who has different skill sets and appearances depending on some outside condition can be found throughout literature. Vary the condition and you get your pre-ordered deity with different options.
The SH Cult and its practices are simply the latest fresh coat of paint over the truth.
I think we are looking to closely at the rituals of the Cult in all our theories and such. Too much importance placed on the actual acts. Suggesting a deity tie to Maria seemingly cracks the door a bit on the SH universe.
The demon/demigod/god behind Silent Hill is going to be a lot older than any of the human attached rituals and names.. These sorts of beings are typically ancient. It wants worship, they all do. How that worship is obtained is not important. The same creature now being called god and having the hierarchy of other entities in the religion such as Valtiel, etc has more than likely existed at some ancient time elsewhere, with other people, whose worship it obtained with a completely different set of rules. A different religion, different name, and totally different mythos. For whatever reason things went sour and our demon finds a new home with new chumps to do its bidding.
What we are seeing isn't perhaps different end/boss creatures at all, but our same now nameless entity working every angle to be fully released, using the emotional states of different people (each protagonist) to attempt the fulfillment of some master plan.
This is not unreasonable, many instances of a god or demon who has different skill sets and appearances depending on some outside condition can be found throughout literature. Vary the condition and you get your pre-ordered deity with different options.
The SH Cult and its practices are simply the latest fresh coat of paint over the truth.
