New Pantheon

It began on one of those days. You know, when the world feels like it’s splitting apart or burning down. Amidst the chaos of current events, I fell prey to despair and helplessness. I wanted a miracle to set things right. And then it happened. A yearning wisp of a thought escaped and made like a renegade strand of DNA - an idea that began mixing, mutating, and replicating… Before I knew it, Mother Destroyer of Obstacles burst forth trampling borders and stomping out racism, Abuela Giver of Nourishment materialized with boundless generosity, and a kindly spirit with the face of a Coywolf paused to ask, ”Do you need a hand to hold or a friend to play with?” 

New Pantheon was born: an ever-growing series of hybrid deities made to confront the world’s challenges.

Christian saints and stories from my childhood are combined with gods and origin myths from around the world. These new hybrid characters inherit powerful traits from their parents, but they are not their parents. They connect us to the past and one another while inviting us to dream big and imagine new futures. Let us begin. Together.