Talk:Celestia/@comment-72.94.195.54-20111102202834

Is she a deity? She has the qualities one would associate with a goddess, but I am more inclined to call her a demigoddess instead. She is not omnipresent She is not Omnipotent She takes physical form. Either by choice or by creation, Celestia is not an all-powerful goddess. Nor is she a non-special member of a dying race, as she is able to live for millenia as well as control the sun and moon. Therefore, I believe her to be a goddess akin to those in polytheistic religions. She is exceptionally powerful, immortal, and physical in nature. But she either adopts part of the Deist theory of lassez-faire ruling by holding back a large portion of her powers, or she is manifested into a single form that she uses to create and rule over the Utopia of Equestria. The latter is inferred to be true, as there are other powers that rival her own (Discord, Luna, Nightmare Moon, Everfree Forest, Elements of Harmony). The ponies seem to not worship her in the traditional sense, but give her due praise. This implies that she does not use her status as an immortal demigoddess to become a tyrant. By keeping the story of Nightmare Moon as a myth, it shows that she does not speak much of the history she has witnessed. Indeed, knowledge of Discord's actions would be better kept by her subjects until it falls into myth. Celestia seems to be a very lenient monarch, allowing capitalism and a middle class to flourish. Celestia is not infallible in any sense, but is a benevolent ruler of a perfect world.