People like to gamble, they place bets for fun or to win extra money. When they feel lucky or when someone is taking care of them, they simply want to take a risk, show that fortune is smiling on them, and betting / gambling is no exception.
Praying to God for a team to win a specific match so that you win a bet is more or less selfish when there are still so many bad things in the world. But what about those ancient gods of the past? People believed in them and prayed to them for good fortune. The different mythologies of the world reveal powerful deities that rule the game world. These are some of the gods that can influence the outcome of a soccer match in our favor:
Hermes is the Greek god of gambling, profit, risk, and gambling. Hermes was the winged messenger of the gods. He was the god of flocks, roads, commerce, thieves. It is also known as Mercury in Roman mythology. His father is Zeus, the ruler of the Greek gods.
Thoth is the Egyptian god of the game. He had the same attributes as the Greek god Hermes. He is the creator of magic, the inventor of writing, the messenger of the gods, and the divine guardian and mediator. According to the myth, he won an extra 5 days by betting with the moon (then known as Iabet) on a dice game to help the sky goddess Nut have her children.
Macuilxochitl, (five flowers, also called Xochipilli) is the Aztec god of games, music and dance. He was the god of games, from board games (Patolli) to the Aztec version of soccer (Ullamaliztli). Generally depicted as a god of fun and dance, Xochipilli could also send venereal diseases to anyone who violates abstention while having sex.
Li-Nezha is the Chinese god of the game. He is probably the only one of the Chinese gods who can reveal the winning lottery numbers. Li-Nezha is perhaps better known as Nataku or Nata from the Japanese anime, a half-deadly god of war. In ancient times, mortals worshiped him as a God of lotteries and games of chance.
Lakshmi, is the Hindu goddess of wealth, prosperity and fortune. Lakshmi is the consort of the god Vishnu. Hindus believe that anyone who worships Lakshmi sincerely, and not out of greed, will be blessed with fortune and success. After worshiping Lakshmi on Diwali, many Hindus gamble and spend a lot, believing that Lakshmi has bestowed good fortune on them.
Nohoilpi: the Navajo god of the game. Also called “He who wins over men.” He is a renegade son of the sun god Tsohanoai. He came down to Earth and taught his gambling games to the various tribes, but soon abused his power by beating them in all their games of chance and collecting his winnings by enslaving the people to build a city to mark his glory. He was defeated in the game by a Navajo man sent by the other gods and was thrown into the sky.