Are the Gods of Golarian Refugees?

[RainOfSteel]

I have yet to read a creation myth that discusses how Golarian's top twenty gods came about and fit together. There is an Asmodeus creation myth. There is also an Apsu/Tiamat myth. I do not consider either of those two to be adequate.

These gods have almost no history with each other and their described interpersonal relationships are generic.

Are all of Golarian's gods refugees from other milieus who were randomly thrown together? Perhaps the shattered remnants of various pantheons left behind from attacking Rovagug?

Even so, there should still be creation myths about them, whether individually or in groups, in circulation with their followers. Some of them should even contain some truthful nuggets.

Religion is strong on attempting to explain how the past created the present, but I'm not feeling it as far as Golarian is concerned.

Hey! PF 2.0 is coming. Sounds like a perfect chance to give the Golarion milieu, and it's gods, a creation myth.

[Meirril]

The thing is, gods die in Golarian. Other gods rose up at the same time as Asmodeus. They are gone and forgotten. Others rose up to take their place. This has been going on for thousands of years.

Then that little thing that wiped out the Azlanti, then the Runelords happened, followed up by the Starstone. Oh, and the Iron Mountain thing is in there somewhere. Lots of gods perished. Lots of gods were created. Golorian survives.

Its really hard to make a creation mythos when there are older established religions that can sit there and laugh at you and your followers. Especially when someone casts a spell like 'legend lore' and it names the guy that started the story and says its a fake. Divination spells are iffy, but there is no way you can sneak a creation legend past anyone that wants to fact check.

Well, not without writing a book and getting Piazo to publish it.

[Rajnish Umbra, Shadow Caller]

I think the "official" dev answer to questions like these so far was:
The gods don't bother to answer.
Various churches have their various, often mutually contradictory stories, but the only beings old enough to know say either nothing or tell, again, mutually contradictory stories.

The qlippoth say that first there was the Abyss, and from it grew the Maelstrom and the rest of the planes.
The protean say first there was the Maelstrom, and from it grew the other planes, including the Abyss.

Essentially, there are plenty of stories, but they're probably all wrong and it's unlikely that there will ever be an officially true answer.

[David knott 242]

Golarion probably has several creation myths, one for each deity whose mythology does not mention that deity's ascension. Most likely, none of these myths are true, as the Golarion multiverse probably wasn't created by a deity.

[GM Rednal]

Keep in mind that the main 20 deities in Pathfinder are the local Pantheon. Other areas of Golarion - and other worlds - have their own pantheons. I'm not sure the gods see themselves as any kind of official pantheon or group (though the celestial ones, at least, tend to get along with each other even when they disagree on specific details).

[RainOfSteel]

Rajnish Umbra, Shadow Caller wrote:

Various churches have their various, often mutually contradictory stories

That is what I wanted. I may not get them, but I want them.