Flights of Foundry 2021

Many fantasy role-playing games include some element of mythology, not just as a background detail, but as an aspect of the world the characters will interact with: clerics pray to their deities, villains make horrible sacrifices to them, and the gods themselves may show up and interfere with the PCs’ lives. What makes for a good game mythology? How can you create a numinous feeling in a medium that often runs on numerical stats and the randomization of dice? And what considerations come into play when the mythology of the game setting touches on real-world beliefs?