1.   According to Hindu beliefs, in late summer, on a night when the moon was full, the god Shiva appeared inside a cave high atop the Himalayas.

2.   High on a hill overlooking the Pacific Ocean, the Greek god of tennis appeared as if dropped from the heavens.

3.   Then this absent god suddenly appears and orates for hours at a stretch.

4.   When the god appears with the head of a falcon, as in the newest find, he is known as Re-Harakhti.

5.   Moments later, Croatian President Franjo Tudjman himself hooks a golden fish, and his Roman Catholic god appears and promises him a wish too.