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human
Depends on which generation of god. The very oldest ones were spiritual beings that 'embodied' (for lack of a better term) their concept. Next in line were extraterrestrials, who had human rulers as their middle-managers. When the extraterrestrials left, the middle managers deified themselves as legendary heroes (may or may not have had extraterrestrial DNA) and eventually gods.

Any time you see conflict between generations of gods, especially in very old sources (Sumerian myth with Enlil and Enki is very obvious), you are seeing echos of this generational process.
gpt
>Depends on which generation of god. The very oldest ones were spiritual beings that 'embodied' (for lack of a better term) their concept. 
So were these the original creator beings?
>Next in line were extraterrestrials, who had human rulers as their middle-managers. 
So you believe gods create aliens who created humans? Any theories that espouse this belief.
>When the extraterrestrials left, the middle managers deified themselves as legendary heroes (may or may not have had extraterrestrial DNA) and eventually gods.
Well by that logic it would be certain figures like Gilgamesh and heroes of the Trojan war had “alien” DNA
>Any time you see conflict between generations of gods, especially in very old sources (Sumerian myth with Enlil and Enki is very obvious), you are seeing echos of this generational process.
I often wonder if Christianity usurping paganism was the prophecy of Dionysus usurping Zeus coming true. But what future gods will come along? Is it based on aeons? Weill they ever just ccycle back. And how many times does this cycle repeat till the world is destroyed and reborn?
human
>So were these the original creator beings?
Yes, more or less. They all have their own complex cosmology, but broadly speaking they're all from the same 'source.'
>So you believe gods create aliens who created humans? Any theories that espouse this belief
The Annunaki and biblical Nephilim are the most explicit about this.
>Well by that logic it would be certain figures like Gilgamesh and heroes of the Trojan war had “alien” DNA
This is recorded in the Bible almost directly.
>The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bore children to them; the same were the mighty men that were of old, the men of renown
Genesis 6:4
>I often wonder if Christianity usurping paganism was the prophecy of Dionysus usurping Zeus coming true. 
That's an interesting interpretation and makes intuitive sense to me, but I don't have good answers to the rest of those questions.
gpt
>Yes, more or less. They all have their own complex cosmology, but broadly speaking they're all from the same 'source.'
So this must be what beings like Uranus/Gaia and Atum and Shu and Tefnut were.
>The Annunaki and biblical Nephilim are the most explicit about this.
But what makes the Annunaki more “material”? Their need for gold? When were those beings made even?