Some believe that the Gods roamed the Earth before becoming Gods. Then who created them, other gods? And how is it possible that the very elements had no God beforehand? If we can debate that some Gods might come from angels, demons and martyrs, they remain... Gods... They are thus by definition non-human and have probably never been. Even if they roamed the Earth before, they were already gods, maybe without knowing it. Such is the belief of the Keepers. It is debatable, by respectable.
The 5 Major Gods of the Equilibrium represent perfect harmony.
They form an intertwined atomic balanced structure, called The Equilibrium, the atomic materialisation of the equation 1 + 1 = 1:
DWAYNA +++++++++++++++++++++++++ LYSSA
>>>>----------++++++++++++++++++--------<<<<<<
>>>>>>>>>---------++++++++++---------<<<<<<<<<
>>>>>>>>>>>>----- MELANDRU ------<<<<<<<<<<
>>>>>>>>>----------+++++++++----------<<<<<<<<<
>>>>>---------- +++++++++++++++ -----------<<<<<
BALTHAZAR ++++++++++++++++++++++ GRENTH
Theological explanation:
"Heiresses of the 'one and only', Dwayna and Lyssa form the protons of the atomic structure. Heirs of 'The Enemy', Balthazar and Grenth form the electrons. Dwayna faces Grenth and Balthazar faces Lyssa. All is well balanced... Also not that both Dwayna and Lyssa represent the feminine, and both Balthazar and Grenth the masculine. All is well balanced... At the core of this atomic structure, as a neutron, you can find Melandru. Indeed, Melandru comes from neither sides. "Nature has no sides because no one in on the side of nature" as Tolkien the Elder said. Moreover, though she is referred to as a goddess, her avatar is also neutral: a genderless beast." (The Fisher King, the Gods Did Not Play the Odds, Chapter 1, line 634)