I had a dream a few weeks ago of a heavly tattooed bald man covered in blood carrying a lantern wearing something like a loincloth. I was almost certain this was probably nothing more than a dream but a friend of mine thinks prehaps maybe this was some kind of ancient god contacting me because i've had very violent dreams since(i've always had violent dreams but I was always on the defensive side since I dreamt of the man i actively seek out others to harm or kill in the dream). I know how crazy that sounds (believe me I told him) but hey you never know. Anyhow if the discrption does fit any of the ancient gods please the name here thanks.

Originally posted by Marduk
in my experience ancient gods don't contact people in dreams
they usual approach is to approach people in the daytime (at least according to ancient texts)

Just what your experience about ancient gods was?
Or was it you were saying "according to your knowledge" ?

my experience is in the brackets
thats why they are there

Well you just accurately described the main character in a video game called, coincidentally, God Of War.

You probably saw an advert or something of it, your brain messes with you during sleep. Kind of like regurgitating memories and throwing them back at your mind at random.

MC, I'm pretty well-versed on ancient war god mythology and I don't know of anyone that is depicted as such. Why did you friend say it was an ancient god? Did he/she say why heshe thought so?

Having violent dreams for a period of time doesn't necessarily mean that it is a god trying to contact you. What it does mean is that your subconsious is working thru something. It sounds as if your subconscious is trying to come to terms with the "wild man" in you, you know the primitive Pagan jungle lord so to speak?

Perhaps if you put a small representation of Tarzan or some such on your fireplace mantel, desk, etc. it would help you to integrate this part of yourself better with the rest of you. I know this may sound silly, but I've done a fair amount of dream interpretation as a therapist and this is a great way to connect with those parts of yourself which have been disconnected for whatever reason.

maybe your subliminal mind is playing the trailer for the god of war video game in your sleep. or maybe you are a lab rat for subliminal advertising. If I were you I would contact the local authorities and tell them you are a victim of mind control. Or you could simply just fasten your tinfoil helmut before falling asleep each night. Maybe it was just a dream....

Its likely that your frame of mind is changing, moving from you subconsciously being on the defensive to the offensive. You saw a popular media figure, which you may not even realise you have seen, and your brain connected violence with him.
It would also explain why you immediately assumed it was a 'God of War', because your mind associates the image with the name.