Euterran Pantheons

The heavens of Euterra are not lacking for inhabitants, as the mortals worship a seemingly endless number of deities. How much power they may have varies greatly, and many of them overlap (e.g. sun gods). Which ones are real? Are any of them in fact the version that any given culture worships, or is there some great meta deity that is the sole true sun god? Or perhaps all of them are simultaneously real, their divine powers allowing them to surpass the realm of logic or reason.   Here, we will quickly go over the major pantheons encountered in Euterra. These are the important ones you're likely to find temples or priests/priestesses of; the ones most likely to be the objects of worship.   Local deities of things like individual rivers, forests, hills, or mountains will not be listed here. Neither will demons, or more minor gods that are unlikely to attract significant worship. Gods of individual constellations, the winds, etc. These are relatively unimportant gods that, while everyone might know them, they likely won't be objects of significant dedicated cults.   ACHAIAN DEITIES  
  1. Zeus – king of the deities; god of sky and storms
  2. Poseidon – god of the sea
  3. Hades – god of the dead
  4. Hera – goddess of marriage, family, and childbirth
  5. Demeter – goddess of agriculture and fertility
  6. Hestia – goddess of hearth and home
  7. Athena – goddess of wisdom and strategy
  8. Apollo – god of the sun, prophecies, plague, and medicine
  9. Artemis – goddess of the moon, the wilderness, the hunt, children, and maidens
  10. Hermes – god of travellers, merchants, and messengers
  11. Aphrodite – goddess of love and beauty
  12. Dionysos – god of wine and theater
  13. Hephaistos – god of the forge and crafting
  14. Ares – god of war
  N.B. An important note for both the Achaian and Vicini deities is that they tend to have numerous epithets based on locality that can radically change their nature and the way they are worshipped. Aphrodite Area is the most striking one, whereby the goddess of love and beauty also becomes the goddess of war and passion.   VICINI DEITIES  
  1. Jupiter/Jove – king of the deities; god of sky and storms
  2. Neptune – god of the sea
  3. Juno – goddess of marriage, family, and childbirth
  4. Mars – god of war
  5. Minerva – goddess of wisdom and strategy
  6. Vesta – goddess of hearth and home
  7. Janus – god of boundaries and magic
  8. Venus – goddess of love and beauty
  9. Pluto – god of the dead
  10. Apollo – god of the sun, prophecies, plague, and medicine
  11. Saturn – god of cycles and fortune
  12. Mercury – god of travellers, merchants, and messengers
  13. Vulcan – god of the forge, crafting, and fire
  14. Ceres – goddess of agriculture and fertility
  15. Diana – goddess of the moon, the wilderness, the hunt, children, and maidens
  KHEMETI DEITIES  
  1. Re-Horakhty – king of the gods; god of the sun
  2. Osiris – god of the dead
  3. Isis – goddess of magic
  4. Ptah – god of craftsmen
  5. Geb – god of the earth
  6. Nut – goddess of the sky
  7. Hathor – goddess of marriage and fertility
  8. Anubis – god of death and mummification
  9. Thoth – god of writing, wisdom and knowledge
  10. Bastet – goddess of hearth and home
  11. Sekhmet – goddess of war and destruction
  12. Sobek – god of rivers and crocodiles
  13. Maat – goddess of order, truth, harmony and peace
  14. Atum – god of creation; destined to return the world to the waters of Nu
  15. Neith – goddess of creation; goddess of fate, the cosmos, weaving, hunting, and war
  16. Amun – god of wind and air
  17. Nu – god of the sea; embodiment of primordial chaos
  18. Serket – goddess of nature, animals, and magic (particularly "natural" magics like druidry, and sorcery)
  19. Set – god of storms, foreigners, merchants, deception, and chaos (a chaos that must exist as a necessary foil to order that gives it meaning)
  20. Nephthys – goddess of childbirth, beer, and medicine
  21. Khonsu – god of the moon
  22. Meretseger – goddess of burial grounds
  23. Renenutet – goddess of food and the harvest, wife of Geb
  24. Aker – god of the underworld (c.f. Osiris who is king of the underworld, Aker *is* the underworld)
  25. Ammit – devourer of souls
  26. Meret – goddess of song and dance
  27. Seshat – goddess of mathematics, accounting, astrology, and trade
  28. Wadjet – goddess of protection against supernatural evil
  29. Wepwawet – god of hunting, war, and victory
  30. Shu – god of peace
  31. Tefnut – goddess of rain and dew
  ELVISH DEITIES  
  1. Brahma – deity of creation
  2. Vishnu – deity of preservation
  3. Shiva – deity of destruction and time; associated with fertility and regeneration
  4. Ganesha – deity of new beginnings, wisdom, and luck
  5. Hanuman – deity of courage, reverence and strength
  6. Kartikeya – deity of victory and war
  7. Vishwakarma – deity of architecture
  8. Dhanvantari – deity of healers
  9. Dyaus – deity of the aether (or sky)
  10. Pṛthvī Mātā – deity of the earth
  11. Vayu – deity of air, wind and breath
  12. Varuna – deity of water and rain
  13. Agni – deity of fire
  14. Yama – deity of death and justice
  15. Samudra – deity of the seas
  16. Kubera – deity of opulence
  17. Kamadeva – deity of love
  18. Indra – king of the deities and deity of weather, storms and sky
  19. Ashwini Kumara – deity of health and medicine
  20. Surya – deity of the sun, light and day
  21. Chandra – deity of the moon and night
  22. Mangala – deity aggression
  23. Budha – deity of nature
  24. Brihaspati – deity of educators
  25. Shukra – deity of worship and religious devotion
  26. Shani – deity of karma
  27. Mitra – deity of treaties and oaths
  28. Vāc – deity of speech
  29. Ānanda – deity of inner peace
  30. Vijñāna – deity of knowledge
  N.B.1 Though they are worshipped separately, Vāc, Ānanda, and Vijñāna (the deities of speech, inner peace, and knowledge respectively) are far more commonly worshipped together as a deity that is simultaneously one god and three called the Mantrik Trimurti (“Magic Trinity") who is/are the god(s) of magic. This is similar to the Brahmanik Trimurti of Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva (the creator, preserver, and destroyer).   N.B.2 All of these gods are listed simply as “deity” rather than god or goddess. This is because, for the Elves, the devas (deities) can be whatever they want whenever they want. They are above the laws of creation known to mortals and thus, unlike our own, their forms are completely fluid.   They can be worshipped as male, female, animal, humanoid, plant, or even as just a symbol representing an abstract concept. In art, the only way to determine which deity is being depicted is typically by looking at the things near them or other aspects of the art (e.g. the colour, stance, or appearance of the figure).   A painting of a man or woman surrounded by fire is likely Agni. A black statue of a monkey holding a skull likely represents Yama. A giant painting of a wheel is probably Shani. Any figure with 3 heads, depending on what they’re holding or how they’re dressed, is likely either the Brahmanik or Mantrik Trimurti.   DWARVEN DEITIES  
  1. Marduk – god of war, kingship and state authority, loyalty, and oaths.
  2. Ninmah/Ninhursag – goddess of fertility, mother of mountains, city walls and siege defense, and creator goddess of the Dwarves (made the first Dwarves out of stone, metal, and water)
  3. Shamash – god of gentle light, warmth, morality, truth, magic, and the šamšatui
  4. Ishtar/Inanna – goddess of love, sex, beauty, justice, and war (destructive war or war fueled by destructive emotional power, rather than the cold, logical, and ideally merciful war represented by Marduk).
  5. Gibil – god of heat and fire (destructive light and warmth, rather than Shamash’s life-giving light and warmth), and the forge/metalworking.
  6. Enki – god of water, knowledge, writing, craftsmen, and merchants.
  7. Enlil – god of wind, air, storms, and miners
  8. Enten – god of coldness, winter, and hardship
  9. Ereshkigal/Irkalla – goddess of the dead, queen of the underworld (*Kur*)
  10. Nergal – husband of Ereshkigal/Irkalla; god of fevers and plagues
  11. Gula/Ninkarrak – goddess of mundane healing, and medicine
  12. Ninazu – god of reptiles, spiders, immortality, and death
  13. Ninurta – god of hunting, farming, and protection from demonic possession
  14. Nabu – god of philosophy, prophecy, and wisdom (knowledge gained through life experience, rather than Enki's knowledge gained through learning)
  15. Iškur – god of thunder and lightning
  16. Ningišzidda – god of vegetation (esp. fungi, algae, lichen, and root vegetables)
  17. Su'en/Nannar – god of the moon and cattle
  18. Ninšubur – goddess of servants, slaves, and messengers
  GAILIG DEITIES  
  1. Luchtaine/Luchta – patron of carpentry
  2. Credhne – patron of smiths
  3. Goibniu – patron of hospitality and architects
  4. Dian Cécht – patron of the healing arts
  5. Brigid – patroness of wisdom, philosophy, and poetry
  6. Lugh – king of the Tuatha Dé Sinnsear; patron of oaths, truth, and the law
  7. An Dagda – patron of fertility and agriculture
  8. Ogma – patron of writing, knowledge, and magic
  9. Aengus/Óengus – patron of youth and love
  10. Badb – patroness of fear, confusion, and war
  11. Mhacha – patroness of weapons and war
  12. Mórrígan – patroness of bravery, victory, and war
  13. Abcán – patron of music
  14. Dhuosnos – patron of travellers and merchants, psychopomp
  15. Elatha – patron of fire
  16. Manannán – patron of fishing
  17. Bé Binn – patroness of childbirth
  18. Clíodhna – patroness of beauty, singing, and keening
  19. Flidais – patroness of animal husbandry
  20. Ceithlionn – patroness of prophecy
  The Gnomes and Halflings are unique from many of the other cultures of the world in that they don’t worship gods in the same sense that many of the others do. Rather, they worship a race of godlike beings known as the Tuatha Dé Sinnsear (“Tribe of Ancestor Gods”) from whom the gnomes and halflings claim descent (this, they say, is why they live so much longer than humans).   The origins of the Tuatha Dé Sinnsear can vary by region, but generally they are believed to have been a tribe of gods who descended to the world to live as mortals after growing bored of the heavens. They conquered the mortal world and ruled over it for a time. They mated with the mortals and their offspring became either gnomes or halflings (with gnomes being born to Tuatha Dé Sinnsear fathers and mortal mothers, and halflings the opposite).   Though they aged much slower as mortals, they did still age and they became more and more mortal the longer they stayed in the material plane. As the years passed, the Tuatha Dé Sinnsear slowly found themselves succumbing to violence, disease, and the ravages of age and time just as any other mortals would and their empire collapsed.   However, having forsaken the heavens, the Tuatha Dé Sinnsear could not return there after death. With the last vestiges of their divine power, they created Tír na nÓg, the underworld; a land of eternal youth and bliss where their souls went after death and where their mortal children follow.   Thus, the Tuatha Dé Sinnsear are worshipped as gods in a sense, but not quite in the same sense as others conceive of gods. The Tuatha Dé Sinnsear are believed to have some power to affect the mortal world, but it is minimal, and they certainly aren’t the physical embodiments of the sun itself, the sky, or of the earth like the deities of other cultures might be. Instead, the Tuatha Dé Sinnsear are worshipped as ancestor gods, patron deities of the gnomes and halflings rather than the gods of the entire world.   Most of them are patrons of crafts or trades such as fishing, music, poetry, or kingship (each one usually, though not always, being the creator of their respective craft). Of course, not every member of the Tuatha Dé Sinnsear is worshipped as a patron. Some are seen as wicked figures, similar to demons, some perhaps were once worshipped but they have since lost their following, others have simply not been remembered for one reason or another. The 20 listed above are those who are deemed worthy or remembrance and worship and do not represent the entirety of the Tuatha Dé Sinnsear.   This has led to a situation in which many gnomes and halflings will incorporate the gods of other nearby belief systems into their own (e.g. worshipping Apollo as the sun god), or seek more rational causes for natural phenomena (e.g. storms) rather than relying on gods, or some combination of the two.   MENSKR DEITIES  
  1. Óðinn – king of the gods; god of wisdom, healing, death, royalty and authority, knowledge, war, victory, magic, and poetry
  2. Þórr – god of lightning, thunder, storms, and physical strength
  3. Loki – god of trickery and deception
  4. Baldr – god of music and beauty
  5. Njǫrðr – god of the sea, seafaring, fishing, and wind
  6. Freyr – god of priesthood, peace, summer, agriculture, and prosperity
  7. Freyja – goddess of spring, love, sex, beauty, gold, and divination magic
  8. Týr – god of war and oaths
  9. Bragi – god of skaldic poetry
  10. Iðunn – goddess of youth
  11. Heimdallr – god of watchmen, and heralds
  12. Víðarr – god of vengeance
  13. Váli – god of archery
  14. Ullr – god of winter, skiing and winter sports, warriors, and single combat
  15. Forseti – god of justice and reconciliation
  16. Frigg – goddess of marriage, motherhood, and prophecy
  17. Gná – goddess of spear-maidens
  18. Eir – goddess of medicine and healing
  19. Gefjon – goddess of agriculture and animal husbandry
  20. Fulla – goddess of secrets
  21. Sjǫfn – goddess of youthful love
  22. Vǫr – goddess of wisdom
  23. Syn – goddess of siege defense, defensive refusal
  24. Sól – goddess of the sun
  25. Máni – goddess of the moon
  26. Hel – goddess of the underworld
  27. Skaði – goddess of hunting and mountains
  KOBOLD DEITIES  
  1. Aguu Luu "The Great Dragon" – King of the gods. God of unity, war, truth, and oaths
  2. Khögjil Devshil Avchirdag "The Bringer of Prosperity" – Goddess of peace, justice, and morality
  3. Medlegiin Iltgegch "The Speaker of Knowledge" – Goddess of knowledge, magic, and writing
  4. Setgeliin Khamgaalagch "The Guardian of Souls" – Goddess of death, the dead, and funerary rites
  5. Sürgiig Taslagch "The Culler of Herds" – God of plague and medicine
  6. Tejeever Khangagch "The Provider of Sustenance" – Goddess of hunting, farming, and fishing
  7. Toirgiin Duuchin "The Singer of Wards" – God of protection, poetry, and music
  8. Kharankhuig Khöögch "The Banisher of Darkness" – God of fire, the forge, and light
  9. Bömböriin Ezen "The Master of Drums" – God of fear, confusion, courage, and bravery
  10. Amidralyn Bayarlagch "The Celebrator of Life" – God of mirth, sex, and beauty
  The histories tell us that the kobolds once worshipped the dragons—the true dragons—who created the world. Once, they had names and were known as gods.   It is said that the old ways of dragon worship originally started to wane in the 99 centuries of the wise rule of Aguu Luu Udirdagch ("Great Dragon Leader"), who turned himself into a dragon. At the end of his rule, Aguu Luu Udirdagch ascended beyond the mortal realm and became king of the dragons, now known as Aguu Luu.   When speaking of him during his mortal life, Aguu Luu Udirdagch is sometimes instead poetically referred to as Chinggis Khaan (“Universal Lord”). After he left the mortal realm, 9 great kobold leaders also turned themselves into dragons (though their power and status is a mere shadow of Aguu Luu) who rule the kobolds as god-kings, called the Luu Khötöch (“Dragon Guides”).   These days, the old ways of dragon worship are a distant memory of the past. Worship falls instead entirely to Aguu Luu, as well as the 9 Luu Khötöch.   ASPECTS OF THE INFINITE RABBIT   Though the harengon worship the Infinite Rabbit as the sole true deity, they will devote themselves to but one of its aspects for worship throughout their lives. Which aspect they worship is often immediately apparent through an epithet they will give themselves. This epithet is a title related to their god (e.g., “the Destroyer” for the god of war, or “the Seductive” for the goddess of love) that is a part of their name and identifies their devotion immediately to any other harengon.   Below, you will find a list of the most common aspects of the Infinite Rabbit. Though all aspects do have a name (e.g., Romyrik, Amaraz, Capragys, etc), a deity is referred to almost exclusively by its title (e.g., the Great Horned Rabbit, the Green-Toothed Devourer, the Blazing Hare, etc). You would never speak the true name of your deity to another unless necessary, and rarely would you ever even speak it to a fellow devotee of the same aspect. Thus, other than the object of their own devotion, even a harengon is unlikely to know the true name of any other harengon god.  
  1. Romyrik, the Great Horned Rabbit – god of war
  2. Amaraz, the Green-Toothed Devourer – god of pestilence and famine
  3. Capragys, the Blazing Hare - god of fire and the sun
  4. Rivleria, the Shining One – goddess of the moon and stars
  5. Pentalior, the Cosmic Rabbit – god of magic
  6. Poea, the Weeping Mother – goddess of death, childbirth, and children
  7. Allenat, the Four-Faced One – deity of the seasons
  8. Erythrotah, the Tall-Eared Goddess – goddess of love, beauty, sex, and passion
  9. Brakyas, the Savage Master – god of nature (flora twin brother of Sylviga
  10. Sylviga, the Savage Mistress – goddess of nature (fauna twin sister of Brakyas
  11. Othia, the Bounding Bunny – goddess of joy and humour
  12. Timminsea, the Silent Doe – goddess of sorrow, and despair
  13. Tolai, the Eyeless One – goddess of rage; daughter of Romyrik
  14. Netshereal, the Flayed Lady – goddess of fear
  15. Crassikaudah, the Insatiable Queen – goddess of envy
  16. Randena, the All-Seeing Rabbit – goddess of hope and prophecy
  17. Bakmanik, the Thousand-Armed Rabbit – goddess of craftsmen
  18. Anzydnis, the Black Creator – god of the earth
  19. Starkakys, the Fathomless Lord – god of the sea
  20. Nuzralyk, the Unending King – god of the sky
  21. Okotono, the Great Winged Hare – god of travellers, traders, messengers, and mercenaries
  22. Oryktolea, the Owl-Eyed Huntress – goddess of hunters and gatherers
  23. Roylei, the Exuberant Rabbit – god of poetry, music, and dance; twin of Habezzi
  24. Pronoa, the Immaculate Lady – goddess of truth and morality
  25. Nozzgal, the Whip-Tongued Rabbit – god of liars and punishment
  26. Caprolag, the Corpulent One – god of food and drink
  27. Saxatil, the Serene Rabbit – god of rivers, lakes, and ponds
  28. Oiostil, the Unseeable Mistress – goddess of wind
  29. Palzustra, the Patricidal Defender – goddess of medicine; daughter of Amaraz
  30. Diazi, the Golden Doe – goddess of fortune, luck, and selfishness
  31. Rutil, the Inscribed Rabbit – god of wisdom, knowledge, and philosophy
  32. Habezzi, the Many-Faced Hare – god of fools, actors, and performers; twin of Roylei
  33. Kallotys, the Iron Rabbit – god of strength, bravery, and courage
  34. Korysez, the White Kitten – goddess of thieves and charity
  35. Ladak, the Deafening Roarer – god of thunder and lightning
  36. Ilyanenza, the Unwaking One – god of sleep, dreams, and illusions
  37. Kurzoni, the Burdened One – god of memories, vengeance, gratitude, forgiveness, and mercy
  38. Tolai, the Great Guardian – goddess of thresholds and guards, defender of communities
  39. Shevyrai, the Eternal Ancient – goddess of time
  40. Elkemik, the Deathless One – god of life and undeath
  CACAHUATLĀCAH DEITIES  
  1. Ōmeteōtl – the Dual God, transcendental Creator and Creatrix, dwells in Ōmeyōcān (the highest realm of Topan, the 13 Heavens)
  2. Quetzalcōātl – god of the west, life, light, learning, wisdom, arts and crafts, the dawn, the winds, and noyāōyōtzin (venerable war against oneself the White Tezcatlipōca
  3. Huītzilōpōchtli – god of south, the sun, yāōyōtl (war as a general concept), willfulness, tlapalihuizōtl (benevolent or divine magic), hummingbirds, fire, and tlacayōtl (humanoid) sacrifice; the Blue Tezcatlipōca
  4. Xīpe Totēc – god of the east, life-death-rebirth cycle, snakes, agriculture, vegetation, springtime, precious metals (especially gold and silver), and yolquyāōyōtl (war against animals the Red Tezcatlipōca
  5. Tezcatlipōca – god of the north, night, night winds, all things unseen, hurricanes, obsidian, hostility, discord, rulership, judgement, divination, temptation, jaguars, nāhuallōtl (dark or malicious magic/sorcery), beauty, and tlacayāōyōtl (war against humanoids the Black Tezcatlipōca
  6. Tlāloc – god of rain, thunder, and lightning; one of the nine Yoalteuctin (Lords of the Night ruler of Tlālōcān (a paradise for victims of drowning)
  7. Chalchiuhtlicue – goddess of rivers, seas, streams, childbirth, female beauty, and purification; one of the nine Yoalteuctin (Lords of the Night)
  8. Tlāltēuctli – god of the earth
  9. Tlālcihuātl – goddess of the earth
  10. Mictlāntēcutli – god of the dead, king of Mictlān; one of the nine Yoalteuctin (Lords of the Night)
  11. Mictēcacihuātl – goddess of the dead, consort of Mictlāntēcutli, guard of the bones of the dead
  12. Xiuhtecuhtli – god of heat, time, the day, volcanoes, and the personification of life after death, warmth in the cold, light in the darkness, and flood during famine
  13. Chantico – goddess of the hearth
  14. Xōchiquetzal – goddess of sex, flowers, love, pregnancy, weaving, and embroidery
  15. Coyolxāuhqui – goddess of the moon; leader of the Tzitzimimeh
  16. Xolotl – god of twins, monsters, misfortune, sickness, deformities, the evening, and psychopomp; appears as an eyeless dog who protects the sun as it travels through Mictlān
  17. Piltzintecuhtli – god of the rising sun, mundane healing, and hallucinations
  18. Centeōtl – god of maize, subsistence, and agriculture
  19. Tlahzolteōtl – goddess of vice, hygiene, lust, filth, purification, and sexual misdeeds
  20. Tepēyōllōtl – god of caves and echoes
  21. Macuilcozcacuauhtli – god of gluttony
  22. Macuiltochtli – god of drunkenness
  23. Macuilxochitl – god of gambling and music
  24. Xōchipilli – god of visual art, games, singing, dancing, homosexuality, and male prostitution
  25. Ixtlilton – god of well-being, peaceful sleep, and good fortune
  26. Oxomo – goddess of astrology and calendars
  27. Mixcōhuātl – god of fishing
  28. Chalchiuhtotolin – god of disease, plague, contamination, and forgiveness
  29. Itztlacoliuhqui – god of coldness, frost, objectivity, and blind justice
  30. Yacatecuhtli – god of commerce, travellers, messengers, and merchants
  31. Ītzpāpālōtl – goddess of Tomoanchan (paradise underworld for the souls of dead children)
  32. Huixtocihuatl – goddess of salt and saltwater
  33. Atlacoya – goddess of drought
  34. Malinalxochitl – goddess of snakes, scorpions, and insects
  35. Cihuacōātl – goddess of midwifery
  36. Tōnatiuh – god of midday
  37. Ometochtli – god of cacahuactli (cacao wine)
  38. Ehēcatl – god of the wind
  39. Cualliteōtl – god of feather-workers and weapon-makers
  N.B 1: In accordance with the Cacahuatlācah calendar, there are two subgroups within this pantheon known as the 10 Lords of the Day (the Tonalteuctin), and the 10 Lords of the Night (Yoalteuctin). Each one of these deities oversees two of the 20 days, and two of the 20 nights in a Cacahuatlācah month.   The 10 Tonalteuctin are, in order: Huītzilōpōchtli; Xiuhtecuhtli; Tlāltēuctli; Centeōtl; Tlāloc; Quetzalcōātl; Piltzintecuhtli; Yacatecuhtli; Xōchiquetzal; and Xōchipilli.   The 10 Yoalteuctin are, in order: Tezcatlipōca; Mictlāntēcutli; Mictēcacihuātl; Chalchiuhtlicue; Tlahzolteōtl; Tepēyōllōtl; Chantico; Ixtlilton; Oxomo; Xolotl   N.B 2: Another grouping of gods, usually worshipped together, are the 3 Ahuiateteo, the gods of excess and pleasure. They are: Macuilcozcacuauhtli (gluttony), Macuiltochtli (drunkenness), and Macuilxochitl (gambling).

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