{"id":95,"date":"2024-09-17T18:50:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-17T22:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunnhrafn.com\/caw\/?p=95"},"modified":"2024-10-09T09:59:24","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T13:59:24","slug":"ruins-of-malbeth-religion-part-3-pantheon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gunnhrafn.com\/caw\/2024\/09\/17\/ruins-of-malbeth-religion-part-3-pantheon\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruins of Malbeth: Religion, Part 3: Pantheon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This is part of a series of posts on about an old D&D campaign world called Malbeth.
Go to the Ruins of Malbeth: Introduction<\/a> post or to The Ruins of Malbeth: Religion, Part 1: Animism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The third pillar of Malbeth’s religious practices was a pantheon. As you can see here, I’d begun to revise the pantheon to incorporate elements of Kobold Press’s Midgard, working with the Deep Magic <\/em>for 5e pdfs and Pathfinder campaign setting before the 5e Kickstarter was launched. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Major Deities of the Pantheon <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Name<\/strong><\/strong><\/td>Alignment\/<\/strong><\/strong>Worshipers<\/strong><\/strong><\/td>Domain<\/strong><\/strong><\/td>Symbol<\/strong><\/strong><\/td>Notes<\/strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Bahamut the Dragon God<\/strong><\/td>Lawful Good \/ lawful good, neutral good<\/td>Life, Light<\/td>Golden dragon\u2019s head in profile<\/td>Represented as a golden dragon<\/td><\/tr>
Baleygr the Bright<\/strong><\/td>Lawful Neutral \/ lawful alignments<\/td>Light, Knowledge<\/td>Blazing sun<\/td>Represented as a female with a blazing sun on her clothing<\/td><\/tr>
Tiamat the Dragon Goddess<\/strong><\/td>Lawful Evil \/ lawful evil, neutral evil<\/td>Tempest, War<\/td>Dragon\u2019s head with five claws<\/td>Represented as a five-headed black dragon<\/td><\/tr>
Sigrdrifa the Valiant<\/strong><\/td>Chaotic Good chaotic good, neutral good<\/td>Nature, War<\/td>Spear<\/td>Represented as a female warrior with spear<\/td><\/tr>
Motsognir the Storm<\/strong><\/td>Chaotic Neutral \/ chaotic alignments<\/td>Tempest, Trickery<\/td>Forked lightning bolt<\/td>Represented as a male with a lightning bolt on his clothing<\/td><\/tr>
Vargeisa the Wolf<\/strong><\/td>Chaotic Evil \/ evil alignments<\/td>Death, Trickery<\/td>Wolf\u2019s head<\/td>Represented as a black wolf<\/td><\/tr>
Gunnhrafn the Raven<\/strong><\/td>Neutral Good \/ good alignments<\/td>Knowledge, War<\/td>Raven<\/td>Represented as a black raven<\/td><\/tr>
Simul the Eternal<\/strong><\/td>Neutral \/ neutral alignments<\/td>Life, Death, Nature<\/td>Triangle within a square within a circle<\/td>Represented as naked agendered humanoid<\/td><\/tr>
Bakrauf the Cunning<\/strong><\/td>Neutral Evil \/ neutral evil, chaotic evil<\/td>Trickery, Knowledge<\/td>Closed book<\/td>Represented as a male holding a closed book<\/td><\/tr>
Hluti the Weaver (of Fate)<\/strong><\/td>Neutral \/worshipers of fate, weavers<\/td>Knowledge<\/td>Loom<\/td>Represented as loom with a half-finished cloth or tapestry<\/td><\/tr>
Moradin the Forger<\/strong><\/td>Lawful Good \/ dwarves, smiths<\/td>Knowledge, Clockwork<\/td>Hammer and anvil<\/td>Represented as dwarven or gnomish smith. Creator of dwarves and gnomes.<\/td><\/tr>
Farex the Bountiful<\/strong><\/td>Neutral \/ agricultural and food workers<\/td>Nature, Beer<\/td>Agricultural tools<\/td>Represented by images of harvest or food<\/td><\/tr>
Sehanine, elf goddess<\/strong><\/td>Chaotic Good \/ elves<\/td>Knowledge <\/td>Crescent moon<\/td>Represented as female elf with a crescent moon diadem.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
Again, the idea underlying the tripartite religious beliefs of animism, dualism, and a pantheon is all three were entwined. Very few people were a strict animist, dualist, or pantheist. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is part of a series of posts on about an old D&D campaign world called Malbeth.Go to the Ruins of Malbeth: Introduction post or to The Ruins of Malbeth: Religion, Part 1: Animism The third pillar of Malbeth’s religious practices was a pantheon. As you can see here, I’d begun to revise the pantheon … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dnd","category-ruins-of-malbeth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gunnhrafn.com\/caw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gunnhrafn.com\/caw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gunnhrafn.com\/caw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gunnhrafn.com\/caw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gunnhrafn.com\/caw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.gunnhrafn.com\/caw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":146,"href":"https:\/\/www.gunnhrafn.com\/caw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95\/revisions\/146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gunnhrafn.com\/caw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gunnhrafn.com\/caw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gunnhrafn.com\/caw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}