Post by Artemis Smythesson on Feb 10, 2008 19:51:57 GMT -5
REALMS OF THE UNIVERSE:
Divine Realms: home of the gods, immortals, Dragonlands
Living Realms: mortal earth
Peaceful Realms: kingdom of the dead
Chaos
First Powers: (parents to the Great Gods)
Father Universe - created the realms
Mother Flame - created light, stars, death
Three Sorrows: (housed in Divine Realms but not gods in themselves, rather forces brought into the Mortal Realms by human excess)
• Malady
• Starvation
• Slaughter
The Great Gods:
Great Mother Goddess, the - Three aspects: Maiden, Mother, Hag, Titles: Mother of Mountains, Mother of Waters, Mother of Mares, goddess of crops, weaving, spinning, women, childbirth, offences against women, children, with Mithros, chief goddess of pantheon
Mithros - sun god, brother-consort to Goddess, god of mage-craft, war, law, fire, with the Goddess, chief god of pantheon
Black God - the god of death, ruler of Peaceful Realms
Crooked God - god of thieves in Eastern Lands (another name for Kyprioth the Trickster)
Smith's God - god of all smiths, coopers, wainwrights
Gainel - also called the Master of Dream, the Dream King, Dreamer, he has one foot in Chaos, one foot in Divine Realms, he is the only Great God who cannot leave divine realms or chaos, can only send his messengers (dreams)
Kyprioth the Trickster - chief of the trickster gods and patron god of the Copper Isles, Wind god of all the winds in the Emerald Ocean (including Copper Isles and Yamani Islands)
In Addition to the Great Gods and Goddesses Each Country has some of their own.
Carthak:
Mynoss - the judge of the underworld and the dead
Shakith - blind goddess of seers
Jihuk - master of deep desert winds and demons, central Carthak
Banjiku gods: (south-eastern Carthak)
• Lushagui - goddess who bore them and gave them three gifts: to bind men to beast-people, to know gods, and to be slaves (this last is open to interpretation)
• Kidunka - male, the world-snake (wraps around the world), all-wise, Lushagui's brother
K'mir tribes of northern Sarain:
Grandmother Stone - goddess of age and time
Father Storm and Mother Fire -gave birth to the world and the stars, parents of
The Four Horse-Lords:
• Bian North-wind - goddess of trade, sleep, horses (she gave birth to horses), fertility
• Chavi West-wind - goddess of cleansing, belief or religion, music, marriage
• Vau East-wind - god of creation (helped Bian to give birth to horses), travel, strength, truth
• Shai South-wind - god of magic, volcanoes, sex, healing
Yamani Islands:
Yama - patron goddess, created the Yamani Islands, goddess of childbirth and rice
Wave-Walker - sea goddess, goddess of mercy, can banish storms and keep ships safe (also another name for the Goddess in north-western Tortall)
Sakuyo - benevolent Yamani trickster god, god of jokes and pranks
Galla/Scanra/north-eastern Tortall:
Weiryn - minor god of the hunt and the forest in north-eastern Tortall and in Galla and Scanra; a god who's one with mountain forests (Daine's father)
Green Lady - north-western Galla, a goddess of healing, childbirth, and wells (Daine's mother)
Yahzed - minor god of righteousness and repentance
Copper Isles, the:
Gunapi the Sunrose - raka goddess of war and molten rock
Chaos:
Uusoae - Queen of Chaos, disrule, uncertainty, imagination, destruction that leads to change and new growth, new opportunities
Gatekeepers - Discord, Violence
Animal gods:
• Badger - badger god, doesn't particularly care to have a name
• Mother Brock - badger goddess
• Old White - wolf god
• Night Black - wolf goddess
• Queenclaw - cat goddess
• Bitebone - cat god
• Chrrik - marmoset male god
• Preet - marmoset female god
• Broad Foot - male duckmole god
• Paddlebill - female duckmole god
• Ghostwing - goddess of the great horned owls
• Nighteyes - god of the great horned owls
• Dawn Crow - crow god
• Sky - crow goddess
• Ssitak - striped skink goddess
• Shhess - striped skink god
• Lord Mauler - crocodile god
• Crunchbone - crocodile goddess
Divine Realms: home of the gods, immortals, Dragonlands
Living Realms: mortal earth
Peaceful Realms: kingdom of the dead
Chaos
First Powers: (parents to the Great Gods)
Father Universe - created the realms
Mother Flame - created light, stars, death
Three Sorrows: (housed in Divine Realms but not gods in themselves, rather forces brought into the Mortal Realms by human excess)
• Malady
• Starvation
• Slaughter
The Great Gods:
Great Mother Goddess, the - Three aspects: Maiden, Mother, Hag, Titles: Mother of Mountains, Mother of Waters, Mother of Mares, goddess of crops, weaving, spinning, women, childbirth, offences against women, children, with Mithros, chief goddess of pantheon
Mithros - sun god, brother-consort to Goddess, god of mage-craft, war, law, fire, with the Goddess, chief god of pantheon
Black God - the god of death, ruler of Peaceful Realms
Crooked God - god of thieves in Eastern Lands (another name for Kyprioth the Trickster)
Smith's God - god of all smiths, coopers, wainwrights
Gainel - also called the Master of Dream, the Dream King, Dreamer, he has one foot in Chaos, one foot in Divine Realms, he is the only Great God who cannot leave divine realms or chaos, can only send his messengers (dreams)
Kyprioth the Trickster - chief of the trickster gods and patron god of the Copper Isles, Wind god of all the winds in the Emerald Ocean (including Copper Isles and Yamani Islands)
In Addition to the Great Gods and Goddesses Each Country has some of their own.
Carthak:
Mynoss - the judge of the underworld and the dead
Shakith - blind goddess of seers
Jihuk - master of deep desert winds and demons, central Carthak
Banjiku gods: (south-eastern Carthak)
• Lushagui - goddess who bore them and gave them three gifts: to bind men to beast-people, to know gods, and to be slaves (this last is open to interpretation)
• Kidunka - male, the world-snake (wraps around the world), all-wise, Lushagui's brother
K'mir tribes of northern Sarain:
Grandmother Stone - goddess of age and time
Father Storm and Mother Fire -gave birth to the world and the stars, parents of
The Four Horse-Lords:
• Bian North-wind - goddess of trade, sleep, horses (she gave birth to horses), fertility
• Chavi West-wind - goddess of cleansing, belief or religion, music, marriage
• Vau East-wind - god of creation (helped Bian to give birth to horses), travel, strength, truth
• Shai South-wind - god of magic, volcanoes, sex, healing
Yamani Islands:
Yama - patron goddess, created the Yamani Islands, goddess of childbirth and rice
Wave-Walker - sea goddess, goddess of mercy, can banish storms and keep ships safe (also another name for the Goddess in north-western Tortall)
Sakuyo - benevolent Yamani trickster god, god of jokes and pranks
Galla/Scanra/north-eastern Tortall:
Weiryn - minor god of the hunt and the forest in north-eastern Tortall and in Galla and Scanra; a god who's one with mountain forests (Daine's father)
Green Lady - north-western Galla, a goddess of healing, childbirth, and wells (Daine's mother)
Yahzed - minor god of righteousness and repentance
Copper Isles, the:
Gunapi the Sunrose - raka goddess of war and molten rock
Chaos:
Uusoae - Queen of Chaos, disrule, uncertainty, imagination, destruction that leads to change and new growth, new opportunities
Gatekeepers - Discord, Violence
Animal gods:
• Badger - badger god, doesn't particularly care to have a name
• Mother Brock - badger goddess
• Old White - wolf god
• Night Black - wolf goddess
• Queenclaw - cat goddess
• Bitebone - cat god
• Chrrik - marmoset male god
• Preet - marmoset female god
• Broad Foot - male duckmole god
• Paddlebill - female duckmole god
• Ghostwing - goddess of the great horned owls
• Nighteyes - god of the great horned owls
• Dawn Crow - crow god
• Sky - crow goddess
• Ssitak - striped skink goddess
• Shhess - striped skink god
• Lord Mauler - crocodile god
• Crunchbone - crocodile goddess