Ruins of Malbeth: Religion, Part 3: Pantheon

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 to incorporate elements of Kobold Press’s Midgard, working with the Deep Magic for 5e pdfs and Pathfinder campaign setting before the 5e Kickstarter was launched.

Major Deities of the Pantheon 

NameAlignment/WorshipersDomainSymbolNotes
Bahamut the Dragon GodLawful Good / lawful good, neutral goodLife, LightGolden dragon’s head in profileRepresented as a golden dragon
Baleygr the BrightLawful Neutral / lawful alignmentsLight, KnowledgeBlazing sunRepresented as a female with a blazing sun on her clothing
Tiamat the Dragon GoddessLawful Evil / lawful evil, neutral evilTempest, WarDragon’s head with five clawsRepresented as a five-headed black dragon
Sigrdrifa the ValiantChaotic Good chaotic good, neutral goodNature, WarSpearRepresented as a female warrior with spear
Motsognir the StormChaotic Neutral / chaotic alignmentsTempest, TrickeryForked lightning boltRepresented as a male with a lightning bolt on his clothing
Vargeisa the WolfChaotic Evil / evil alignmentsDeath, TrickeryWolf’s headRepresented as a black wolf
Gunnhrafn the RavenNeutral Good / good alignmentsKnowledge, WarRavenRepresented as a black raven
Simul the EternalNeutral / neutral alignmentsLife, Death, NatureTriangle within a square within a circleRepresented as naked agendered humanoid
Bakrauf the CunningNeutral Evil / neutral evil, chaotic evilTrickery, KnowledgeClosed bookRepresented as a male holding a closed book
Hluti the Weaver (of Fate)Neutral /worshipers of fate, weaversKnowledgeLoomRepresented as loom with a half-finished cloth or tapestry
Moradin the ForgerLawful Good / dwarves, smithsKnowledge, ClockworkHammer and anvilRepresented as dwarven or gnomish smith. Creator of dwarves and gnomes.
Farex the BountifulNeutral / agricultural and food workersNature, BeerAgricultural toolsRepresented by images of harvest or food
Sehanine, elf goddessChaotic Good / elvesKnowledge Crescent moonRepresented as female elf with a crescent moon diadem.
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.

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