This page will quickly link you to the completed Faiths & Avatars style write-ups for each deity from DMGR4 Monster Mythology.
Bugbear (and Other) Pantheon:
Grankhul the Hunter
Hruggek the Decapitator
Meriadar the Patient One
Skiggaret the Deranged One
Stalker, the Hateful Shadow
Goblin Pantheon:
Bargrivyek the Peacekeeper
Khugorbaeyag the Overseer
Maglubiyet the Mighty One
Nomog-Geaya the General
Kobold and Urd Pantheon:
Dakarnok the Raider
Gaknulak the Trapmaker
Kuraulyek the Horned Thief
Kurtulmak the Cunning
Orcish Pantheon:
Bahgtru the Leg-Breaker
Gruumsh One-Eye
Ilneval the Horde Leader
Luthic the Cave Mother
Merrgsh
Shargaas the Night Lord
Yurtrus White-Hands
The Ordning (Giantish Pantheon):
Annam the All-Father
Diancastra, the Wanton Wanderer
Grolantor the Steading Lord
Grond Peaksmasher
Hiatea the Huntress
Iallanis the Tender One
Karontor the Deformed One
Memnor the Deceiver
Skoreaus Stonebones, the Living Rock
Stronmaus the Storm Lord
Surtr the Black
Thrym, the King of Ice
Gnoll Pantheon:
Gorellik the Loner
Refnara the Moon-Biter
Yeenoghu the Demon Prince of Gnolls
Ogre Pantheon:
Mirklak the Orcslayer
Vaprak the Destroyer
Ysshara the Lorekeeper
Interlopers on the Giant Pantheon:
Baphomet, Demon Lord of Minotaurs
Kostchtchie, the Demon Prince of Wrath
Io’s Children (Draconic Pantheon):
Aasterinian, the Messenger of Io
Arcanic the Learned
Astilabor the Hoardmistress
Bahamut the Platinum Dragon
Chronepsis the Death Dragon
Elemtia the Tempest
Faluzure the Night Dragon
Garyx the Firelord
Hlal the Jester
Io the Ninefold Dragon
Kalzareinad, The Keeper of Dark Wonders
Kereska Wonderbringer
Lendys the Balancer
Rais, The Cogitative One
Sardior the Ruby Dragon
Tamara the Merciful
Task the Wrester
Tiamat the Chromatic Dragon
Zorquan the High One
Aerial Deities:
Jazirian the Eternal Serpent
Koriel the Vigilant
Stillsong the Singing Sphere
Aquatic Deities:
Anguileusis the Abiding One
Blibdoolpoolp the Sea Mother
Demogorgon, the Prince of Demons
Eadro the Deliverer
Ilxendren the Demonray
Panzuriel the Enslaver
Persana, Guardian of the Deep
Sekolah the Great Shark
Surminare the Queen of Selkies
Trishina the Waverider
Water Lion the Sharkslayer
Avian Deities:
Krocaa the Crimsonfeather
Quorlinn the Filcher
Remnis the Great Lord of the Eagles
Syranita, Mistress of the Aarakocra
Reptilian and Amphibian Deities:
Laogzed the Devourer
Merrshaulk the Serpent Lord
Parrafaire the Naga Prince
Ramenos the Great Frog
Semuanya the Survivor
Sess’innek the Emperor Lizard
Shekinester the Three-Faced Queen
Centaur Pantheon:
Brilros the Battle Stallion
Chitza-Atlan, the Guardian of the Gateway to the Underworld
Fanthros Storm-Hooves
Kheiron the Educator
Linroth Fleet-Hoof
Naharra the Mother-Mare
Skerrit the Hoofed Lord
Lycanthrope Pantheon:
Balador the Master of Mead
Daragor the Wolflord
Eshebala the Vixen Queen
Ferrix the Prowler
Squerrik the Ratlord
Seelie Court:
Caoimhin the Kindly
Damh the Horned Beast
Eachthighern the Unicorn Lord
Emmantiensien the Treant-King
Fionnghuala the Mistress of Swans
Nathair Sgiathach the Prankster
Oberon the Faerie King
Squelaichie the Court Jester
Tapann the Undying
Titania the Faerie Queen
Verenestra the Oak Princess
Unseelie Court:
The Queen of Air and Darkness
Beholder Pantheon:
Great Mother, the Hive Spawner
Gzemnid the Gas Giant
Deities “missing” from Demihuman Deities:
Alathrien Druanna, the Rune Mistress
Araleth Letheranil the Prince of Stars
Cador the Shadow Knife
Darahl Firecloak the Even-Tempered
Diinkarazan the Mad God
Diirinka the Betrayer
Kavor the Lord of Gravity
Keptolo the Eager Consort
Kirith Sotheril the Magess
Melira Taralen the Songstress
Mythrien Sarath, the Watcher over Mythals
Naralis Analor, the Watcher of Souls
Nebelun the Meddler
Rellavar Danuvien, the Frost Sprite King
Sarula Iliene
Tarsellis Meunniduin the Lord of the Mountains
Tethrin Veraldé the Shining One
Zinzerena the Hunted
Myconid Pantheon:
Psilofyr the Spore Lord
Illithid Pantheon:
Ilsensine, the Great Brain
Maanzecorian the Philosoflayer
Undead Deities:
Kanchelsis the Vampire Lord
Mellifleur the Lich-Lord
Orcus, the Demon Prince of Undeath
Elemental Deities:
Ben-Hadar, the Prince of Good Water
Chan, the Princess of Good Air
Cryonax the Prince of Evil Ice
The Elder Elemental God, the Lord of All Matter
Imix, the Prince of Evil Fire
Ogremoch, the Prince of Evil Earth
Olhydra the Princess of Evil Water
Sunnis, the Princess of Good Earth
Yan-C-Bin the Prince of Evil Air
Zaaman Rul the Prince of Good Fire
Miscellaneous Dark Deities:
Anthraxus the Decayed
Cegilune the Hag Goddess
The Dark God at the End of All Things
The Faceless God
Juiblex the Faceless Lord
Piscaethces the Blood Queen
Shami-Amourae, the Demon Princess of Eros
Neogi Pantheon:
Kil’lix the Ambitious
Kr’tx the Flaming Master
P’kk the Dominator
Thrig’ki the Rapacious
T’zen’kil the Lasher
Insectoid and Arthropod Deities:
Klikral, the Master of the Mound
Are you still working on these? Really looking forward to the write-up for Verenestra the Oak Princess when you get around to her. ;-)
I am, it has just been slow going. Unfortunately, Verenestra will be a while out, as I’m working on the giant deities now. Thanks for being patient!
Love your work! Really great to see! Do you think you may be able to do the Great Mother and Daragor soon please?
Thanks! I’m working on these in order now as it is easier to keep my thoughts coherent, so unfortunately, it will be a while before I get to either Daragor or the Great Mother.
Just letting you know that people not necessarily on Dragonsfoot are watching from afar, so to speak, greatly anticipating the continuing (fantastic) results of your project!
I’m currently putting together an AD&D campaign for some friends tired of dealing with 3rd edition. I was looking for specialty priests (a la the wonderful trilogy of religion books) and stumbled across you. You had precisely what I was looking for. Thanks for the hard work. I look forward to reading more of your work.
I noticed that under the Aquatic Deities header, you have Ilxendren, but not The Blood Queen. Is there a reason why she’s apparently being excluded?
She’s under Miscellaneous Underdark Deities, as Piscaethces. She was named in Drizzt Do’Urden’s Guide to the Underdark and Demihuman Deities. Aboleths aren’t really aquatic creatures, which is why she isn’t under the Aquatic header.
That would explain it; while she’s listed as “The Blood Queen” in her (scant) mentions in Demihuman Deities, I don’t have DDGttU (nor 3.5’s Lords of Madness, where she apparently also appears), so I wasn’t aware of her being renamed.
Thanks for the quick reply setting me straight!
I just noticed that Yathaghera, the pegasus demigoddess daughter of Eachthighern (Elves of Evermeet, p. 103) isn’t here. Is that an oversight, or is it because of her circumstances (e.g. stated to have no priesthood and living on Evermeet)?
Powers and Pantheons establishes that Yathaghera is an aspect of Lurue.
Huh, well so it does.
Hmmm you have any plans to make a condensed pdf out of all your work? Perhaps even publish it under the ogl cia say lulu.com? I would gladly buy a hardcover copy of this work!
I would like to eventually offer some compiled volumes, but that will require some additional work (I’d want to include some additional information like the appendices in Faiths & Avatars/Powers & Pantheons/Demihuman Deities) and I would want some artwork. Unfortunately, 2nd Edition is not available under the OGL, so there would be some definite issues with any offerings on lulu.com (it would be nice if they would open up the DM’s Guild for non-FR material and non-5th Edition material, but I’m not holding my breath).
I’ve been taking AuldDragon’s work and assembling it into one PDF with a table of contents in the same order as he is using. If you’d like, I can put it on 4shared and you can download it from there.
Anyone interested in downloading the assembled PDF can use this link: https://www.4shared.com/office/ivZla26pca/Monster_Mythology_Update.html
Currently running a Sea of Fallen Stars campaign, in the Forgotten Realms. It was really cool to find an entry here for Anguileusis! Any chance that you will keep working on this on the future? I was interested in something like these entries for Ilxendren and Panzuriel.
My campaign also features dragon cults from Draconomicon, so I have not enough “thank you” for entries on Hlal and that stuff on Chronepsis. Thanks a lot for this impressive work, discontinued or not.
Glad they’ve been beneficial! I’m still working on them, and I have been publishing one a month for a while, so expect another entry in a few days!
This is a minor thing, but I notice that you haven’t included a link to Ilxendren’s entry here on the overview of deities.
Whoops! That’s been corrected. Thanks!
Your work is great!
I’d like to translate your blog articles into chinese. Can I get your permission?
If you include a link to my blog in whichever way you release them, sure.
Of course
Keep at it, I’ve been looking for this kind of information for days now.
Glad you found my stuff then! I try to have a new one every month, so check back near the beginning of the month for new stuff. :)
Jeff, have you seen my response on the deities cited in the new “Monderkainen’s Tome of Foes” in the Candlekeep Forum?
I did, my reply is on the top of page five in the thread; probably got missed in all the back and forth over Vhaeraun and Eilistraee. :) I was hoping for more, but it was about as I expected (other than the literal dumping of every deity they could think of and the splitting of Muamman and Marthammor). Didn’t sound like there’s much information of interest to me. Thanks again!
Alright, glad I could help anyway!
Are these still being done? I stumbled across this while looking up Krocaa, and found the wealth of info. Awesome!
Sadly, the compiled PDF version is on a site that tried to infect my computer. Which sucks, because these are incredibly useful.
Thanks for all your hard work!
Just saw the main blog page. I guess that answers my question. Cool beans.
Yeah, I try to get one posted at the beginning of each month, so do check back at that point for new deities! :)
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Any idea on when you’ll be getting to the undead deities? I’ve found these to be really useful as it saves me time from pouring through my books.
Not at this point, unfortunately. I work on rotating groups, but which group I decide to work on when I finish one is pretty arbitrary and depends on what I feel like working on at the time.
Your work is dramatically well done. There are so much detailed information to be used to a lot of campaigns. It can also be extrapolated to any systems, which is worderfull too. I’m using these descriptions to my campaign in Forgotten Realms, and eager to see your job on Titania and her family!
Congratulations!
Thanks, I really appreciate that, and I’m glad you’re finding it useful in your current campaign! :)
This is all very well done! Glad to see folk still working hard on 2e all these decades later.
Thanks! :)
Over a decade and still working to bestow upon us these glorious write ups.
Cheers to the Auld one!
And it feels like the end is actually in sight! \o/
Glad you’re enjoying the material. :D
I’ve been enjoying these since you started and I’m so grateful you’re doing this. Still looking forward to the rest of the Fey powers (almost there!), and the anti-fey, (esp. QoD and Ceglune). I also wanted to ask if you planned to add Tapann the Undying to the list. I saw him here and there as I read Demihuman Deities today (the 2e book) and thought he’d be a good fit for your blog.
Finally, any plans to turn these into a book that we can download (or even purchase)? I’d love to support that project.
I haven’t decided yet whether I’ll do Tapann, but I’ll have to decide soon.
I’d definitely like to do some sort of book (with artwork and everything) but I don’t currently know how feasible that is, both legally and financially. We’ll see what I can do when I’m done with all the deities. :)
Thanks for making him! You’re the best. :D
Next up, I’d love to see Cegilune. We include her in our fey pantheon since hags are so involved, and I’ve used every one of your entries as inspiration (except for hers, pending!). Verenestra is one of my favorites, btw, though all your work is stellar.
Love your work. What’s next after Monster Mythology? Dead Gods? Historical Pantheons?
I’m considering doing some monstrous pantheons/gods that don’t even have names, but historical pantheons are definitely on the list.
Thank you so much for chipping away at these over the years, hoping you get to juiblex soon! I’m playing a priest of juiblex in a campaign I’m in and there’s not alot of existing info about them. Regardless absolutely stellar work! Thanks for keeping with it
Thanks! It’s been a lot of fun (and hard work)! :D
If you haven’t seen it, there’s a little bit of information in the Night Below boxed set. :)
Nice to see that Shami-Amourae got added (I’m pretty sure she wasn’t there before). Don’t forget to look at her AD&D 2E entry in “Road to Danger,” as it adds some information that isn’t present in the original “The Stolen Power” adventure back in Dungeon #5.
Yep, that’s pretty much what solidified me adding her to the project. That write-up formally made her a real power, whereas the original Dungeon adventure didn’t. :)
You’re almost done! You’ve added quite a few since the last time I checked in. Thanks for all of your work on these!
Yeah, it really does feel like the end is in sight!
I am actually diving back into doing some of the historical deities, Japanese and Chinese in particular. Like you, I think working on one per month is a good way to go. I of course am willing to share what I came up with if and when you decide to go in that direction. I of course have done a few of the Norse deities that are in my campaign world.
Yeah, I’d definitely be interested in seeing them! Are you going to post them anywhere as you complete them?
I’d be sooo STOKED to see those!!
So. Close. To the deities I need… :)
Here’s rooting for Ilsensine, Maanzecorian, Piscaethces, and Cegilune!
We’re definitely closing in on all of those! :D
I really love the layout and diligence you’ve put forth here AuldDragon. Would love to see Zinzerena!!
Thank you! Zinzerena will be coming, worry not! :D
I love what I see! Have any idea where one could find a compliment of this listing the Human and Demi-human dieties?
Thanks! The Forgotten Realms supplement “Demihuman Deities” has what you need for the drow, dwarven, elven, gnomish, and halfling pantheons. “Faiths & Avatars” and “Powers and Pantheons” covers the human deities of the Forgotten Realms setting; other than the real-world deities in those books, there isn’t anything for full real-world pantheons, unfortunately. Birthright’s human pantheon in this format is located in “Book of Priestcraft” and there was no single source for Greyhawk’s powers, but some were written up in this format in various supplements late in the 2e lifespan.
Any chance of adding Thasmudyan to the list? He was only ever featured in DMGR7 The Complete Book of Necromancers, and was formally presented there as “The Lord of Undead,” but his real name was peppered throughout the book, as was his status as a baatezu lord who’d achieved divinity, making him (alongside Asmodeus and Gargauth) one of the very few canonical devil gods in AD&D.
Probably not, unless I work on the human gods of Zakhara. I’m not sure I ever noticed that deity’s name though!
I just discovered your work here, and I am blown away! These entries are all so well done, and give me many ideas for my campaigns!
I’m excited to see the Faceless God of the Yakfolk, when you get to it!
Keep up the excellent work!
I’m glad! I’ve got a few ideas bubbling away for the Faceless God. :)