Gods of the World of Joturnia

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The World of Joturnia has thousands of divinities. Here are some of the more widely known and a few lesser known ones in their respective civilizations and cultures.

Akuban

Many Akuban gods were inherited from ancient Thavid which was part of what is now Akuba.

Aslu: Ancient Thavidian LN greater god of lawmakers and governors who issue decrees
Athazdeva: N Greater God of fiendish titans, titan-fiend hybrids
Bazgund: LG intermediate god of honor and virtue in combat and contractual dealings
Beysh Urlam: N demigod of those who summon creatures from the outer planes
Chaktullat: LN lesser goddess of the midnight vigil. Compare Shihrimi.
Chavat: LN intermediate god of ritual combat
Dzokara: LN lesser goddess of petitioners and those wrongly treated under law
Edana: LN intermediate goddess of fidelity to one's liege and obedience to one's master
Fihom: N lesser god of those who compose and recite epic poems and sing lays for a patron
G’dama: LE intermediate god of judges and magistrates
Gomdruba: LN donkey-headed demigod of fines and penalties
Helel: LE demigod (devil) of revolutionaries and conspiracies
Hemlude: LG lesser god of quiet benevolence
Imdza: LN intermediate goddess of lawyers and petitioners at court
Isht: N lesser god of the silent night
Jaduh: LN intermediate god of taxes and tributes
Jahrunah: N Greater God of the waters above or in the sky; This god was known even before ancient Thavidian times and is very ancient. Compare Tamtu.
Jamiyat: N lesser goddess of the gaudy day
Kitra: LN lesser goddess of runners, messengers, and dispatch.
Likya: LE greater goddess of vengeance and torture
Luath: NG lesser goddess of the peaceful dead
Midziddiach: NE demigod of the Ruling Sorcerer-Emperors
Namdruda: N lesser goddess of those who find loop-holes and tax-dodges.
Neyha Sudiya: LG intermediate goddess of redemption
Nembuta: LN demigoddess of petty statutes and trifling ordinances, daughter of Nemi
Nemi: LN lesser goddess of lesser statutes and ordinances, handmaiden of Aslu’s wife
Seth-Agáz: Ancient Thavidian LN intermediate god of burial
Sheherut: NG intermediate goddess of the festive hearth
Shihrimi: LN lesser god of the noon-day vigil. Compare Chaktullat.
Savyun: LN intermediate god of magical prowess
Tahar: NE lesser god of necromancy
Thuath-Adán: Ancient Thavidian LN Greater God of the Tablets of Creation
Tirboshe (aka Terubit): LN intermediate goddess of the city of Terub
Vas: LN intermediate god of positive energy
Vazdya: NE lesser goddess of seduction, including both sexual and intellectual
Vundo: CN intermediate goddess of negative energy
Vorun: LE lesser god of legal examiners and interrogators
Zamacusa (Zmacutz): LE intermediate goddess of blue dragons
Zhahvnut: LE lesser goddess of ruthless justice, favored by sorcerer-emperors
Zuve: NE intermediate god of deception and fraud

Archeo-Titan Gods

aka Arch-Titans

Balikumeo: N Greater God of storms, also planet in Zalawti System
Prazu: N Greater God of the great water column in the sky, water spraying from Mithgorne's south pole to Joturnia's north pole. Cf Gluke.
Sabiya: N Greater Goddess of love and war, also planet in Zalawti System
Tamtu: N Greater Goddess of the waters above, specifically the Inner Tamtu and the Outer Tamtu. Compare Jahrunah.
Taphuntu: N Greater Goddess of the water moving away from the equator as part of the integrated Joturnia-Mithgorne water cycle.
Vashtiyuna: N Greater Goddess of magic, also planet in Zalawti System

Dwarves (Zersha Dwarves of Daushra)

Baksune: LN intermediate dwarven god of soldiers
Beiki: LN greater goddess of piety and observance of duty
Damuna: LN greater dwarven goddess of fidelity and marriage
Dagnast: LN greater dwarven god of smiths
Gimgand: N lesser god of drink
Hamrudi: CG lesser goddess of those who seek or find gold ore in the earth
Hebruke: N lesser dwarven god of household idols
Kanduha: N lesser goddess of the smithy's hammer and tutelary goddess of the family anvil
Lifuta: NG lesser dwarven goddess of excellence in the crafts
Limbos: CN lesser dwarven god of mischief
Maldarin: LG greater dwarven god of rulers and those in authority
Mulibern: LN intermediate dwarven god of toil
Shuke: CN lesser dwarven god of those who wander or live in solitude
Tayhum: NG lesser dwarven god of escaped slaves (worship proscribed)
Zabakhtan: LG intermediate god of fidelity in deed and virtue in action.
Zahune: LN intermediate dwarven god of vows and quests

Elves (Ladrite)

Elves (Satvan)

Elves (Zotar)

Estel: CG greater elven goddess of warriors
Rhiverhorn: CE lesser elven god of liquid fire
Shune: CG greater elven god of the sky
Voltho: CN intermediate elven god of mazes and labyrinths

Falmigir

Balasa: NG Greater Goddess of the fertility of the earth
Chadraz: LN intermediate god of quests

Frost Lands (Throsty, Ornuth)

Askag: CN lesser god of gamblers and those who take risks
Bistord: NG intermediate god of snow rangers, Consort to Bithorn
Bithorn: CG intermediate goddess of the snow bears, Companion to Bithorn
Bolto: LG lesser god of beavers
Borun: CG greater god of thunder, lightning, and torrential downpours
Braga-Shub: CG intermediate god of the opening of ways
Disba: NE lesser goddess of death by painful means
Glarfgora: CG greater goddess of snow
Gluke: CN greater god of bridges, transformation, and the heavenly span between Joturnia and Mithgorne. Cf Prazu.
Hamumiraz: CG greater god of contemplation and wisdom
Hamummut: CG lesser god of woolly mammoths and strength
Hamu-shub: CG son of Hamummut, lesser god of the opening of ways
Idsela: CN lesser goddess of gambling
Kudhorn: CG greater god of woodlands
Lûd: CG lesser god of Ravens
Lufl: CG intermediate god of the woodland hunt
Skeli: N lesser god of archers and spearmen
Spaihe: N lesser god of frost, cold, son of Bistord and Bithorn.
Strame: CG greater god of warriors
Streyuke: CE intermediate god of berserkers
Sugu: N Greater god of the north pole and its freezing weather and snow. Contrast with Surtsa, greater goddess of the south pole.
Thusel: CG lesser god of sailors

Giants and Titans

See also Archeo-Titans above

Elukvese: CG intermediate god of common giants (Throsty)
Galakshem: CG intermediate god of storm giants
Salbir: LE intermediate god of fire giants
Theyst: CE intermediate god of frost giants (pronounced Thayst)

Halfling

Vesver: CG intermediate halfling god of nomadic journeys
Yuna: NG intermediate halfling goddess of family relations and family justice

Humanlikes

Gudze: LE lesser orcish goddess of prisoners and torture
Taktora: CN lesser goddess of broyards (beastfolk)
Zhid’ah: NE greater orcish god of war.

Kathmaläan

There are thought to be over three thousand divinities propitiated in Kathmalaa. In Kathmalaan, the 'ni' suffix indicates an animate being, usually a hero or divinity.

Aknamshi: N intermediate god of beggars and spies
Atmuni: (Kathmalaan) LG god of merciful justice and those on quests and crusades.
Birsabé: N greater goddess of war
Brachi: CG lesser goddess of beggars
Brnoni: (Kathmalaan) CN lesser goddess of fire and sudden insight.
Brullakumbi: CG intermediate goddess of the forest and the hunt
Chadinumya: NE intermediate goddess of the dusk
Chankuth: LN intermediate god of contracts and written oath
Charalangda: NG lesser goddess of sailors and sea merchants
Gutrni: LN demi-god of alchemists
G’tuma: LN intermediate monkey-god of mercenaries and those under oath.
Guhvamni: LN intermediate goddess of enlightening meditation
Hirukshi: LN intermediate god of soldiers
Hurvh: CG demigod of those who wander
Hushi: CG intermediate god of farmers
Huzri: LE lesser god of the ill-fated dawn
Inlume: CG lesser god of wine
Kavhusti: NG greater goddess of concord among the castes, orders, and tribes
Kejni: CN lesser god of thieves and ne'er-do-wells
Khulbsatwa: LN lesser god of the evening meditation
Krtsa: N lesser goddess of those who give and tell fortunes and make lesser prophecies
Lashtihuvi: LN lesser goddess of the morning meditation
Jalb: LN intermediate god of masters and proprietors
Jabnutni: CE lesser god of wicked mischief
Lemshel: N greater god of the great river Lemsoul
Lumluke: LN greater god of meditation (mandorla)
Luxelei: LG intermediate goddess of domestic order
Manchavhugsi: LN greater god of time and great eons of time
Matrudishaya: N greater god of the northern sea
Mesmi: LN demi-god of secrets kept by oath
Mongsvadi: NE lesser god of necromancers
Nephni: NG demigod of lost causes
Nuni: NG lesser goddess of hospitality
Obsuke: NE greater god of treasure obtained from the earth
Pakhum: NG lesser god of bakers
Phahinumya: NG intermediate god of the dawn
Phanuk: LN lesser god of those who toil above the earth.
Pharim: N lesser god of roads and those who travel by roads
Phisphë: N intermediate goddess of birds, those who fly, and swift means of transport with the aid of air
Prakothuth: N greater god of the unknown, sometimes associated with magic; also a planet in the Zalawti System.
Prundu: LN greater god of smiths and the smithy
Rumiyani: CG lesser goddess of poets and bards
Saruda: N intermediate god of animal keepers
Seratni: CG intermediate goddess of celebration and festivity
Shabutni: LN lesser goddess of household ancestral idols
Shandi: NG intermediate goddess of passionate love
Shankni: NG greater goddess of the sun
Shatra: CN lesser goddess of fireworks and illuminations
Shatsya: (Kathmalaan) N greater goddess of water—especially from Mithgorne
Shikri: LG lesser goddess of purification and maidens
Srakni: N lesser god of doors and doorkeepers.
Srup: LG lesser goddess of the propitious dusk
Svandi: N lesser god of those with a vendetta
Taktankti: LN lesser god of those who build and maintain automata
Traluki: LG lesser god of the city of Tralukartha
Ushava: N greater goddess of the stars and the heavens
Vad'a: LN intermediate god of elephant riders
Vaktumi: N intermediate god of elephants
Vathra: LG greater goddess of the hearth
Xingka: LE lesser goddess of the city of Xingkavir
Yanchuni: N goddess of messengers and those on errands
Zalankti: N lesser goddess of river mouths, one of a trinity of goddesses representing, the spring, river and river mouth.
Zavasti: N lesser goddess of the starless night
Zira: N lesser goddess of rivers, one of a trinity of goddesses representing, the spring, river and river mouth.
Zûth: N lesser goddess of springs, one of a trinity of goddesses representing, the spring, river and river mouth.
Zûth, Zira, and Zalankti! a minor profanity, swearing by the trinity of riparine goddesses.

Ligdo

Many archdemons are propitiated in Ligdo

Nasa Tu: CN Lesser God of those who wander the forests
Xhulp Guna: CN greater goddess of slimes, puddings, and oozes, mother of Xluchala

Mandragoria

Ehlo: LG greater goddess of burial and the hearth
Habdestra: NG intermediate goddess of the mounted hunt
Hunept: NG intermediate god of the plow and farmers
Ipsak: NG intermediate goddess of maidens and vitality
Ipsan: NG intermediate god of youths and those who begin adventures
Jamdhaia: N greater goddess of hunting, especially on the grasslands
Leya: NG lesser goddess who watches over mares and cows giving birth
Matrudishaya: (Kathmalaän) N greater god of the northern sea
Mandrag: N greater god of the infinite dome of heaven, namesake of Mandragoria, God of thunder and the thundering herds
Mepheldor: NE greater god of magic
Shawdra: N Intermediate Goddess of those who seek vendetta
Shimnesira: LG goddess of paladins and those on quests
Tando: CG intermediate god of those who herd animals
Thassala: N lesser centaur goddess of philosophers, lecturers, and those at courts of law.
Timnor: LN greater god of merchants
Uthor: CN intermediate god of horsemen

Ogres and Orcs

Gronch Onogo: LN Demi-god of orcish warriors

Saktiya

Bouziris: CN greater god of re-creation
Grshpa: CE intermediate unholy god of Great Uncleanness
Komlorps: CN lesser god of octopi
Orbre: CN intermediate god of torpor and excess.
Pazultz: CE greater god of corruption and insanity.
Sest: CE intermediate goddess of war and strife
Xluchala: CN lesser goddess of sentient mud and slime, daughter of Xhulp Guna
Xo: N Demi-god, Rogue of the Starless Night

Surtsa: The Undying Sun

Edressa, aka 'Idris': N intermediate goddess of the subterranean waters of Surtsa
Jehor: N intermediate god of troglodytes and those who hide underground from the sun's burning
Nesweka: NG lesser goddess of those who travel at night to escape the sun's wrath
Surtsa: N Greater goddess of the South Pole and its intense heat. Contrast with Sugu, god of the north pole.
Surtsaguse: LN greater goddess of those who endure the sun's light
Surtsagussa: LN intermediate goddess of those who die from the sun's power

Fiendish Entities

Demonic
Agmatzûl: Demon Lord of crocodiles, caimans, and alligators
Babnoosboti: Demon Lord of dismemberment and death, see also Babnoosbotiac and Chulaän
Glaw: Demon Lord of Despair and Gloom
Gloki: Demon Lord of the Minions-of-Gloki
Shalb (Xhalb'): son of Xhalb’ithût, patron god of the Deepearth and the Sibbarine Elves
Xhalb’ithût: Archdemoness of Ithrabbi (fishfolk) and the Sibbarines, mother of Xhalb
Zeliva: six-limbed, archdemoness of the sea
Diabolic
Apollyomenus: Rage, destruction
Astarte: Chief Consort to Baalrabsheol
Baalrabsheol: Overlord of Hell, compare 'Asmodeus'
Baalzebub: Archduke of 7th plane of Hell, lord of the flies
Belizah: Covetousness, Deception, Seduction
Bubuna: Devil Lady of Goblins
Helel: Lord of the fallen angels
Olibzeel: cruel lord of the drackgrim
Qannu-Baal: a horned god archdevil
Tammuzeno: bull-headed devil of infant sacrifice
Others with different names on Joturnia: Dispater, Mammon, Moloch; Also note that Surikund Zade is unknown on Joturnia.

RELIGIONS

Chaos Cults of Ligdo and Saktiya
Resurrection Religion of Ancient Thavid
Polytheistic religion of Kathmalaa
Diabolic Cult of Terubian Sorcerers
Druidic Gods of the Snow

See Also