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==The Realms==
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==First Powers==
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The '''First Powers''' are the parents of the [[Great Gods]].<ref name="tortglossgg">[http://www.tamora-pierce.net/series-extra/tortall-glossary/ Tortall Glossary: The Great Gods]</ref> They do not allow their children to kill each other, as this would result in total, cataclysmic destruction of the [[Mortal Realms|Mortal]] and [[Divine Realms]].<ref>[https://tpwords.wordpress.com/2007/08/28/cataclysmic-result-of-the-gods-deaths/ Cataclysmic Result of the Gods' Deaths]</ref>
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*[[Divine Realms]]: home of the gods, immortals, Dragonlands
 
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*[[Mortal Realms]]: mortal earth
 
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*[[Peaceful Realms]]: kingdom of the dead
 
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*[[Chaos Realms]]: home of [[Uusoae]], Queen of Chaos
  
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==The Gods==
  
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===First Powers===
  
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These beings are parents to the Great Gods.
  
 
*[[Father Universe]] - created the realms
 
*[[Father Universe]] - created the realms
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*[[Mother Flame]] - created light, stars, death
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*[[Mother Flame]] - created light, the stars, and death
   
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===Three Sorrows===
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==Great Gods==
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The '''[[Great Gods]]''' are the most powerful gods of the [[Gods (Tortallan Universe)|Tortallan Panethon.]] They are all siblings, and are recognized and worshiped throughout much of the [[Eastern Lands]].
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Housed in Divine Realm, These powers are not gods in themselves, but rather forces brought into the Mortal Realms by human excess
  
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*[[Mithros]]<ref name="tortglossgg" /> - chief god of the Tortallan Pantheon and brother-consort to the [[Great Mother Goddess|Goddess]]
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*Malady
  
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**Sun-God, god of [[Magic|mage-craft]], war, law, and fire
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*Starvation
  
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*[[Great Mother Goddess]]<ref name="tortglossgg" /> - chief goddess of the Tortallan Pantheon and sister-consort to [[Mithros]]
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*Slaughter
  
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**Appears in three aspects: ''Maiden'', ''Mother'', and ''Hag (Crone)''
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**Goddess of women, childbirth, children and offenses against women
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===The Great Gods===
  
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**Called by many names including "Dark Lady" and "Mother of Mountains and Mares"
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*[[Great Mother Goddess]] - Three aspects: Maiden, Mother, Hag Titles: Mother of Mountains, Mother of Waters, Mother of Mares goddess of crops, weaving, spinning, women, childbirth, offenses against women, children with Mithros, chief goddess of pantheon
 
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*[[Black God]]<ref name="tortglossgg" /> - god of death and ruler of the [[Peaceful Realms]]
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*[[Mithros]] - sun-god, brother-consort to Goddess god of mage-craft, war, law, fire with the Goddess, chief god of pantheon
 
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**Also called the "Dark God"
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*[[Black God]] - the god of death, ruler of Peaceful Realms
 
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*[[Oinomi Wavewalker]]<ref name="masgloss">''[[Mastiff]]'', Glossary</ref> - goddess worshipped in the [[Yamani Islands]]
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*Crooked God - god of thieves in Eastern Lands (another name for [[Kyprioth]] the Trickster)
 
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**Sea goddess, goddess of sailors, storms, and shipwrecks
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*Smith's God - god of all smiths, coopers, wainwrights
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*[[Smith's God]]<ref name="tortglossgg" /> - god of all smiths, coopers, and wainwrights
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*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)
 
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*[[Kyprioth| Kyprioth the Trickster]] - chief of the trickster gods and patron god of the Copper Isles
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*[[Kyprioth|Crooked God]]<ref name="tortglossgg" /> - patron god of the [[Copper Isles]]
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**Trickster God, god of thieves in the [[Eastern Lands]]
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Wind god of all the winds in the Emerald Ocean (including [[Copper Isles]] and [[Yamani Islands]])
  
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**Also called "Kyprioth" or simply "the Trickster"
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*[[Gainel]]<ref name="tortglossgg" /> - god of dreams
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**Also called the Master of Dream, the Dream King, or the Dreamer
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*[[Wind]]<ref name="masgloss" /> - god of all winds
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*[[Pelmry]]<ref name="masgloss" /> - god of scribes
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*[[Apetekus]]<ref name="masgloss" /> - god of slaves<ref>''[[Terrier]]'', May 9, 246 (p. 461; Random House paperback)</ref>
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*[[Wilnedur]]<ref name="masgloss" /> - goddess of slaves
   
 
==Regional Gods==
  
==Regional Gods==
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Many regional '''Lesser Gods''' exist in the [[Tortallan Universe]] and are worshipped by various local peoples throughout the world, often instead of more well-known [[Great Gods]].
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In addition to the widely-recognized Great Gods, many peoples and regions worship their own set of local gods.
  
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===Carthak (in addition to the Great Gods)===
  
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*Mynoss - the judge of the underworld and the dead
 
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*Shakith - blind goddess of seers
 
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*[[Graveyard Hag]] - patron goddess of [[Carthak]], rules over graveyards, gambling, practical jokes sacred animals: hyena, rat silver dice cup (she cheats)
 
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*Jihuk - master of deep desert winds and demons, central Carthak
  
   
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=== [[Carthak|Carthaki Gods]] ===
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===Banjiku gods (southeastern Carthak)===
  
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'''Carthaki Gods''' are worshipped in addition to the Great Gods
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*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)
 
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*[[Graveyard Hag]] - patron goddess of [[Carthak]]
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*Kidunka - male, the world-snake (wraps around the world), all-wise, Lushagui's brother
  
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**Goddess of graveyard, gambling, and practical jokes
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**Sacred animals and objects include hyenas, rats, and silver dice cups
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**Also politely called "Lady of the South"<ref name="tnsgloss">''[[Tempests and Slaughter]]'', Glossary</ref>
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*[[Mynoss]] - god of justice, courts, and trials
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**Judge of the underworld and the dead
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*[[Shakith]] - blind goddess of seers
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*[[Jihuk]] - master of deep desert winds and demons, another Great God of Carthak
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*[[Hekaja]] - goddess of healing<ref name="tnsgloss" />
   
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===K'mir tribes of northern Sarain===
  
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'''Banjiku Gods''' are worshipped only in southeastern Carthak
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*Father Storm and Mother Fire -gave birth to the world and the stars, parents of
 
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*Grandmother Stone - goddess of age and time
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*[[Lushagui]] - goddess who bore the Banjiku, sister to [[Kidunka]]
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**Her gifts to the Banjiku: binding men to the beast-people, knowledge of the gods
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*[[Kidunka]] - all-wise world-snake (male) and brother to [[Lushagui]]
   
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===The Four Horse-Lords===
  
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'''K'miri Gods''' are worshipped by the tribal peoples of northern [[Sarain]]
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*Bian North-wind - goddess of trade, sleep, horses (she gave birth to horses), fertility
 
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*[[Father Universe|Father Storm]] (Father Universe) - gave birth to the world, father of the [[Horse Lords]]
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*Chavi West-wind - goddess of cleansing, belief or religion, music, marriage
 
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*Vau East-wind - god of creation (helped Bian to give birth to horses), travel, strength, truth
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*[[Mother Flame|Mother Fire]] (Mother Flame) - gave birth to the stars, mother of the Horse Lords
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*[[Horse Lords|Four Horse-Lords]]
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*Shai South-wind - god of magic, volcanoes, sex, healing
  
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**[[Bian North-Wind]] - goddess of trade, sleep, horses, and fertility
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**[[Chavi West-Wind]] - goddess of cleansing, belief/ religion, music, and marriage
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**[[Vau East-Wind]] - god of creation, travel, stength, and truth
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**[[Shai South-Wind]] - god of magic, volcanoes, sex, and healing
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*[[Grandmother Stone]] - goddess of age and time
   
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===Yamani Islands===
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=== [[Yamani Islands|Yamani Gods]] ===
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*Yama - patron goddess, created the Yamani Islands, goddess of childbirth and rice
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'''Yamani Gods''' are worshipped throughout the [[Yamani Islands]]
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*[[Yama]] - patron goddess and creator of the Yamani Islands
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*Wave-Walker - sea goddess, goddess of mercy, can banish storms and keep ships safe (also another name for the Goddess in northwestern Tortall)
 
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**Goddess of childbirth and rice
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*[[Sakuyo]] - benevolent Yamani trickster god, god of jokes and pranks
 
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*[[Oinomi Wavewalker|Wave-Walker]] - a [[Great Gods|Great God]], sometimes another name for the [[Great Mother Goddess|Goddess]]
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**Sea goddess, goddess of sailors, storms, and shipwrecks
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*[[Sakuyo]] - trickster god
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**God of jokes and pranks
   
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===Galla/Scanra/northeastern Tortall===
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=== [[Galla|Gallan]]/ [[Scanra|Scanran]]/ [[Tortall|Northeastern Tortallan Gods]] ===
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'''Lesser Gods''' who are worshipped in the northern regions of the [[Eastern Lands]]
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*[[Weiryn]] - minor god of the hunt and the forest in northeastern Tortall and in Galla and Scanra; a god who's one with mountain forests ([[Daine]]'s father)
 
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*[[Weiryn]] - god of the hunt and the forest
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*[[Green Lady]] - northwestern Galla, a goddess of healing, childbirth, and wells (Daine's mother)
 
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**Worshipped in [[Galla]], [[Scanra]], and [[Tortall|Northeastern Tortall]]
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*Yahzed - minor god of righteousness and repentance
  
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*[[Sarra Beneksri|Green Lady]] - goddess of healing, childbirth, and wells
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**Worshipped in [[Galla|Northwestern Galla]]
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*[[Yahzed]] - god of righteousness and repentance
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*[[Merscart of the Green]], local god of [[War Gorge Marsh]] in the [[Three Rivers Province]] of Tortall
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**[[Halseander River|Halseander]] and [[Banas River|Banas]], river goddesses in the Three Rivers Province
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*[[Winter's Crone]]<ref name="tnsgloss" /> - ancient goddess of winter
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**Goddess of northern magic with her chief temple in the [[City of the Gods]] in Tortall
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*[[Heskaly]]<ref name="masgloss" /> - trickster god of the hills
   
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'''Keirnun''' and his two wives,. '''Morni''' and '''Danya''' from Mastiff.
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===Copper Isles===
  
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*Gunapi the Sunrose - raka goddess of war and molten rock
  
   
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=== [[Copper Isles|Copper Isles Gods]] ===
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===Chaos===
  
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'''Cooper Isles Gods''' are worshipped by the [[raka]] citizens of the Copper Isles
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*[[Uusoae]] - Queen of Chaos, disrule, uncertainty, imagination, destruction that leads to change and new growth, new opportunities
 
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*[[Gunapi the Sunrose]] - goddess of war and molten rock
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Gatekeepers - Discord, Violence
  
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*The [[Jaguar Goddess]] - sister and sometime consort to Kyprioth, imprisoned below the earth by the Great Mother Goddess and Mithros after the Luarin Conquest of the Copper Isles. Known to be a feral and bloody goddess, her brother prefers she remain where she is even after his own return to power. She is the second most powerful deity in the Isles, all other raka deities being described as "small gods" by the Graveyard Hag
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*[[Batiduran the Python]] - raka god of the dead
   
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===Animal Gods===
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== Chaos Gods ==
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'''[[Chaos Realms|Chaos Gods]]''' inhabit and guard the [[Chaos Realms]]
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*[[Badger]] - badger god, doesn't particularly care to have a name
 
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*[[Uusoae]] - Queen of Chaos
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**Goddess of uncertainty, imagination, destruction leading to change, and new opportunities
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*[[Gatekeepers]]
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**Discord
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**Violence
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== Animal Gods ==
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'''[[:Category:Animal Gods|Animal Gods]]''' are male-female god pairs that represent every known animal species in the [[Tortallan Universe]]
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*[[Badger]] - badger god
 
*Mother Brock - badger goddess
 
*Mother Brock - badger goddess
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*Old White - wolf god
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*[[Old White]] - wolf god
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*Night Black - wolf goddess
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*[[Night Black]] - wolf goddess
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*[[Queenclaw]] - cat goddess
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*[[Dawn Crow]] - crow god
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*[[Sky]] - crow goddess
 
*Bitebone - cat god
 
*Bitebone - cat god
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*[[Queenclaw]] - cat goddess
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*Chrrik - marmoset male god
 
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*Preet - marmoset female god
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*[[Broad Foot]] - duckmole god
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*[[Broad Foot]] - male duckmole god
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*[[Lord Mauler]] - crocodile god
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*[[Crunchbone]] - crocodile goddess
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*Paddlebill - female duckmole god
 
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*Ghostwing - goddess of the great horned owls
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*Paddlebill - duckmole goddess
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*Chrrik - marmoset god
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*Nighteyes - god of the great horned owls
 
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*Preet - marmoset goddess
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*Dawn Crow - crow god
 
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*Nighteyes - great horned owl god
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*Sky - crow goddess
 
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*Ssitak - striped skink goddess
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*Ghostwing - great horned owl goddess
 
*Shhess - striped skink god
 
*Shhess - striped skink god
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*Ssitak - striped skink goddess
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*Lord Mauler - crocodile god
 
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*Crunchbone - crocodile goddess
  
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== Plant Gods ==
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* The Great Pine and the Flowering Apple - the parents of all trees. Possibly alternate names for the First Powers. <ref>"Elder Brother." ''[[Tortall and Other Lands: A Collection of Tales]]''</ref>
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* The First Trees - from the seeds/nuts of these massive tree goddesses, the first mortal trees were born. There is one for each kind of tree.<ref>[[The Realms of the Gods|The ''Realms of the Gods'']]</ref>
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== Gods of Immortals ==
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* The Dragongods - unnamed beyond the collective title given by [[Skysong]], it is unknown what exactly the function of these entities is, especially considering draconic views on deities in general.<ref>"The Dragon's Tale." ''Tortall and Other Lands: A Collection of Tales''</ref>
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* The Mares with Bloody Teeth - the centaur goddesses of vengence
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== Other Gods ==
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*Ushjur - god of the east wind. It is not stated whether he is a luarin or raka deity, although his temple in the Copper Isles capital of Rajmuat was burned as a sign of defiance against the luarin, who originally came out of the east to the Isles.
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*North Wind - no other name is given for the god of the northern winds. He is a cousin of Kyprioth.
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* The God in the Flame - the chief (and possibly only) deity of the unnamed land west of Tortall across the sea where the events of [[Elder Brother|''Elder Brother'']] and [[The Hidden Girl|''The Hidden Girl'']] take place. It is also worshiped in other lands, although among pantheons instead of alone.
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==Other Entities==
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=== Forces ===
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==== Three Sorrows ====
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Although they are siblings to the gods, these powers are not gods themselves. They add to the power of Chaos, and cannot be completely controlled even by the Great Gods. They take the form of giant, ghostly animals.
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*Malady - appears as rat who spreads disease. He licks people, causing them to fall ill. A multitude of tiny rat ghosts then spread from the sick person to infect others
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*Starvation - appears as a starving yellow dog. He bites food sources and they wither rapidly.
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*Slaughter - appears as a hyena with a blood-soaked muzzle. She stalks battlefields, gnawing on fortifications and siege engines, heedless of which side is which and inciting frenzy with her cries.
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=== Constellations ===
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* [[The Cat]] - A constellation that is found near the feet of the constellation of the Mother Goddess, he incarnates as a black cat with purple eyes to aid particular mortals.
   
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==Notes and references==
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==References==
  
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<references />
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''"This is taken directly from a list on Tamora Pirce's website, with addition information added by me."''
  
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-[http://www.u01wmd.supanet.com/piercings/gods.html Piercings: Gods in Tortall]
  
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Revision as of 04:11, 8 April 2021

First Powers

The First Powers are the parents of the Great Gods.[1] They do not allow their children to kill each other, as this would result in total, cataclysmic destruction of the Mortal and Divine Realms.[2]

Great Gods

The Great Gods are the most powerful gods of the Tortallan Panethon. They are all siblings, and are recognized and worshiped throughout much of the Eastern Lands.

Regional Gods

Many regional Lesser Gods exist in the Tortallan Universe and are worshipped by various local peoples throughout the world, often instead of more well-known Great Gods.

Carthaki Gods

Carthaki Gods are worshipped in addition to the Great Gods

  • Graveyard Hag - patron goddess of Carthak
    • Goddess of graveyard, gambling, and practical jokes
    • Sacred animals and objects include hyenas, rats, and silver dice cups
    • Also politely called "Lady of the South"[5]
  • Mynoss - god of justice, courts, and trials
    • Judge of the underworld and the dead
  • Shakith - blind goddess of seers
  • Jihuk - master of deep desert winds and demons, another Great God of Carthak
  • Hekaja - goddess of healing[5]

Banjiku Gods

Banjiku Gods are worshipped only in southeastern Carthak

  • Lushagui - goddess who bore the Banjiku, sister to Kidunka
    • Her gifts to the Banjiku: binding men to the beast-people, knowledge of the gods
  • Kidunka - all-wise world-snake (male) and brother to Lushagui

K'miri Gods

K'miri Gods are worshipped by the tribal peoples of northern Sarain

Yamani Gods

Yamani Gods are worshipped throughout the Yamani Islands

  • Yama - patron goddess and creator of the Yamani Islands
    • Goddess of childbirth and rice
  • Wave-Walker - a Great God, sometimes another name for the Goddess
    • Sea goddess, goddess of sailors, storms, and shipwrecks
  • Sakuyo - trickster god
    • God of jokes and pranks

Gallan/ Scanran/ Northeastern Tortallan Gods

Lesser Gods who are worshipped in the northern regions of the Eastern Lands

Keirnun and his two wives,. Morni and Danya from Mastiff.

Copper Isles Gods

Cooper Isles Gods are worshipped by the raka citizens of the Copper Isles

  • Gunapi the Sunrose - goddess of war and molten rock
  • The Jaguar Goddess - sister and sometime consort to Kyprioth, imprisoned below the earth by the Great Mother Goddess and Mithros after the Luarin Conquest of the Copper Isles. Known to be a feral and bloody goddess, her brother prefers she remain where she is even after his own return to power. She is the second most powerful deity in the Isles, all other raka deities being described as "small gods" by the Graveyard Hag
  • Batiduran the Python - raka god of the dead

Chaos Gods

Chaos Gods inhabit and guard the Chaos Realms

  • Uusoae - Queen of Chaos
    • Goddess of uncertainty, imagination, destruction leading to change, and new opportunities
  • Gatekeepers
    • Discord
    • Violence

Animal Gods

Animal Gods are male-female god pairs that represent every known animal species in the Tortallan Universe

  • Badger - badger god
  • Mother Brock - badger goddess
  • Old White - wolf god
  • Night Black - wolf goddess
  • Dawn Crow - crow god
  • Sky - crow goddess
  • Bitebone - cat god
  • Queenclaw - cat goddess
  • Broad Foot - duckmole god
  • Lord Mauler - crocodile god
  • Crunchbone - crocodile goddess
  • Paddlebill - duckmole goddess
  • Chrrik - marmoset god
  • Preet - marmoset goddess
  • Nighteyes - great horned owl god
  • Ghostwing - great horned owl goddess
  • Shhess - striped skink god
  • Ssitak - striped skink goddess

Plant Gods

  • The Great Pine and the Flowering Apple - the parents of all trees. Possibly alternate names for the First Powers. [6]
  • The First Trees - from the seeds/nuts of these massive tree goddesses, the first mortal trees were born. There is one for each kind of tree.[7]

Gods of Immortals

  • The Dragongods - unnamed beyond the collective title given by Skysong, it is unknown what exactly the function of these entities is, especially considering draconic views on deities in general.[8]
  • The Mares with Bloody Teeth - the centaur goddesses of vengence

Other Gods

  • Ushjur - god of the east wind. It is not stated whether he is a luarin or raka deity, although his temple in the Copper Isles capital of Rajmuat was burned as a sign of defiance against the luarin, who originally came out of the east to the Isles.
  • North Wind - no other name is given for the god of the northern winds. He is a cousin of Kyprioth.
  • The God in the Flame - the chief (and possibly only) deity of the unnamed land west of Tortall across the sea where the events of Elder Brother and The Hidden Girl take place. It is also worshiped in other lands, although among pantheons instead of alone.

Other Entities

Forces

Three Sorrows

Although they are siblings to the gods, these powers are not gods themselves. They add to the power of Chaos, and cannot be completely controlled even by the Great Gods. They take the form of giant, ghostly animals.

  • Malady - appears as rat who spreads disease. He licks people, causing them to fall ill. A multitude of tiny rat ghosts then spread from the sick person to infect others
  • Starvation - appears as a starving yellow dog. He bites food sources and they wither rapidly.
  • Slaughter - appears as a hyena with a blood-soaked muzzle. She stalks battlefields, gnawing on fortifications and siege engines, heedless of which side is which and inciting frenzy with her cries.

Constellations

  • The Cat - A constellation that is found near the feet of the constellation of the Mother Goddess, he incarnates as a black cat with purple eyes to aid particular mortals.

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Tortall Glossary: The Great Gods
  2. ↑ Cataclysmic Result of the Gods' Deaths
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Mastiff, Glossary
  4. ↑ Terrier, May 9, 246 (p. 461; Random House paperback)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Tempests and Slaughter, Glossary
  6. ↑ "Elder Brother." Tortall and Other Lands: A Collection of Tales
  7. ↑ The Realms of the Gods
  8. ↑ "The Dragon's Tale." Tortall and Other Lands: A Collection of Tales
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