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Greek/Roman Deities Egyptian Deities Greek/Roman Deities Name Sphere of Influence Align. Cleric Domains Symbol Aphrodite (Venus) Goddess of Love and Beauty CN Light Handmirror, Seashell Apollo God of Light, Music, Healing, Poetry CG Knowledge, Life, Light Lyre Ares (Mars) God of War and Strife CE War, Life if Mars Spear and Shield Artemis (Diana) Goddess of Hunting and Childbirth NG Life, Nature Moon, Bow and Arrow Pallas Athena (Minerva) Goddess of Wisdom and Warfare LG War, Knowledge Owl Demeter (Ceres) Goddess of Agriculture NG Life Mare's Head Dionysus (Bacchus) God of Mirth and Wine CN Life Thyrsus Eris (Discordia) Goddess of Chaos and Discord CE Trickery Golden Apple Eros (Cupid) God of Love CN Life Bow and Arrow Hades (Orcus) God of The Underworld LE Death Black Ram Hecate (Trivia) Goddess of Magic and Crossroads CE Knowledge, Trickery Crossed Torches or Daggers Hephaestus (Vulcan) God of Smithing and Fire NG Knowledge Hammer and Anvil Hera (Juno) Goddess of Marriage CN Trickery Peacock Heracles (Hercules) God of Strength and Heroes CG Tempest, War Lion's Head Hermes (Mercury) God Travel and Thieves CG Trickery Caduceus Hestia (Vesta) Goddess of Home and Hearth NG Life Hearth Nemesis Goddess of Revenge LN Trickery Balance Nike (Victoria) Goddess of Victory LN War Winged Woman Pan (Faunus) God of Nature CN Nature, Trickery Syrinx Persephone (Proserpina) Goddess of Springtime and Vegetation NG Life, Death Pomegranate Phobos & Deimos (Timor and Formido) Gods of Fear and Terror CE War, Trickery Skull and Dagger Posiedon (Neptune) God of Sea and Earthquakes CN Tempest Trident Thanatos (Mors) God of Death LN Death Theta Tyche (Fortuna) Goddess of Luck and Fate TN Trickery Wheel Zeus (Jupiter) God of the Sky and Lightning TN Tempest Lightning Bolt Egyptian Deities Name Spheres of Influence Align. Cleric Domains Symbol Amon-Ra God of Pharaohs and Wind LN Tempest Criosphinx Anubis God of Death and Judgement LN Death Black Jackal Apep God of Chaos and Serpents CE Trickery Flaming Snake Apis God of Strength and Fertility LG Life, War Bull Bast Goddess of Cats and War CG War Cat Bes God of Protection, Music, Fortune CN Trickery His Own Image Geb God of The Earth TN Life, Nature Snakes Hathor Goddess of Love and Motherhood NG Life, Light Horned Cow and Lunar Disc Horus God of The Sun and Vengeance CG Light, War Wedjat Eye Imhotep God of Crafts and Medicine NG Knowledge Step Pyramid Isis Goddess of Fertility and Magic NG Knowledge, Life Ankh Khnum God of Creation and Waters LN Life, Tempest Ram's Head Khonsu God of The Moon NG Light, Life Moon Disc Ma'at Goddess of Order, Justice LG Light, Knowledge Feather of Truth Nephthys Goddess of Death and Grief CG Death Horns around a lunar disc Nut Goddess of The Sky NG Light Stars Osiris God of Life, Death, and Afterlife LG Life, Death, Nature Crook and Flail Ptah God of Creation and Arts LN Knowledge Djed Ra God of The Sun LG Light, Life Solar Disc Sekhmet Goddess of Fire and War CN War Lioness Set God of Darkness and Desert Storms CE Death, Tempest, Trickery Set Animal Shu God of Balance, Wind and Air TN Tempest Feathered Headdress Sobek God of Water, Crocodiles, War LE Nature, Tempest, War Crocodile Tefnut Goddess of Moisture and Rain LN Life Lioness and Serpent Thoth God of Knowledge and Wisdom TN Knowledge Ibis, Baboon Norse Deities Name Spheres of Influence Align. Cleric Domains Symbol Ægir Giant of Sea and Storms CN Tempest Ocean Waves Baldur God of Beauty and Poetry NG Light, Life Bloody Mistletoe Bragi God of Skalds and Poetry CG Knowledge Chalice Forseti God of Justice and Law LN Light, Knowledge Golden Pillars Freyja Goddess of Fertility, Love, War NG Life, War Falcon Freyr God of Fertility and the Sun NG Light, Life Greatsword, Phallus Frigg Goddess of Birth, Fertility, Knowledge TN Life, Knowledge Cat Gefjon Goddess of Ploughing andForeknowledge LG Knowledge, Nature Plow Gerðr God of Earth, Wife of Freyr TN Nature, Life Eagle Heimdall God of Guardian of Bifrost LG Light, War Gjallarhorn Hel Goddess of The Underworld NE Death Half of a Woman's Face Hermóðr God of Luck and War CN War, Trickery Sleipnir Höðr God of Blindness TN War Bow and Arrow Loki God of Thieves and Trickery CE Trickery Twin Snakes Móði and Magni Gods of Anger and Strength CG War Dual Hammers Njörðr God of Sea, Wind, Fertility NG Nature, Tempest Fish Odin God of Knowledge, Battle, Royalty NG Knowledge, War One Blue Eye Sif Goddess of Earth CG Nature, Life Golden Hair Skaði Giantess of Huntresses and Winter N Nature Venomous Serpent Surtr Giant of Fire and Fire Giants CE War, Light Flaming Sword Thor God of Storms and Thunder CG Tempest, War Hammer Mjolnir Thrym Giant of Giants CE War White Axe Týr God of War and Law LN Knowledge, War Tiwaz rune Uller God of Hunting CN Nature Yew Tree Váli God of Vengeance CN War Pyre Babylonian/Sumerian/Akkadian Deities Name Spheres of Influence Align. Cleric Domains Symbol Abzu (Engur) God of the Primordial Freshwater Sea LG Life, Nature Aquifer Adad (Ishkur) God of Storms, Rain, Thunder TN Tempest, Knowledge Thunderbolt Anu (An) God of The Sky, Spirits and Demons LN War, Knowledge The Stars Anzû God of The South Winds, Thunderclouds CN Tempest Lion-Headed Eagle Dagon God of Fertility, Grain, Fish NG Life Fish-Man Ea (Enki) God of Soil and Earth LN Life, Trickery, Nature Stars of Ea Ellil (Enlil) God of Storms and Wind NG Tempest Mattock Ereshkigal Goddess of the Underworld NE Death Temple Gerra (Gibli) God of Fire, Wisdom LN Light, Knowledge Forge Ishtar (Inanna) Goddess of Fertility, Love, War TN Life, War Eight-Pointed Star Kur God of the Primordial Underworld NE Death Mountain Ma Goddess of the Primordial Land TN Life, Nature Mother Marduk God of Storms, War, Law LG Tempest, War, Knowledge Young Bull Nergal God of the Underworld and War CN War, Death Rooster Shamash (Utu) God of Justice, The Sun LG Light, Knowledge Star/Sun Sin (Nanna) God of The Moon, Wisdom NG Light, Knowledge Crescent Tiamat Goddess of the Primordial Ocean and Chaos CE War, Death, Life Sea Serpent/Dragon Japanese Deities Name Spheres of Influence Align. Cleric Domains Symbol Amaterasu Goddess of The Sun LG Light, Life The Sun Ame-no-tajikarao God of Strength CG Light, War Boulder Ame-No-Uzume Goddess of Dawn, Dancing, and Revelry CG Trickery Dancing Woman Benzaiten Goddess of Fortune, Music, Words CN Knowledge, Trickery Biwa (Lute) Bishamonten God of Warriors and Justice LG War Spear and Pagoda Daikoku-ten God of Wealth CN Knowledge, Trickery White Scarf, Gold Mallet Ebisu God of Fishermen NG Life Red Sea Bream Fukurokuju God of Wisdom, Long Life, Revival NG Life, Knowledge, Death Crane and Turtle Hachiman God of War and Archery CG War Dove Hotei God of Happiness and Plentitude CG Life, Trickery Laughing Buddha Inari Goddess of Fertility, Industry, Foxes NG Life, Knowledge Fox Izanagi God of Men and Japan NG Life, Knowledge Heavenly Spear Izanami Goddess of Women, Japan, and Yomi NE Death, Knowledge Shikome Jurōjin God of Longevity TN Life Deer and Tortoise Kagutsuchi God of Fire CE Light Volcano Kikuri-Hime Goddess of Love, Marriage, Agriculture LN Life, Knowledge, Light Chrysanthemum Kuebiko God of Knowledge and Agriculture TN Knowledge, Life, Nature Scarecrow Kushinada-Hime Goddess of Fertility and Fields NG Life, Nature Comb Ōkuninushi God of Spirits, Magic, Nation-Building LG Knowledge White Hare Omoikane God of Wisdom and Intelligence LN Knowledge Mirror Raijin (Raiden) God of Lightning and Storms CN Tempest Drums Sukunahikona God of Healing, Hunting, Sake CN Life, Nature Short Man Susanoo God of The Sea and Storms CG Tempest, Trickery "Grass-Cutting Sword" Takemikazuchi God of Thunder, Swords, Sumo CG Tempest, War Thunderbolt Takeminakata God of Hunting LE War, Nature Armless Man Tsukuyomi God of The Moon and Night CN Light, Trickery The Moon Uke Mochi Goddess of Food TN Life, Nature Silkworm Wadatsumi God of the Sea TN Tempest, Life Dragon Hindu and Vedic Deities Name Spheres of Influence Align. Cleric Domains Symbol Agni God of Fire CG Tempest Diva Lamp Brahma God of Creation LN Life, Light Four Heads Durga Goddess of Females and Force CG Light, War Tiger Dyaus God of the Sky LN Tempest Lightning Ganesha God of Wisdom, Intellect, Arts NG Knowledge Elephant's Head Ganga Goddess of the Ganges River and Moksha TN Knowledge, Nature River Garuda God of Violence and Birds CN War, Tempest Eagle's Head Hanuman God of Devotion, Strength, Monkeys CG War, Trickery Monkey Indra God of Thunderstorms and War CG Tempest, War, Trickery Thunderbolt Kali Goddess of Destruction, Change, Power CN War, Death Four-Armed Woman Kartikeya God of War CG War Peacock Lakshmi Goddess of Love, Fortune, Prosperity NG Knowledge Woman Upon a Lotus Mitra God of Order and the Morning Sun LN Light, Knowledge Rising Sun Parvati Goddess of Fertility, Love, Devotion CG Life Burning Pyre Rudra God of Wind and Hunting CN Tempest, Nature Bow and Arrow Saraswati Goddess of Knowledge, Music, Arts LG Knowledge Lute Shiva God of Destruction and Transformation CG War, Light, Trickery Third Eye Varuna God of Water, Oceans, Law LN Life, Knowledge Makara Vayu God of the Winds CN Tempest Deer Vishnu God of Preservation and Protection NG Light White Conch Yama God of the Underworld and Ancestors LE Death, Knowledge Water Buffalo Yami Goddess of Rivers and Death TN Death, Nature Pot of Water.
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