Pantheons
critgames2022-03-06T18:21:41-08:00The Celtic, Egyptian, Greek, and Norse pantheons are fantasy
interpretations of historical religions from our world’s ancient times.
They include deities that are most appropriate for use in a game,
divorced from their historical context in the real world and united into
pantheons that serve the needs of the game.
The Celtic Pantheon
It’s said that something wild lurks in the heart of every soul, a
space that thrills to the sound of geese calling at night, to the
whispering wind through the pines, to the unexpected red of mistletoe on
an oak-and it is in this space that the Celtic gods dwell. They sprang
from the brook and stream, their might heightened by the strength of the
oak and the beauty of the woodlands and open moor. When the first
forester dared put a name to the face seen in the bole of a tree or the
voice babbling in a brook, these gods forced themselves into being.
The Celtic gods are as often served by druids as by clerics, for they
are closely aligned with the forces of nature that druids revere.
Table- Celtic Deities
Deity
Alignment
Suggested Domains
Symbol
The Daghdha, god of weather and crops
CG
Nature, Trickery
Bubbling cauldron or shield
Arawn, god of life and death
NE
Life, Death
Black star on gray background
Belenus, god of sun, light, and warmth
NG
Light
Solar disk and standing stones
Brigantia, goddess of rivers and livestock
NG
Life
Footbridge
Diancecht, god of medicine and healing
LG
Life
Crossed oak and mistletoe branches
Dunatis, god of mountains and peaks
N
Nature
Red sun-capped mountain peak
Goibhniu, god of smiths and healing
NG
Knowledge, Life
Giant mallet over sword
Lugh, god of arts, travel, and commerce
CN
Knowledge, Life
Pair of long hands
Manannan mac Lir, god of oceans and sea creatures
LN
Nature, Tempest
Wave of white water...