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This is a navigational list of deities exclusively from fictional works, organized primarily by media type then by title of the fiction work, series, franchise or author. . This list does not include deities worshipped by humans in real life that appear in fictional works unless they are distinct enough to be mentioned in a Wikipedia article separate from the articles for the entities they are ...
Bes, Apotropaic god, represented as a dwarf, particularly important in protecting children and women in childbirth. Taweret (Thoeris), Hippopotamus goddess who is often depicted as a protective deity, particularly associated with childbirth, fertility, and motherhood.
The legion of fictional deities in the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game covers an extensive range of spheres of influence, allowing players to customize the spiritual beliefs and powers of their characters, and as well as giving Dungeon Masters a long list of gods from which to design evil temples and minions.
Gendwar Argrim is the dwarven hero-god of Fatalism and Obsession. His symbol is a waraxe bearing the dwarven rune for destruction. The Doomed Dwarf's appearance is said to be unremarkable except for his sandy blond hair and beard. His dwarven waraxe, Forgotten Hope, screams every time a community of dwarves is attacked. He is in many ways the ...
The player can make the worm kill everyone by suicide or, make the whole worship the worm thinking it is their god. Symptoms include insanity, mania, memory loss, coma, adoration, devotion, and transcendence (which causes the humans to worship the worm as their eternal god by overdosing them with oxytocin and vasopressin).
Most core deities are human deities; except for the chief gods of the demihuman races. Certain aspects of the deities were altered to make them more generic – for example: the "Core" Heironeous favors the longsword (in order to make the favored weapon of the "God of Chivalry" more traditionally knight-like), as contrasted with the original ...
Titans – Anthropomorphic pre-Olympian gods in ancient Greek and Roman mythology. Tonttu – In Finnish mythology, a type of dwarf or goblin-like creature associated with households and farms; associated with the winter solstice and the Christmas season. Troll – (Norse) Large, often grotesque humanoids. Trow – (Scottish) Short, ugly spirits.
The Prose and Poetic Eddas, which form the foundation of what we know today concerning Norse mythology, contain many names of dwarfs.While many of them are featured in extant myths of their own, many others have come down to us today only as names in various lists provided for the benefit of skalds or poets of the medieval period and are included here for the purpose of completeness.