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<blockquote data-quote="Beleriphon" data-source="post: 7604677" data-attributes="member: 27847"><p>While there are probably others, the D&D fantasy-historical pantheons that still need names from the 2e Legends and Lore and On Hallowed Ground are the following (listed by the names they gave them):</p><p></p><p><strong>American Indian</strong></p><p><strong>Aztec</strong></p><p><strong>Babylonian</strong></p><p><strong>Celtic</strong></p><p><strong>Finnish</strong></p><p><strong>Indian</strong></p><p><strong>Japanese</strong></p><p><strong>Sumerian</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p>Thoughts? Suggestions?</p><p></p><p></p><p>Sumerian and Babylonian are functionally identical other than spelling for the most part so the same name can apply to both. Annunaki is the name the Babylonian/Sumerian people called their deities. The relationship between Sumer and Babylon is similar to Rome's relationship to Greece.</p><p></p><p>Indigenous people of North America aren't a single group, so that might be an issue. Most of their beliefs don't fall into the idea of deities like we see in Europe or Asia. If you wanted something that kind of encompasses the broad ideas associated with North American spiritual life Great Spirits is probably the way to go.</p><p></p><p>Teotl Pantheon is a good name of the Aztec group of deities, the word Teotl is roughly analogous with the English word deity/god in Nauhtl.</p><p></p><p>Celts are Tuatha Dé Danann, or Tuath Dé Danann. Its literally the name the Irish Celts gave to their gods as a group. <s>I'm not sure why one has an A and the other does not. I think they're gendered but I can't confirm that.</s> Edit: the A makes it plural. Tuath de is one deity, Tuatha de is plural.</p><p></p><p>Japanese are pretty straight forward O Kami. Literally Great Spirits. Shinto holds that all things have spirits, or kami. Some kami are so great they have power of many aspects of life, rather than being a spirit of that rock over there.</p><p></p><p>Vedic Pantheon might work for the Indian sub-continent and surrounding areas.</p><p></p><p>Finnish I'd go with the Kalevala Pantheon, or something similar. Kalevala is a work of Finnish epic poetry that serves roughly the same purpose to Finns as the Prose Edda and Poetic Edda do to Icelanders and other Nordic countries.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Beleriphon, post: 7604677, member: 27847"] While there are probably others, the D&D fantasy-historical pantheons that still need names from the 2e Legends and Lore and On Hallowed Ground are the following (listed by the names they gave them): [B]American Indian Aztec Babylonian Celtic Finnish Indian Japanese Sumerian [/B] Thoughts? Suggestions? Sumerian and Babylonian are functionally identical other than spelling for the most part so the same name can apply to both. Annunaki is the name the Babylonian/Sumerian people called their deities. The relationship between Sumer and Babylon is similar to Rome's relationship to Greece. Indigenous people of North America aren't a single group, so that might be an issue. Most of their beliefs don't fall into the idea of deities like we see in Europe or Asia. If you wanted something that kind of encompasses the broad ideas associated with North American spiritual life Great Spirits is probably the way to go. Teotl Pantheon is a good name of the Aztec group of deities, the word Teotl is roughly analogous with the English word deity/god in Nauhtl. Celts are Tuatha Dé Danann, or Tuath Dé Danann. Its literally the name the Irish Celts gave to their gods as a group. [s]I'm not sure why one has an A and the other does not. I think they're gendered but I can't confirm that.[/s] Edit: the A makes it plural. Tuath de is one deity, Tuatha de is plural. Japanese are pretty straight forward O Kami. Literally Great Spirits. Shinto holds that all things have spirits, or kami. Some kami are so great they have power of many aspects of life, rather than being a spirit of that rock over there. Vedic Pantheon might work for the Indian sub-continent and surrounding areas. Finnish I'd go with the Kalevala Pantheon, or something similar. Kalevala is a work of Finnish epic poetry that serves roughly the same purpose to Finns as the Prose Edda and Poetic Edda do to Icelanders and other Nordic countries. [/QUOTE]
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