Non-PHB Greyhawk deities

Li Shenron

Legend
Besides the one in the PHB, which are the other Greyhawk deities and where are they detailed?

Something made me curious as I browsed a friend's old Dragon issue two weeks ago and there was an article about Rao, Pholtus, Iuz and Tharizdun.

In Deities & Demigods there were just a couple more, IIRC Bahamut, Tiamat and Kurtulmak. Was Lolth also in Greyhawk or only in FR?

Then there are many monstrous deities mentioned in my Defenders of the Faith. Most of them aren't very interesting IMHO, because they're all basically "the god of troglodytes", "the god of bugbears", "the goddess of beholder". They don't seem deities who watch over something (an ideal, a force, an ethos), other than a single monstrous race.
But on the other hand there is mention of a certain Eadro god of the sea (in fact AFAIK there is no god of the sea in GH) which could have a larger part in the game.

So, which other deities are there in GH, except the ones who only make sense for a single race?
 

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I'm sure someone will have beaten me to this but here's a link:

Once there you can scroll down to the 7th download and get this .pdf file:

Living Greyhawk Deities v.1.3 307 KB

It provides dozens of Greyhawk deities, including portfolios, domains, favored weapons, etc.

If you'd prefer something you don't need to download, this link might serve you well. It's merely a list of deities with very brief definitions.

The often reviled Complete Divine does provide brief summaries of about two dozen additional Greyhawk deities, as well as a Monster Deities list.
 
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Aye, the Wikipedia entry lists all or most Greyhawk deities. Most of the non-race-specific deities listed there are more detailed in the 3E Living Greyhawk Gazeteer (softbound, slightly thinner than any of the Core Rulebooks, something like 20 or 30 US$ in stores), as well as a few of the other deities in that listing. The Wikipedia list of names is more complete, but lacks any details besides a few portfolio elements. The Gazeteer contains a paragraph of a few short paragraphs for each of the important deities of Oerth. I think the Wizards of the Coast download that the previous poster linked to is probably a copy of the Gazeteer's deities chapter, but I dunno for sure as I haven't bothered to download it, since I already bought the Gazeteer years ago. :^)
 





diaglo said:
she is from Greyhawk. the FR stole the idea.

Isn't she just a big, powerful demon in Greyhawk, not a god?

I'll admit to being ignorant on the subject. My Blackmoor was the ancient history of the Known World, not another region ;)
 


Of course, there is also the 'Living Greyhawk Gazetteer'. It contains something like 72 deities with descriptions, but the download from the 'Living Greyhawk' site as given above is more practical :).
 

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