other gods of mischief

[The Edge]

IMC I have a cult of Kandar, my own minor god of chaos. The cult isn’t the old stereotypical black, rituals and skulls type, rather the type who get terribly drunk and cause mischief.

Their plans currently include throwing hundreds of magical bouncing beans into a council meeting, and painting the town red (literally, all of it).

Why are you looking for mischief gods? Got a similar mischief cult idea, or something different?

 

[cmanos]

I'm about to start Anansi Boys.

Currently reading it myself. Gotta love Gaiman.

Yep, Anansi is another Native American trickster figure, as is coyote and fox.

 

[Voadam]

Raven from Pacific Northwest American Indians and 1e and 2e D&D.

Bes that dwarf god from Egyptian mythology.

Every gnome god.

Brandobaris from halflings.

Almost every fey.

Erevan for elves

Cyric is god of lies and illusions in FR.

Kurtulmak of the kobolds is malicious and cruel mischief.

Lolth's son (I forget his name, V something) is a dark trickster.

Ralishaz the unlooked for is god of bad luck in Greyhawk.

Beshaba is bad luck in the realms while Tymora is good luck.

There is a CG son of Moradin in Demihuman Deities 2e in the FR that is a bit of a trickster and con man IIRC.

 

[Tonguez]

Currently reading it myself. Gotta love Gaiman.

Yep, Anansi is another Native American trickster figure, as is coyote and fox.

Actually Anansi is African imported to Amerika via the Slave Trade

 

[Anti-Sean]

Are there any other gods of mischief beside Ollidamara, Chaav and Loki?

The Traveler (Eberron)

It took me a while to warm to the Sovereign Host/Dark Six pantheon, but I was in love with the Traveler from day one. A trickster who blurs the line that separates the Sovereign Host from the Dark Six, and blazes its own path. The changelings are its children,and the Traveler is a patron of artifice as well. "Ware the gifts of the Traveler", many people will warn. "Taking the side of the Traveler" is a phrase akin to our own "playing Devil's Advocate". While the gods in Eberron aren't directly contactable and don't manifest an earthly presence, many historical and/or mythological figures are said to have been an avatar of the Traveler, or the Traveler itself.

Oh man, do I love the Traveler! It's so nice to have a trickster god in the vein of Loki/Coyote/Trickster without any "Eeeeevil" connotations necessarily associated. Soooo much fantastic potential!

 

[Chunklets]

Hermes, Apollo and Pan from Greek Myths.

You could add Prometheus to that list, too.

 

[arscott]

I suppose that's true.

In fact, add every single mythological figure steals fire from the gods and gives it to humans.

 

[Chunklets]

I suppose that's true.
In fact, add every single mythological figure steals fire from the gods and gives it to humans.

Yeah, I think so: Prometheus, Coyote (and other Native American fire-stealers), Loki (in some mythological traditions)... is there an Egyptian equivalent? Or one from any of the Far Eastern mythological traditions?

One question which arises from this is why so many unrelated cultures chose to view fire not as something granted to mortals by the gods, but as something obtained, as it were, illegally. I can't really think of a good answer, off-hand...

 

[Nomad4life]

Don’t forget Doofy; god of whoopie cushions and fake barf.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Michael Moorcock added Balo, the Jester of the gods of Chaos.