Gods of Dakhoma

The Nameless Ones

Mask: Dove
Epithets: Allmother, Mother Earth, Broad One
Animals: Doves, Snakes, Rabbits, Bees
Holy Days: Fridays, Spring Equinox
Description: Dakhoma is the wife or consort of Dzios, who oversees the transmigration or reincarnation of souls. She rules over the earth and is regarded as the matriarch of all living things. She is also a brewer of mead and ale, and prayers are given to her in thanks for fermenting grain and honey. She is said to carry a cauldron that never runs out of food.
In the religion of the Dark Sun, she is believed to be dead, slain by Dzios himself.

Mask: Eagle
Epithets: Allfather, The Daylight Sky, Sun King, the Good God, Heavenly Father, All-Wise
Animals: Eagles, Flydragons
Holy Days: Mondays, Summer Solstice
Description: Dzios is the chief of the gods and the husband of Dakhoma. He is first and foremost a god of hospitality, oaths, wisdom, and agriculture. Traditionally, Dzios is given offerings of the firstfruits of the harvest. He is a druid, and the staff he carries can kill with one end and heal with the other. He also carries a harp which can grow and shrink on command, and which causes the seasons to come in their proper order.
In the Dark Sun Federation, Dzios-or a close approximation of him-is worshiped as lord over all the gods, and some of their priests even deny the existence of any other god.

Mask: Peacock
Epithets: Twin Daughter, Red-Haired, Morningstar/Evenstar
Animals: Peacocks
Aspects: Utra(morning), Vetsa(evening), Raduga(Rainbow)
Hyesha is the triple goddess of the rising and setting sun and the rainbow. Usually they are considered the triplet daughters of Dzios. She is the consort of Thiernos and the only one who can calm him when he is in a rage.

Mask: Raven
Epithets: Stranger, Hooded One, the Horned God, Wand-Bearer, Man of Letters, Lord of the Gallows, The Frenzied One, Left-Handed One
Animals: Ravens, Wolves, Carrion Raptors
Holy Days: Wednesdays, Winter Solstice
Description: Grimnos is an old god, worshiped originally by the wolf-cult barbarians in the West. He is cunning, rebellious, and intelligent, and his unquenchable thirst for knowledge led him to discover the five tools known as fire, cups, wheels, cords and knives, as well as the runes used by merchants and weirdkenners. These achievements cost him his right hand and right eye, respectively, but he shared them with the sons of Manu. His character is attested in the Grimnos Kenning.

Mask: Falcon
Epithets: The Thunderer, God of Oaks, Lightning Lord
Animals: Falcons, Dragons
Holy days: Thursdays, Autumn Equinox
Description: Thiernos means third, for Thiernos was the third human in the world, and is the son of Manu, the first man. He was a dragon-rider and demon-slayer, the first warrior. He killed his sister, the flaming wolf-demon Balrash, and cast her into a pit. Thiernos has the power to control the weather, and can call down lightning with his magic hammer.

Epithets: Phantom Queens, Three-Face, Saints of Death
Animals: Crows, Spiders
Holy days: Samhain
Description: The Morgaine is one, and the Morgaine are three. Her name means "Great Queen" and she has been called the Phantom Queen and Banshee. She is the daughter of Dakhoma and Dzios. She is associated with death, battle, warfare, magic, change, prophecy and fate. Among all the gods, she is one of the most active in the affairs of men. She is a shapeshifter, sometimes taking the form of a young or old woman, sometimes a crow, wolf, eel, or swayback.
- Bahv the Black is called the Battle-Crow. She is a goddess of war, strategy, and fate. She cries out in battle to foretell the doom of soldiers, dances on the spear points and shields of the army destined for victory, and lingers in the wasteland to feed on the slain.
- Macha the White is the goddess of land and sovereignty. She is the source of the divine right of rulership, called upon to protect the land and its people, and to depose those who have broken their vow to the Otherworld.
- Naven the Red is the goddess of battle-fury, bloodlust and strife. She is the shrieker, the bringer of terror and frenzy.