#worldbuilding deities

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What makes something a god in your worldbuilding?

What separates gods from powerful magic users or monsters?

Are they a species?

A class of power?

Concepts given will?

Born of belief?

Eldritch shapers?

What… are gods.

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Dracovita Deity Sketches

The God of the Forager

The God of the Hunter

The One that Came from the Sky

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Dixy ~ The Eldest Child to Mother Hallya

It's Worldbuilding Wednesday, and I'm back with another deity from the fantasy world of Eltya in my WIP, Fractured Stars Falling! This week it's Dixy.

Dixy is the oldest child of Mother Hallya (I introduced her last week). She's the goddess of entertainment, fun, and comedy.

When she was first created by her mother, Dixy had a very positive, bubbly, and fun-loving attitude. She loved to entertain the mortals with shows, festivals, and art. But as time went on, mortals began to forget and underestimate her more, as did her younger siblings- Mother Hallya's other children. Dixy became bitter, developed trickster powers, and became a careless trickster god.

The only time she's happier is during the Festival of Dixy. Every year, once all of the snow has melted and all of the crops in the land have been planted, that is deemed as the first day of summer. To celebrate, all of the people honor the goddess of fun at the start of the season filled with the most fun by holding a festival that lasts for five days and five nights. During the festival, hundreds of people all over Eltya can be found out and partying during all hours. Banners and lanterns are hung, food and street vendors sell their very best, and almost everyone dances at least once in the center of it all.

The rest of the year, Dixy is forgotten, and tries to get some attention by playing tricks on her siblings and mortals. Her trickster powers can't do much more than annoy and prank whoever she picks on. She's now a spiteful goddess that likes to cause trouble for attention.

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Gregra and Jhar - The Twins

It's worldbuilding wednesday and I'm back with more dieties from my fantasy world! This time we're doing two because the twins are a package deal and there's hardly anything on them individually.

Gregra is the god of Farming and Trade. His twin brother, Jhar, is the god of Peace, Nature, and Tranquility. Farmers are most profitable and do the best during peaceful times, so the two gods are often associated together in earliest depictions. Out of all the gods, these two brothers are the most neutral and peaceful in everything.

As these are the gods that cause the least trouble and refuse to get involved, there are very few myths about them (most myths are about the gods getting into squabbles with each other until Mother breaks it up). The most popular myth about them tells of how they brought gifts to the world. When Mother Hallya created the world, and then the twins after their older siblings, this was the first thing they did.

Once Eltya and the skies were existent, Gregra and Jhar spent eight days bringing gifts down to the mortal world. Every night, they brought one gift. First they brought fire. On the second night they brought hunting tools and weapons to the humans, then showed them how to hunt beasts. The third night they brought seeds and tools for farming. The fourth night they showed mortals how to craft stone and wood into dwellings. The fifth night they brought music to the mortals. The sixth they brought beautiful cloth and showed the mortals how to make beautiful clothing. The seventh night they helped the humans organize the system on how they operate and govern themselves, including crowning the first kings. On the eighth and final night, they brought down magic to the humans and taught them how to use it.

There's not much on them in recorded history and very few myths about them, but they are highly respected and worshiped, especially by farmers, merchants, fisherman, miners, metalworkers, and others who's jobs are directly affected by war. Many farmers have small shrines to the two gods in their fields, barns, or houses, and regularly make sacrifices from their livestock and crops to Gregra and Jhar.