Tortall Glossary

Realms of the Universe

First Powers
Parents to the Great Gods.

Three Sorrows
Housed in Divine Realms, but not gods in themselves. Rather, they are forces brought into the Mortal Realms by human excess.

The Great Gods

Great Mother Goddess, the: Goddess of crops, weaving, spinning, women, childbirth, offenses against women, children
- Three Aspects: Maiden, Mother, Hag
- Titles: Mother of Mountains, Mother of Waters, Mother of Mares
- With Mithros, chief goddess of pantheon
Mithros: God of mage-craft, war, law, fire
- Sun-god, brother-consort to Goddess
- With the Goddess, chief god of pantheon
Black God: God of death, ruler of Peaceful Realms
Crooked God: God of thieves in Eastern Lands (another name for Kyprioth the Trickster)
Smith’s God: God of all smiths, coopers, wainwrights
Gainel: Also called the Master of Dream, the Dream King, Dreamer
- Has one foot in Chaos, one foot in Divine Realms
- The only Great God who cannot leave Divine Realms or Chaos; can only send his messengers (dreams)
Kyprioththe Trickster: Chief of the trickster gods and patron god of the Copper Isles
- Wind god of all the winds in the Emerald Ocean, including Copper Isles and Yamani Islands

Carthak Gods
In addition to the Great Gods.

Mynoss: Judge of the underworld and the dead
Shakith: Blind goddess of seers
Graveyard Hag: Patron goddess of Carthak
- Rules over graveyards, gambling, practical jokes
- Sacred Animals and Objects: Hyena, rat, silver dice cup (she cheats)
Jihuk: Master of deep desert winds and demons, central Carthak

Banjiku Gods
Southeastern Carthak

Lushagui: Goddess who bore them and gave them three gifts: to bind men to beast-people, to know gods, and to be slaves (this last is open to interpretation)
Kidunka: Male, the world-snake (wraps around the world), all-wise, Lushagui’s brother

Gods of the K’mir Tribes of Northern Sarain

Father Storm and Mother Fire gave birth to the world and the stars, and are parents of the Four Horse-Lords:
- Bian North-wind: Goddess of trade, sleep, horses (she gave birth to horses), fertility
- Chavi West-wind: Goddess of cleansing, belief or religion, music, marriage
- Vau East-wind: God of creation (helped Bian to give birth to horses), travel, strength, truth
- Shai South-wind: God of magic, volcanoes, sex, healing
Grandmother Stone: Goddess of age and time

Gods of the Yamani Islands

Yama: Patron goddess, created the Yamani Islands, goddess of childbirth and rice
Wave-Walker: Sea goddess, goddess of mercy, can banish storms and keep ships safe (also another name for the Goddess in northwestern Tortall)
Sakuyo: Benevolent Yamani trickster god, god of jokes and pranks

Gods of Galla/Scanra/Northeastern Tortall

Weiryn: Minor god of the hunt and the forest in northeastern Tortall and in Galla and Scanra; a god who’s one with mountain forests (Daine’s father)
Green Lady: Goddess of healing, childbirth, and wells in northwestern Galla (Daine’s mother)
Yahzed: Minor god of righteousness and repentance

Gods of the Copper Isles

Chaos

Uusoae: Queen of Chaos, disrule, uncertainty, imagination, destruction that leads to change and new growth, new opportunities
Gatekeepers: Discord, Violence

Animal Gods