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  Outer God - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An Outer God is a fictional deity in the Cthulhu Mythos of H.P. Lovecraft.
Among the Outer Gods present at Azathoth's court are Tulzscha, The Green Flame, and possibly Shub-Niggurath, the Black Goat of the Woods.
Nyarlathotep, the Crawling Chaos, is the avatar and soul of the Outer Gods, and serves as an intermediary between the deities of the pantheon and their cults.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Outer_God   (805 words)

  
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Gods are divided into five groups (as I have concluded from information derived from the DDG, Dragon #68, and subsequent issues) in order of potence: Greater (as per TD #68) Major* Minor** Lesser (as per TD #68) Demi-god (as per TD#68) Saint (as per TD #71) As Mr.
Some gods are greedy and desire the wealth of their worlds, other gods are curious, some wish to propagate their views, still others simply feel a need for lesser creatures to pay them homage.
Gods have to be limited in both the type and number of spells that they can grant to their priests.
www.textfiles.com /fun/divright.txt   (2532 words)

  
 Lesser Gods
Azuth is the god of wizards and mages (and to a much lesser degree, all who cast spells), as opposed to Mystra, who is the goddess of all magic.
Deneir, the Lord of All Glyphs and Images, is the god of literature and literacy, the patron of the artist and the scribe.
Mask is the god of rogues, thieves, and is the lord of shadows.
www.angelfire.com /d20/apocalypse/LesserGods.html   (4437 words)

  
 Untitled   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Beyond the outer surface of this wave the helical strains are fixed in the stationary field.
Whether the universe was created by accident, as a diversion of the Gods, as a place for angels, man, or other creatures to enjoy, or as a place for man to 'work out his destiny' or to know God, for maximum diversity it is necessary for the three dimensional space to be observed from within.
God made the firmament and divided the waters which were under the firmament (a reference system or phase) from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
pweb.jps.net /~cuny/thegods.htm   (21938 words)

  
 Gods
Humans (and by inference to the image of God, demihumans and humanoids as well) are by nature spiritual beings, but since they are born as corporeal beings, they are "slightly less than the angels", and any creature limited to a corporeal existence, although super-powerful, would be considered to be lower than the 4th order.
Powerful priests of most gods are usually not permitted to leave their homes, because unlike laymen, they carry some of the divine powers and might put his deity in a bad situation if he were to upset the god of another pantheon while in that god's territory.
The Dark God is sometimes known as the "god at the end of all things" as the one who will stand alone after time and all things have ended, and the universe is filled with eternal darkness.
members.aol.com /gods10900   (10504 words)

  
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Lesser gods, typically strong 2nd waves, much like greater gods influence the general nature of the Forgotten Lore environment in their image.
Lesser god’s influence however extends only as far as the general nature of fiefs within planes that are called layers.
Being shaped by their greater gods themselves, the lesser gods tend to emphasis one of the many facets of the personality of the deity that helped create them.
www.fred.net /knopp/mop.doc   (4921 words)

  
 UFO Area Ghost stories
Lesser peaks they once inhabited; but ever the men from the plains would scale the slopes of rock and snow, driving the gods to higher and higher mountains till now only the last remains.
Sometimes when earth's gods are homesick they visit in the still of the night the peaks where once they dwelt, and weep softly as they try to play in the olden way on remembered slopes.
In cloud-ships the gods are wont to travel, and wise cotters have legends that keep them from certain high peaks at night when it is cloudy, for the gods are not lenient as of old.
www.ufoarea.com /stories/lovecraft_gods.html   (1836 words)

  
 Downloads and Information
Lesser gods are based on the standard 120 points, and demigods on 100 points.
Demon lords and princes and archdevils are treated as lesser gods, but are required to take the Talisman and Personal Contact limitations for their priesthoods, unless otherwise noted.
My write-ups of the Gods of Greyhawk are based on prior work by TSR, Inc, although I've made substantial expansions to some of the gods (for example, most of the Background sections are my own work).
www.cmc.net /~rtaylor/greyhawk/gods/info.html   (331 words)

  
 Santa Monica Mirror: Fruit of the Gods
Its dusty crimson, leathery-skinned outer casing is too tough to be appealing.
The petals are surprisingly leathery, roughly the texture of a fine kid glove, and a harbinger of the tough outer shell of the fruit to follow.
This is the tree to use on those hard-to-garden against west- and south- facing walls where lesser plants burn to a crisp.
www.smmirror.com /Volume1/issue21/fruit_of_the_gods.html   (455 words)

  
 Karna Cruz
The Hindu Creation God is represented in three forms, which support the major themes of their culture as well as a living cycle.
Dhruva, which was the heavenly form of Hari, a lesser god, was made of the stars, which the planets, moon, and sun revolved around (Classical Hindu pgs.
Plato’s reasoning suggested that since god created everything perfect, the lesser gods had to create humans so mankind would not be of the same rank of the gods (Tim.
imctwo.csuhayward.edu /apmj/cruz.html   (1594 words)

  
 The Outer Planes of D&D by Daniel R. Collins   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
In the Outlands, the greater god Boccob has a remote library, while he is completely helpless in the face of the "Lady of Pain" who rules a "trader’s city" at the center of the cosmos.
For example, the few gods of Oerth from the core rules could have been specified as rulers of their celestial lands, with the outsiders serving them, and a suggestion given that a DM could replace them with his or her own deities.
As it is, however, the status of gods versus outsiders on the Outer Planes is oddly inverted compared to their actual power levels and importance.
home.earthlink.net /~danielrcollins1/dndmisc/outer_planes.html   (1587 words)

  
 Severvants of Tulzscha: Information
Tulzscha is an Outer God and one of the dancers in the Court of Azathoth.
The most powerful member of the Outer Gods, said to be the personification of Radioactivity.
Is the messenger of the Outer Gods used to ferry messages between the Outer Gods and the Great Old Ones.
members.shaw.ca /csstrowbridge/Tulzscha/Information.htm   (4404 words)

  
 Godservants in Ancient Egypt
The servants of the god kept up their normal profession, whatever it was, for eight months of the year, and the remaining months were served at the temple.
The god, in the form of a statue, was housed in a shrine, the naos, which was built of stone or wood and was located in the innermost chamber of the temple.
As they were not allowed inside the temple, this was a popular occasion, the god carried on his bark, although veiled from the direct look of the commoner, and the sacred books carried on the shoulders of a priest walking in front of the procession.
www.philae.nu /PerAnkh/godservant.html   (2149 words)

  
 GENDER AND SELF: GODS AND GODDESSES WITHIN
As the poet Jane Hirshfield says about God's egalitarian spirit, "the numinous does not discriminate...infinitude and oneness do not exclude anyone." But indeed, the feminine voice has been excluded in most religious traditions to the point where spiritual myths, images, and structures are primarily masculine.
Elizabeth Lesser is the co-founder and senior advisor of Omega Institute, this country's largest adult education center focusing on health, wellness, spirituality, and creativity.
She is the author of The New American Spirituality: A Seeker's Guide (published in paperback with the title The Seeker's Guide.) For 30 years she has studied and worked with leading figures in the field of healing-healing self and healing society.
www.feminist.com /resources/artspeech/insp/genderandself.html   (5579 words)

  
 The Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram - St. JON, 93 '.'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram is the most complete ritual ever devised for preparing the place for magical work.
The regular use of the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram may at the very least provide a means of beginning this work of Building the Temple.
When you perform the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram, you begin by aspiring to the highest concept you can imagine, by the vibration of Atah, "To Thou, Essence." This is then affirmed on Earth with Malkuth, and in the balance of forces that rule the universe, Geburah and Gedulah.
www.jwmt.org /v1n0/LBRParticle.htm   (4520 words)

  
 Godservants, Priests in Ancient Egypt
While the priesthood cared for the most important citizens of Egypt, the gods, the average Egyptian could live safe in the knowledge that everything was taken care of, that the gods were treated with the utmost attention and therefore stayed on in the land, thereby keeping it safe and prosperous.
The god, in the form of a statue, was seated in a shrine, a so called naos, which was built of stone or wood and kept in the innermost chamber of the temple.
When the god had "consumed" all he wanted, the food was taken away and shared among the temple workers and the priests.
www.philae.nu /akhet/godservant.html   (3274 words)

  
 Outer Gods
Azathoth is the ruler of the Outer Gods.
Yog-Sothoth is a preeminent deity of Sorcerers and Wizards, and grants the ability to travel between the planes and to control creatures from other planes.
It is seen as the opener of the ways and is often invoked as such in ceremonies for the other Outer Gods and even some of the Great Old Ones.
www.geocities.com /wyrmdirt/othergods.html   (1089 words)

  
 Pohnpei-Between Time & Tide . Pohnpei's Pre-Christian Religion
Nahnsapwe, the god of thunder, belonged to the Dipwinpanmei and dwelt in the Second Heaven.
Nahnsapwe was also the highest of the primary gods and consequently the primary object of worship, though the clan spirits were also worshipped to some degree.
Pohnpeians made their wishes known to the gods through prayers, which were routed to the unnamed supreme deity in the Third Heaven.
www.pohnpeiheaven.com /religion_pc.htm   (522 words)

  
 Ye Gods!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Azuth is the God of wizards and mages, and to a much lesser degree all spellcasters, as opposed to Mystra, who is the goddess of all magic.
Myrkul was one of the Dark Gods, and was the God of the dead, as opposed to the god of death, which was the province of Bhaal.
One of the Dark Gods, she is a deeply twisted and perverse being of ineffable evil and endless petty hatred and jealousy.
www.matthew.fenn.dsl.pipex.com /nj/data/Gods/Gods.htm   (4511 words)

  
 Esoteric Christianity or The Lesser Mysteries by Annie Besant
But the Lesser Mysteries the partial unveiling of deep truths, can even now be restored, and such a volume as the present is intended to outline these, and to show the nature of the teachings which have to be mastered.
God is a composite photograph of the innumerable Gods who are the personifications of the forces of nature.
"The Gods", says lamblichus, "being benevolent and propitious, impart their light to theurgists in unenvying abundance, calling upwards their souls to themselves, procuring them a union with themselves, and accustoming them, while they are yet in body, to be separated from bodies, and to be led round to their eternal and intelligible principle".
www.theosophical.ca /EsotericChristianity.htm   (16303 words)

  
 Cthulhu Mythos supernatural characters - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Little is known about this god, but it is considered to be extremely dangerous to sorcerers, hence its title "the unnameable" (archaic terminology, meaning not to be summoned or ritually named in an incantation).
The Servitors of the Outer Gods are the servants of the powerful Lesser Outer Gods that swirl, writhe, and dance endlessly before the throne of Azathoth at the center of the universe.
Xiurhn serves the Outer God known as the Magnum Tenebrosum and dwells in the Vale Which Is the Night in the Dreamlands.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Xiurhn   (590 words)

  
 ERBList - Gods of Mars, Summarized
This should have been an indication GODS was the most highly regarded Barsoom tale ever written--which is a true statement if one reads the ERB lists (ERBList and ERBCOF-L) with any eye for reader personal preferences of the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs.
GODS OF MARS is generally considered to be the best of the tales of Barsoom.
A dozen lesser therns enter the storeroom and shoot everyone except Carter, Thuvia, and Tars.
www.erblist.com /erblist/godsum.html   (4462 words)

  
 In the Shadows of Madness
However, the Outer Gods themselves were the epitome of chaos and madness, without soul or mind.
The Outer Gods have been stripped of reasoning and ordered thought (as we perceive it anyway) so they may not be a perfect parallel with the Shadows.
Because they practiced fl magic, or they stole certain of the Elder God's sacred records, or even that they had the temerity to attack the homes of the Elder Gods themselves, the Great Old Ones were cast out by their brethren and imprisoned in various places in the stars, and even other dimensions.
www.midwinter.com /b5/lovecraft.html   (1920 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Wars of Gods and Men: Book III of the Earth Chronicles: Books: Zecharia Sitchin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
While the reader may scoff at his unfortunately characteristic long leaps of logic resulting in conclusions (such as that gods from outer space destroyed a spaceport on the Sinai Peninsula four millennia ago), he does present some compelling ideas not easily ignored.
Internal rivalries amongst the aliens that had inhabited this planet 100s of millenia ago (these were the "gods") led to brutal and merciless wars for supremacy.
Humans -who for the uninitiated, were the result of genetic cloning of these aliens- were eventually also entered into the picture to either fight the wars for their "gods" or in many instances to fight alongside them.
www.amazon.com /Wars-Gods-Men-Earth-Chronicles/dp/0380895854   (3490 words)

  
 Inanna - www.GatewaysToBabylon.com
The dowry may represent the riches she brings to the outer and inner relationship with the beloved, the lapis beads, which lay exactly on the throat chakra, the power of words to captivate.
She was the divine link to the world of the gods, and when She took the king as a lover, teh conjugal pair was a bridge between the people and the gods.
They were sons of god and goddess, but this relationship, important as it was in bringing them in close relationship to a god, could not differentiate the king from the rest of the populace.
www.gatewaystobabylon.com /gods/ladies/ladyinanna2.html   (12073 words)

  
 Nyarlathotep Summoning
In this mythos the Outer Gods (along with the Elder Gods) rule the universe.
Though these Gods are frequently portrayed as 'evil' and chaotic; there is a wealth of alien knowledge to be found within these lesser-traveled paths.
Azathoth is the 'ruler' of the Outer Gods, and it is his Will that we intend to petition (through Nyarlathotep) so that we may share the dreams of Cthulhu (not an Outer God, but a Great Old One, who are very powerful ancient alien beings).
www.autonomatrix.org /guild/corpus/nyarcthu.htm   (613 words)

  
 "The Gods of a Lesser Creation" by William Barton
The Chinese had that funny Asian look you always see, with their flat faces, fl eyes, and that long, curly golden hair.
Me and Rinty had the doggier look OPEL favors for its cyborgs, designers at the Outer Planets Exploration Laboratory, coming as they had mostly from North America, favoring Western norms: Longer muzzles, with short, straight fur, mine a foxy reddish-gray, Rinty more tan-gold-fl.
The Gods of a Lesser Creation" by William Baton, copyright © 2004, with permission of the author.
www.asimovs.com /_issue_0408/gods.shtml   (1309 words)

  
 Cult Template
The way the cult has seen their god appear
Greater cults gain 3-4, intermediate ~ 3 and lesser ~2.
If they are combat strong then reduce max spells by 16.
home.att.net /~imkluu/Gods/Cult-Template.html   (322 words)

  
 Biblyon: World Experience
This encouraged players to have their characters attempt lesser Bond-like actions on the path to the great confrontation: a Quality Rating 1 seduction attempt meant an extra hero point for use in a life-or-death situation.
Mike Pondsmith’s 1987 Teenagers from Outer Space was a light-hearted comedy, where characters were teens making sense of high school and why their date occasionally turned into a big monster.
Teenagers from Outer Space didn’t see improvement as a worthy goal of the player characters, so it made improvement more likely to cause dangerous results.
www.hoboes.com /html/RPG/Gods/?ART=138   (7291 words)

  
 Greater Races - A scientific Approach, Vol 6 - Byakhee
The god that created Byakhees had a wild saturday night party and then decided to put the leftovers to some uses on sunday morning.
OK - a first wild guess: the glowing thorax-like structure is the one that makes the thing airborne in the first place - that's why the bristles glow during flight.
Lesser Outer Gods can mate with humanity and they can have any teratological morphology imaginable or unimagineable.
www.fortunecity.com /tattooine/leiber/50/dgbyakh.htm   (5624 words)

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