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	Divine Ranks And Powers :: d20srd.org
		Deities of rank 1 or higher are immune to disease and poison, stunning, sleep, paralysis, and death effects, and disintegration.
		Deities are immune to the auras of deities of equal or lower rank.
		A deity of rank 1 or higher with levels as a sorcerer or a wizard has the ability to treat any creature of a given kind as a familiar, as long as that creature is within a distance of one mile per divine rank of the deity.
	www.d20srd.org /srd/divine/divineRanksAndPowers.htm (3825 words)

	Rules concerning SDI deities in rp (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		In the descriptions, several deities frequent the realm of mortals regularly, so it would not be unusual to glimpse Eilena running through the woods, or Vix in the form of the salamander on the inn hearth...
		Lesser deities can be the offspring of the high gods and goddesses, or the offspring of a high deity and a mortal.
		So in other words, do not suddenly create character or lesser deity that claims to be the offspring of two high deities, or the son or daughter of a mortal and high god/goddess.
	www.stardragoninn.net /pantrules.html (673 words)

	The World of Audalis - Religion in Audalis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Lesser powers simply do not have the ability to do this; if they desire to resurrect a follower, they must approach their patron, or another friendly greater deity, and request the favor.
		Millenia ago, all of the greater deities agreed to stay out of the world, for fear of destroying it; a fate even Tyrannis did not wish, for if Audalis were destroyed, there would be nothing left to rule.
		Deities are permitted to use avatars, or mortal bodies, to enter the world, but their actions are still very limited; in addition, doing so requires a great deal of energy and concentration, and is often not worth the cost.
	www.rdinn.com /audalis_religion.html (777 words)

	About the Pantheon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Each deity has a portfolio and is responsible for advancing that portfolio in the mortal world and in the divine.
		Those with a patron deity find a home on the plane that is home to their patron deity after their death.
		Some of these deities share portfolios, and it is common for lesser deities to focus on specific domains of the more powerful deities.
	celonia.riboflavin.net /pantheon/about.htm (343 words)

	DIVINE ABILITIES AND FEATS
		Deities with a rank equal to or greater than the attacking deity are not subject to this ability.
		The deity produces a transparent barrier whose area is up to one 10-foot square per rank, or a sphere or hemisphere with a radius of up to 1 foot per rank.
		The deity gains a competence bonus on attack rolls, damage, and Armor Class equal to its divine rank if both the deity and its foe are touching fire or using weapons with the flaming or flaming burst special abilities.
	www.mit.edu /people/chads/dnd/srd35/DivineAbilitiesandFeats.html (11546 words)

	EN World - Morrus' D&D / d20 News & Reviews Site - Consensus Poll - Pantheons
		Now the "New Age" deities have been in power for the past few thousand years but now the "Old Gods" have decided to set asside their personal differences for the meantime and have learned from their mistake about complacency - and are coming back with a vengeance.
		the deities are competing for the mortals attention.
		Also being the creators of the world they are still possessed of great power even in their faded states, while the fledgling deities merely siphoned off some of that power when they came into existence and are maintained by their followers.
	www.enworld.org /printthread.php?t=70312 (2434 words)

	"Lucius Rising—Theurgic Ascent in Apuleius’ Metamorphoses"
		In philosophical and religious circles of this era, the highest of deities were imagined to be ineffable and completely removed from the human realm.
		The process began with the theurgist using magical purifications, prayers, and symbolae to evoke the epiphany of a lesser deity.
		This deity would then reveal to the theurgist a vision of how the cosmos was put together, information he could use to further his ascension.
	ccat.sas.upenn.edu /~otherw/writs/winkle.html (734 words)

	Deities of Minaria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		This is not true, of course, but most deities would probably subscribe to the theory that “the ends justify the means” and the gods only intervene (or withhold spells) in the most flagrant cases of heresy.
		She is the oldest female deity in the pantheon, being associated with fertility and nature.
		A strange deity, Halas is the patron deity of wyrmkind, receiving worship from the ancient dragons millennia ago, but has extended his protection to the lesser wyrmkind, like the yuan-ti (sometimes known as the snake-men), and even to humans.
	www.erlandlee.com /deitiesminaria.html (5923 words)

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		Vishnu, the supreme deity of the Hindu pantheon, gave birth to Brahma.
		Sila, the Inuit deity and the Scandinavian God of the Sky were also known to stir up bad weather when in foul moods (Hallam 24)(Davidson 20).
		Along with the similarities of the deities, there are also similar answers concerning the question of life after death.
	www.angelfire.com /biz4/aladriael/myth.html (2081 words)

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		It is believed that the Lesser Deities speak to the High Deities, and that the tribe Leader can speak to the Lesser Deities.
		It is believed that if a family’s daughter is chosen, then that family will have good fortune forever, since the tribe Leader will speak to the Lesser Deities on their behalf.
		For instance, in the Ndjuka Maroons cult, it is important to please the tribe Leader, because that Leader spoke to the lesser deities on the giver’s behalf.
	web.syr.edu /~kaheidt/final.doc (3600 words)

	Living Greyhawk: Theocracy of the Pale
		If a specific race is listed under Worshippers in the deity's entry in this document, and no other information is provided there, a cleric must be of that specific race to select that deity to worship (although non-cleric worshippers of that deity are permitted).
		If a cleric's race is changed and she is no longer is of the appropriate race for her deity, she can no longer gain levels as a cleric until the situation is rectified.
		If she does not try to fix the situation when the opportunity provides itself (judge's discretion), she has then abandoned the tenets of her deity and must follow the Ex-Clerics rule from the PH until the situation is rectified.
	www.theocracyofthepale.com /gamerules/lg_deities.html (4823 words)

	Tantric Hinduism in Khmer Culture
		Surya is surrounded by eight lesser deities, six of which are shown half kneeling; a seventh is seated cross-legged, and the eighth is shown surrounded by clouds.
		The figure seated cross-legged in front of Surya and holding two lotus-buds can be identified as Chandra, the moon deity; the figure shown in a cloud bank at three o'clock is Rahu, the deity responsible for eclipses.
		In his meditation, a tantrika would move from the periphery of the mandala to the center where the major deity is placed.
	www.asianart.com /articles/bunker/1.html (616 words)

	Lesser Deity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		However, there were other deities that were also part of the ancient pantheon of gods.
		The Romans were especially adept at maintaining a variety of these lesser deities, which today we call personifications.
		A personification is simply a quality, condition or state of being that is presented as a human being.
	www.pnna.org /pan/lesser_deity.html (444 words)

	Authentic Thaumaturgy: Mono-, Duo- & Polytheisms
		Most of these entities are indistinguishable from the deities and lesser spirits of the polytheistic religions previously occupying the same territory, because most of these associated spirits are the Gods and godlings from the previous religions (or current ones from neighboring cultures).
		A century or so later all the other deities have snuck back into the religion under different names and the common people go right on worshipping their Old Gods and Goddesses, pretending (when the priests are around) that these spirits are inferior in power to the “One” God they are supposed to be worshipping.
		Duotheists say that when one is worshipping the “lesser deities” one is actually worshipping “the God” and/or “the Goddess.” Polytheists say that people can and should worship any spirit they feel like worshipping, or Who chooses them as worshippers.
	www.neopagan.net /AT_MonoDuoPoly.html (1437 words)

	Medieval Religion and Feudalism... - RPGnet Forums
		Like mortal lords, the deities would hold sway over lesser deities with smaller portfolios (thus, the god of Fire would be served by the goddess of the hearth and the god of forges).
		Local minor gods (such as the forest god of this village or the river god of that town) would be made to sweat fealty to the appropriate higher deity and the supreme deity.
		Medieval Christianity was full of prayer and ritual directed at 'holy vassals' (saints of various importance) who were for all practical purposes lesser dieties; patrons of a particular place, craft, activity, or what-have-you.
	forum.rpg.net /showthread.php?t=66670 (949 words)

	Religion - Deities: Overview
		Although their force or influence was not meant to be compared with the Olympians, they were assigned to carry out specific pre-arranged duties.
		Each one of the Lesser Deities was responsible to perform a series of diverse tasks.
		Some became simple messengers of the Olympian will towards the mortals (such as Iris), while others played the role of the protector of certain values, ideas or qualities.
	www.archaeonia.com /religion/deities/main.htm (223 words)

	Iliad Vs Bible (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Zeus/Cronos has a whole bunch of lesser deities in wings and flowing robes wandering around doing his bidding.
		Now I know you're going to quibble and tell me angels aren't "lesser deities", but if you can distinguish the difference you're doing better than me. Heck, Wtf Are Angels?
		Odin/Zeus aren't necessarily capital-G God to the lesser gods, but they're certainly the fathers and kings of their respective pantheons.
	clublet.com /why?page=IliadVsBible (709 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Nine categories of Ganadevatas (Lesser deities) are accepted - Adityas, Viswadevas, Vasus, Tushitas, Abhaswaras, Anilas, Maharajikas, Sadhyas and Rudras.
		Lord Ganesha is a highly-revered deity, invoked at the start of any venture for he is auspicious, propitious, and generous with his blessings.
		Lord Brahma advised her to find the first substitute; another that Lord Siva first killed and then resurrected Aditya, the deity of the Sun, the violence inviting the wrath of the rishi Kasyapa who cursed Lord Ganesha to lose his head.
	www.indiaheritage.com /newlet/contapril/gods.doc (1085 words)

	Continental Celtic Deities
		The first accounts we have of the Gallic deities is found in Caesar's Testimony of the Gallic Wars.
		There are numerous images of him; they declare him the inventor of all the arts, the guide for every road and journey, and they deem him to have the greatest influence for all commerce and travel.
		While this thread will study these deities in particular and what the celts called them, we will also be studying many of the lesser Celtic deities as well.
	www.ancientworlds.net /aw/Board/78717 (369 words)

	The Shrine of Hamaskis: Deities of Titan
		The Hall of Mind being an essay upon the deities responsible for emotions and personality, who rose to prominence with the spread of the Sentient Races.
		Other Lesser Gods being a description of those lesser deities not covered elsewhere, including, but are not limited to, those subordinate to the more powerful Physical Gods mentioned above.
		The Skies of Titan being a treatise upon the constellations of the night sky and their significance, where near divine beings are recorded in the constellations.
	www.ox.compsoc.net /~dwsjc/ff/deities (927 words)

	Judge Orders God To Break Up Into Smaller Deities \| The Onion - America's Finest News Source
		The suit, brought against God by the Justice Department on behalf of a coalition of "lesser deities" and polytheistic mortals, alleged that He violated antitrust laws by claiming in the Holy Bible that He was the sole creator of the universe, and by strictly prohibiting the worship of what He termed "false idols."
		In the end, however, God was unable to convince Schofield that He did not deliberately create a marketplace hostile to rival deities.
		One deity who is welcoming the verdict is the ancient Greek god Zeus, who described himself as "jubilant" and "absolutely vindicated."
	www.theonion.com /content/node/28626 (1009 words)

	EN World - Morrus' D&D / d20 News & Reviews Site - Deities and Demigods
		Maybe not so much so for lesser deities (by lesser deities I mean Velsharoon, or whatever the name for the necromancer deity in FR is), but certainly for Greater and Lesser Powers.
		They should however, be given avatars while on planes that hey are not native to, and the closer said plane is to their home plane, the stronger the avatar...
		I think statistics are a no brainer, because nothing forces you to use the statistics, nothing forces you to make gods mortal, but there are lots of epic adventure ideas where having the final boss be a god is tremendously cool.
	www.enworld.org /printthread.php?t=2189 (1057 words)

	Majestic Mix - Stories and Poems
		It outlined the Deity for the Xentaru, Minion, Benevolent to his loyal worshippers, and Malicious to those that worship other, lesser Deities.
		Since the Xentaru that created AI hold all other deities created on there world as lesser, non-deities, AI began to realize that the other nations in the world were beneath his creators, for they worshipped lesser Deities.
		It was this that started AI thinking that he must have been created as a material extension of Minion, punishing those that worshipped lesser gods.
	www.majesticmix.com /forums/showthread.php?t=468 (1983 words)

	Game Resources - Gods of Alra-Paran (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Although these deities are lesser in the hierarchy, they are no
		The lesser arcana include the deities that fall under the protection and circle of their major arcana
		A favored deity of Kortamus, Shessair is the goddess of rage and insanity.
	www.rdinn.com /gods_alra_paran.html (5658 words)

	Faiths and Avatars: the Lesser Deities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Eldath (third deity from the left) (image from FandP)
		Thief of the Light (+2 defending longsword sacred to Mask : CL 8 - 32,315 gp) (by Sean Reynolds)
		For Duty and Deity (3E conversion help) (to follow thread, hit "next in topic" button near the top of the screen)
	www.toril.info /FaA.lesser.htm (2983 words)

	The Shrine of Hamaskis: Faces of Titan
		A collection of essays upon those gods, demons and other supernatural beings who are known, either by name or reputation, to the mortal scholars of Titan.
		A description of the different orders of the faceless masses of lesser supernatural beings can be found in the Bestiary.
		Other Members of the Celestial Court, being a description of those lesser deities including those subordinate to the Physical Gods, the deities responsible for emotions and personality and the creators of the non-sentient creatures of Titan.
	www.ox.compsoc.net /~dwsjc/ff/faces.html (474 words)

	Greek Mythology - Lesser Deities - 'A'
		He would punish those who did not return the love of others.
		Lesser known than his brother Eros, he is another son of Aphrodite.
		It is said that Eros remained childlike for quite sometime.
	members.fortunecity.com /leuce/greek/lesser/a.html (281 words)

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