Gods

Vedic Gods (Ancient Pantheon)

Indra
· Status: King of the gods in the Vedas.
· Sphere: Thunder, rain, war.
Character: A thunderer, like Zeus and Thor. He slew the serpent Vritra and freed the waters. But in the Puranas, his role is diminished: he becomes an envious king defeated by demons.
· Symbols: Vajra (lightning), elephant Airavata.

Agni
· Status: God of Fire.
· Sphere: Sacrificial fire, mediator between people and gods.
· Character: He is the mouth of the gods. Through fire, the sacrifice reaches the heavens.

Varuna
· Status: God of waters and cosmic law.
· Sphere: Ocean, justice, oaths.
· Character: He is an all-seeing judge. He punishes sinners with illnesses.

Surya
· Status: God of the sun.
· Sphere: Sun.
· Character: Rides across the sky in a chariot drawn by seven horses.

Chandra
· Status: God of the moon.
· Sphere: Moon, night, plants.

Vayu
· Status: God of the wind.
· Sphere: Wind, breath.

Pit
· Status: God of Death.
· Sphere: Death, the afterlife, justice.
· Character: He is the first to die. He judges souls. His messengers take people.

Kubera
· Status: God of wealth.
· Sphere: Gold, treasures, yakshas.
· Character: He is the keeper of the world's riches. His city is Alaka.

Devi (Goddesses)

Lakshmi
· Status: Goddess of wealth, luck and beauty.
· Sphere: Prosperity, light, lotus.
· Character: Vishnu's consort. She is the embodiment of abundance. She sits on a lotus, and gold coins spill from her palms.
· Symbols: Lotus, coins, owl.

Parvati
· Status: Goddess of love, devotion and strength.
· Sphere: Marriage, motherhood, asceticism.
Character: Shiva's consort. She is the daughter of the mountains. She achieved Shiva's favor through asceticism. She is both gentle and formidable.

Durga
· Status: Warrior Goddess.
· Sphere: Protection, fight against evil.
Personality: She is a form of Parvati created by the gods to slay the demon Mahishasura. She has ten arms, each holding a weapon. She rides on a lion.
· Symbols: Trident, sword, bow, lotus, chakra.

Kali
· Status: Goddess of destruction and time.
· Sphere: Death, transformation, rage.
· Character: Devi's most terrifying form. She is black, wears a garland of skulls, and has a protruding tongue. She slays demons, but also dances on Shiva's body to calm herself.
· Symbols: Sword, severed head, skulls.

Saraswati
· Status: Goddess of knowledge, music and speech.
· Sphere: Science, art, wisdom.
Character: Brahma's consort. She is white, sits on a lotus, and plays the vina. She is the patroness of students.
· Symbols: Vina (string instrument), book, rosary, lotus.
· Vahana: Swan (or peacock).

Trimurti (Trinity)

Brahma
· Status: Creator of the universe.
· Sphere: Creation, knowledge, Vedas.
Character: He emerged from a lotus that grew from Vishnu's navel. He created the world and all beings. But Brahma is cursed: he receives no worship because he once lied. He has almost no temples. He is a creator who has done his work and is no longer needed.
· Symbols: Four heads (looking in all directions), four hands, holds the Vedas, beads, sacrificial ladle, lotus.
· Vahana (mount): Goose (Hamsa).

Vishnu
· Status: Guardian of the Universe.
· Sphere: Maintaining order, protecting dharma.
Personality: Calm, kind, and forgiving. He is a sustaining force. When the world falls into chaos, he descends to earth as an avatar to restore balance.
· Symbols: Shell (shankha), disc (chakra), mace (gada), lotus.
· Vahana: Garuda (eagle-man).
· Spouse: Lakshmi..

Shiva
· Status: Destroyer and transformer.
· Sphere: Destruction, meditation, dancing, yoga, time.
· Character: The most complex god. He destroys to create anew. He is an ascetic, sitting on Mount Kailash, covered in ash, holding a trident. But he is also the loving husband of Parvati and the father of Ganesha and Kartikeya. He is both fury and peace.
· Symbols: Trident (trishula), drum (damaru), third eye, snake on the neck, crescent moon in the hair.
· Vahana: Nandi (bull).
· Spouse: Parvati (also Durga, Kali, Uma).

The Indian pantheon is the most complex and multi-layered of all. Olympus is the aristocracy, the Scandinavians are warriors, the Egyptians are priests, while the Indian gods are a cosmic bureaucracy with millions of deities, where the main gods change depending on the era and the direction of Hinduism.
The main feature: Hinduism has no single canon. In different texts (the Vedas, Upanishads, Puranas, and epics), the same gods have different roles, and the supreme deity may be Shiva, Vishnu, or Devi, depending on the tradition.

Other important gods

Dionysus
· Status: God of wine, ecstasy and theater.
· Sphere: Wine, madness, fertility, theater.
· Character: He is twice-born (from the thigh of Zeus). He brings joy and terror. His cult is a transcendence of reason. He is the god who removes the shackles of civilization.
· Symbols: Grapevine, thyrsus, cup, panther.

Hades
· Status: Lord of the underworld.
· Sphere: Dead, underground riches.
Personality: Not an Olympian—he rules underground. He is dark, but just. He is not evil, he is implacable. His name was feared. He kidnapped Persephone, but made her queen.
· Symbols: Helmet of Invisibility, Cerberus, garnet.

Persephone
· Status: Queen of the Underworld.
· Sphere: Spring and Death.
Personality: Daughter of Demeter. She spends half the year with Hades (winter) and half the year on earth (spring). She is the bridge between life and death. In the underworld, she is cruel and unforgiving.

Hecate
· Status: Goddess of magic and crossroads.
· Sphere: Witchcraft, moon, boundaries, ghosts.
· Character: Three-Faced. She is the patroness of witches. She sees all three paths at a crossroads. People pray to her before dangerous undertakings.

Helios
· Status: God of the sun (before Apollo).
· Sphere: Sun.
· Character: He rides across the sky in a chariot. His son Phaethon crashed while trying to drive it.

Selena
· Status: Moon Goddess.
· Sphere: Moon.
· Character: She fell in love with the mortal Endymion and asked Zeus to give him eternal sleep so that he would not age.

Eos
· Status: Goddess of Dawn.
· Sphere: Dawn.
Personality: Rise from the ocean every morning. Cursed by Aphrodite to forever fall in love with mortals.

Pan
· Status: God of Wildlife.
· Sphere: Forests, shepherds, herds.
· Personality: Goat-legged, with horns and a flute. He is a panic (his scream causes terror). He is cheerful, but lonely.

Asclepius
· Status: God of medicine.
· Sphere: Healing.
Personality: Son of Apollo. He learned to resurrect the dead, and Zeus killed him with lightning to maintain order. His symbol is a snake on a staff (still used by physicians).

Artemis
· Status: Goddess of hunting and the moon.
· Sphere: Wildlife, hunting, chastity, childbirth.
· Personality: Apollo's twin sister. A virgin huntress. She protects wild animals and punishes those who disturb her peace. She is the independence and fury of nature.
· Symbols: Bow, deer, moon, cypress.

Ares
· Status: God of War.
· Sphere: Fury of battle, bloodshed, courage.
· Character: Unlike Athena, Ares is a frantic, irrational warrior. He delights in carnage. Homer calls him "hateful," "the destroyer of men." Even his parents (Zeus and Hera) dislike him. But without him, there is no victory.
· Symbols: Spear, helmet, torch, dogs, vultures.

Aphrodite
· Status: Goddess of love and beauty.
· Sphere: Love, desire, temptation, beauty.
· Personality: Born from sea foam (or daughter of Zeus and Dione). She is a force of attraction that neither gods nor humans can resist. But she is cruel: she helps those she likes and destroys those who reject her (Hippolytus).
· Symbols: Shell, mirror, dove, rose, belt.

Hephaestus
· Status: God of fire and blacksmithing.
· Sphere: Crafts, metallurgy, volcanoes.
Personality: The only "ugly" god. Lame, cast off from Olympus at birth. But he is the greatest craftsman. He forged Zeus's thunderbolts, Poseidon's trident, Achilles' shield, and Hera's throne. He is married to Aphrodite (who is unfaithful).
· Symbols: Hammer, anvil, pliers, donkey.

Hermes
· Status: Messenger of the Gods.
· Sphere: Trade, thieves, travel, borders, eloquence, guide of souls.
· Personality: Trickster. Cunning, quick, charming. He's a thief from birth (he stole Apollo's herd on the first day of his life). He's a mediator between worlds: gods and humans, the living and the dead.
· Symbols: Caduceus (a staff with snakes), winged sandals, petasus (hat).

Hestia
· Status: Goddess of the hearth.
· Sphere: Family, home, fire, hospitality.
Character: The most meek and unassuming. She gave up her place on Olympus to avoid quarrels (she yielded to Dionysus). She is the center of the house, around which everything revolves.
· Symbols: Hearth, torch, donkey.

The Twelve Olympians

Zeus
· Status: Supreme god, lord of the sky and thunder.
· Sphere: Sky, lightning, law, justice, fate.
Personality: Thunderer, womanizer, and patriarch. He overthrew his father, Kronos, divided the world with his brothers, and gained the sky. He maintains order, but constantly violates it himself. His decisions are law, but he often succumbs to anger or passion.
· Symbols: Lightning, eagle, scepter, oak.
Role: King of gods and men. Guarantor of cosmic order.

Hera
· Status: Queen of the gods, patroness of marriage.
· Sphere: Marriage, family, women, childbirth.
Personality: Jealous and vindictive. She persecutes Zeus's lovers and their children. But at the same time, she is the guardian of the sacred bonds of marriage. Her wrath is terrible, but from her point of view, justified.
· Symbols: Peacock, crown, pomegranate, cuckoo.

Poseidon
· Status: Lord of the seas.
· Sphere: Sea, earthquakes, horses.
· Character: Hot-tempered as the sea. He is Zeus's brother, but is eternally dissatisfied with his lot. It's best not to quarrel with him—he might send a storm or an earthquake.
· Symbols: Trident, dolphin, horse.

Demeter
· Status: Goddess of fertility and agriculture.
· Sphere: Harvest, grain, seasons.
· Personality: A grieving mother. When Hades kidnapped her daughter Persephone, Demeter brought famine to the land. Her grief is the cause of winter. She is the most "human" of the goddesses.
· Symbols: Ears of wheat, torch, poppy.

Athena
· Status: Goddess of wisdom and war.
· Sphere: Wisdom, strategy, crafts, just war.
· Personality: Born from the head of Zeus, fully armed. She is the embodiment of reason. Her warfare is tactical, not rage. She is the patroness of heroes (Odysseus, Perseus, Heracles). A virgin.
· Symbols: Owl, aegis (shield with the head of Medusa), spear, olive.

Apollo
· Status: God of light, art and prophecy.
· Sphere: Sun, music, poetry, medicine, archery.
Character: The golden-haired ideal. He is harmony and order. But he, too, can be cruel: he flays Marsyas and kills Niobe's children. He is both a healer and a destroyer.
· Symbols: Lyre, bow, laurel, solar disk.

Olympus is no longer just a pantheon, but a hierarchy of power. The Greek gods do not create the world out of chaos or save it from destruction. They are the conquerors of the Titans, who divided the world by lot and live on Mount Olympus as an aristocratic family.
The main difference from the Scandinavians and Egyptians: the Greek gods are anthropomorphic to the extreme. They quarrel, are jealous, fall in love, take revenge, and stage coups. They are not abstract forces of nature, but very powerful, yet very human beings.

Amon
· Status: God of the air, later the supreme god of Thebes.
Role: In Thebes, Amun merged with Ra to form Amun-Ra, the king of the gods. His name means "Hidden One." He is the invisible creator who gave birth to all the gods.

Apop (Arer)
· Status: Serpent of chaos, enemy of Ra.
Role: Every night he tries to swallow the boat of Ra. He is defeated by Set and the other gods. Apophis is the embodiment of evil and destruction.

Aton
· Status: Solar disk, one god.
Role: Akhenaten (the heretic pharaoh) proclaimed Aten the only god and banned the cults of others. After his death, the cult of Aten was destroyed, and Egypt returned to polytheism.

Gods associated with the afterlife and death

Osiris is the lord of the dead.
Anubis is an embalmer and guide.
Maat is the truth by which we judge.
He is the scribe of the court.
Ammat is a soul-devourer (a monster with the head of a crocodile, the body of a lion, and the hind legs of a hippopotamus). She eats the heart of the sinner.
Hel is not Egyptian, but Scandinavian (not to be confused!).

The Judgment of Osiris: The deceased is led to the Hall of Two Truths. Anubis weighs the heart against the feather of Ma'at, who records the result. If the heart is lighter than the feather, the deceased enters the fields of Iaru (paradise). If it is heavier, Ma'at consumes the deceased, and the soul disappears forever.

Set
· Status: God of chaos, desert, storm and violence.
Character: The slayer of Osiris. He embodies all that is destructive: drought, war, disorder. But at the same time, he is the protector of Ra's boat, battling Apophis. Set is a complex figure: a villain, but a necessary balance.
· Symbols: Head of a strange animal (difficult to identify), red eyes.

Nephthys
· Status: Goddess of death, night and mourning.
Role: Sister of Isis and wife of Set. She helped Isis reassemble Osiris's body. Mother of Anubis (according to some versions, by Osiris).

Other key gods

Mountains
· Status: God of heaven, royalty and victory.
Role: Son of Osiris and Isis. He avenges his father on Seth and becomes king of Egypt. Pharaohs were considered incarnations of Horus. Depicted as a falcon or a man with a falcon's head.
· Symbols: Eye of Horus (udjat) - a symbol of protection and healing.

Anubis
· Status: God of embalming and guide of the dead.
Role: He accompanies souls to the afterlife and weighs the heart of the deceased on the scales against the feather of Maat. He is depicted with the head of a jackal or a dog.

That
· Status: God of wisdom, writing, science and the moon.
Role: He records the results of the weighing of the heart and invented hieroglyphs, the calendar, and magic. Depicted with the head of an ibis or baboon, he was identified with the Greek Hermes.

Maat
· Status: Goddess of truth, justice and world order.
Role: Her feather is the standard of righteousness. She is the daughter of Ra. Without Maat, the world would plunge into chaos. The Pharaoh is obligated to uphold Maat.

Hathor
· Status: Goddess of love, beauty, music and joy.
Role: Daughter of Ra. She is the "golden" goddess, patroness of women, dance, and wine. Sometimes depicted as a cow or a woman with horns and a solar disk.

Sekhmet
· Status: Goddess of war, revenge and the scorching sun.
· Character: A fire-breathing lioness. She is the "eye of Ra," punishing people for their sins. Her cult was associated with medicine: the priests of Sekhmet were doctors.

Ptah
· Status: God of creation, patron of artisans and architects.
Role: In Memphis, he was considered the creator of the world: he created everything with words and thoughts. Depicted as a mummy with a staff.

The Major Gods (Ennead of Heliopolis)

Atum / Ra
· Status: Creator, sun god, supreme god.
· Sphere: Sun, creation, life and death.
Personality: Atum is a primordial god who emerged from the primeval ocean of Nun. He later merged with Ra, the god of the midday sun. Ra sails across the sky in a solar boat and battles the serpent Apophis at night in the underworld.
· Symbols: Solar disk, scarab, falcon.
Role: Every day, Ra travels across the sky and at night through the Duat (the underworld). His cult was so powerful that the pharaohs called themselves "the sons of Ra."

Shu
· Status: God of air and wind.
Role: Son of Atum. He divides the sky (Nut) and the earth (Geb), keeping them apart. Without him, the world would collapse into chaos again.

Tefnut
· Status: Goddess of moisture, rain and dew.
Role: Shu's sister and wife. She is the "eye of Ra." One day, she quarreled with her father and went to Nubia, and Ra had to bring her back (in the form of a lioness or a cat).

Geb
. Status: God of the earth.
Role: Son of Shu and Tefnut. Because of him and Nut (the sky), Shu was forced to separate them. Geb is the patron of the pharaohs, sometimes depicted with a goose on his head.

Chickpeas
· Status: Goddess of the sky.
Role: Hebe's wife. Every evening she swallows the sun and gives birth to it anew in the morning. Her body is the starry sky.

Osiris
· Status: God of the afterlife, rebirth and vegetation.
Character: A wise and kind king, killed by his brother Seth. His wife Isis collected his body and brought him back to life. Osiris became the ruler of the dead and a symbol of hope for resurrection.
· Symbols: White crown, hook and flail, green mummified body.

Isis
· Status: Goddess of magic, motherhood and fidelity.
Personality: One of the most powerful goddesses. She collected the body parts of Osiris, revived him, and conceived his son Horus. Isis is the patroness of women, a healer, and a sorceress.
· Symbols: Throne on the head, wings, tiet knot.

The Egyptian pantheon is one of the most complex and intricate in world mythology. It took shape over more than 3,000 years, and during this time, the same gods changed roles, names, family ties, and even appearances. Different cities (Heliopolis, Hermopolis, Memphis, Thebes) had their own versions of the creation of the world and their own supreme gods.

Heimdallr
· Status: Guardian of the Gods.
· Sphere: Vigilance, foresight.
· Personality: He can see 100 miles day and night, and can hear grass growing. He sits by the Bifrost Bridge (Rainbow Bridge) and blows the Gjallarhorn when danger approaches.

Tyr
· Status: God of war and justice.
Character: A symbol of courage and self-sacrifice. To bind the monstrous wolf Fenrir, he placed his hand in its mouth as a guarantee that the gods would not deceive him. When the wolf was bound, Fenrir bit off his hand. Tyr is the god of order and law.

Freyr
· Status: God of fertility, peace and wealth.
Character: Responsible for harvests, good weather, and prosperity. He controls rain and sunlight. He owns the magical ship Skidbladnir, which can be folded into a handkerchief.

Freya
· Status: Goddess of love, beauty, magic (seiðr) and war.
Personality: The most powerful of the goddesses. She is beautiful but warlike. She takes half of the fallen warriors to her hall, Fólkvangr (Odin takes the other half). She cries golden tears and rides in a chariot pulled by cats.

Other important figures

Frigg: Odin's wife, goddess of marriage and the hearth. She knows the fate of all, but remains silent.
Hel: Daughter of Loki, ruler of the realm of the dead (Helheim). She is half dead, half alive.
Fenrir: A huge wolf, son of Loki. The gods raised him, but feared his power and bound him. At Ragnarok, he will kill Odin.
· Jormungandr: The world serpent that encircles Midgard. Thor's main enemy.
· Jotun: Giants. They are not exactly "gods," but they are ancient forces of nature with whom the gods constantly war or engage in liaisons.

Key Concept: Ragnarok

The Norse gods are mortal. Fate (or the Norns, goddesses of fate) has predetermined their end. In the battle of Ragnarok, almost all the gods will perish, the world will burn, but then rise from the ashes. This makes Norse mythology unique: the gods know they will lose, but they fight anyway, because such is their nature.

Aesir (Main gods of Asgard)

One
· Status: Supreme God, Allfather.
· Sphere: Wisdom, war, death, magic, poetry, runes.
Personality: Odin is a complex and terrifying figure. He is obsessed with knowledge. He gave up his eye for a draught from the fountain of wisdom and hung from the world tree Yggdrasil for nine days, pierced by a spear, to learn the runes. He is the god of the hanged and the mad.
· Symbols: The spear Gungnir (never misses), the ravens Huginn (Thought) and Muninn (Memory), the wolves Geri and Freki, the eight-legged horse Sleipnir.
· Role: He gathers fallen warriors (einherjar) to Valhalla to prepare them for Ragnarok.

Thor
· Status: God of thunder, protector of Midgard (the world of people).
· Sphere: Strength, protection, battle with giants.
Personality: Thor is the most powerful of the gods, but not the most intelligent. He is straightforward, quick-tempered, and loves feasting and fighting. He is a "folk" god, a protector of the common people from chaos.
· Symbols: Hammer Mjolnir (the main weapon against giants), belt of strength, iron gauntlets.
Role: His main task is to restrain the giants (jotuns). At Ragnarok, he will slay the world serpent Jörmungandr, but will also die from its venom.

Loki
· Status: God of deception, cunning, and fire. Formally an Aesir (by blood brotherhood with Odin), but in reality an outcast.
· Sphere: Intrigue, chaos, shape-shifting.
Personality: Loki is a trickster. He can be a useful ally to the gods, solving their problems with cunning, but more often he creates problems, driven by envy or malice. He is the father of monsters (Hel, Fenrir, Jormungandr).
Role: Loki is responsible for Balder's death. At Ragnarok, he will rise against the gods at the head of an army of the dead.

Baldr
· Status: God of light, spring and purity.
Personality: The most beautiful and kind of the gods. His death is the greatest tragedy, a harbinger of the end of the world.
Role: He is killed at the instigation of Loki (by his blind brother Hodur). He will return from the realm of the dead after Ragnarok to rule the new world.

Norse mythology is a harsh, epic, and often tragic world. Unlike many other pantheons, the Norse gods are neither omnipotent nor immortal. They know that they will perish at Ragnarök, and this gives their stories a special depth.

In this world, gods from all pantheons coexist—Olympus, Asgard, Duat, Kailash—connected by the Rainbow Bridge and secret paths. Mortals sometimes end up here, and then their memories are erased or they are left as servants, heroes, or victims.

Events:

· Holidays - most often on Olympus (Dionysia, Panathenaia), but they also happen in Asgard (feasts in Valhalla), and in Egypt (the voyage of Ra's boat), and in India (the festival of colors).
· Gatherings—a council of the gods. Zeus, Odin, Ra, and Shiva argue over who is most important. Usually ends in scandal.
· Contests—who's stronger, who's more cunning, who's more beautiful. Aphrodite and Freya are always competing. Thor and Ares are comparing blows. Hermes and Loki—who can steal from whom?
Tricksters' tricks—Loki, Hermes, Seth (sometimes), Krishna (when in the mood) mix potions, enchant, and set traps. Someone falls in love with the wrong person, someone forgets their name, someone turns into an animal for a day.

Rules:

The gods are immortal, but vulnerable. You can lose an arm, an eye, or your honor.
Magic works through faith. The more mortals worship, the more powerful the god.
· Mortals can become heroes and even gods (Hercules, Hanuman).
Tricksters aren't evil—they just love chaos. But if they overdo it, they're punished (Loki is chained, Seth is banished).

Locations:

· Olympus is the center of celebrations and intrigues.
· Asgard - military councils and feasts.
· Duat - the court of the dead and magic.
· Kailash – meditation and asceticism.
· Midgard - people, heroes, battlefield.

The Garden of Yggdrasil is a vast garden at the center of the world, where the World Tree grows. All pantheons meet here. War is forbidden in the garden. Freya, Demeter, and Sarasvati tend the plants. Squirrels, dragons, and eagles live in the branches. The roots contain the source of wisdom and the Norns.
The Great Bazaar is a market at the crossroads of worlds. Everyone trades: Greek nymphs sell wine, Egyptian priests amulets, Scandinavian gnomes weapons, and Indian yakshas spices and gems. Hermes and Loki run shops (and constantly cheat). You can buy: apples of youth, living water, the feather of Ma'at, soma, ambrosia, runes, potions, curses, and a map of the afterlife.
The Three Paths Tavern is a meeting place for heroes and gods. The bartender is an old man, no one knows who he is. People drink, argue, and bet here. Fights are forbidden, but they do happen. Dionysus and Thor are regulars.
Hephaestus's Forge – beneath the volcano. Weapons for all pantheons are forged here. Dwarves, Cyclopes, and Hephaestus work together. You can commission anything from a hammer to winged sandals.
The Library of Thoth is the repository of all knowledge. Sarasvati, Bragi, and the Muses also work here. Mortals are forbidden entry, but some make their way in.
The arena is the site of competitions and tournaments. Spectators are gods, participants are heroes, monsters, and sometimes gods themselves. Everyone places bets.
The Baths of Aphrodite are a spa and a place of intrigue. Here, people gossip, fall in love, and plot.
Hecate's Crossroads is a dark place on the border between worlds. Here you can summon a spirit, buy a curse, or meet Kali or Hel.

Dionysia (Olympus) – wine, theater, madness. Dionysus is the main one. Loki and Hermes pour the potions.
· A feast in Valhalla (Asgard) – meat, mead, and fights. Thor and Ares test their strength.
· The Voyage of Ra (Egypt) – a night procession. Set battles Apophis.
· Festival of Colors (India) – all the gods smear each other with colors. Krishna and Ganesha have the most fun.
The Council of Twelve (Olympus) – Zeus, Odin, Ra, Shiva, Perun (if we include the Slavs) argue about peace. Usually a scandal.
The Night of Kali is a terrifying festival. Kali dances, Shiva lies beneath her. Mortals are afraid.
· The Judgment of Osiris – sometimes the gods judge mortals and each other. Anubis weighs, Thoth writes.

Tricksters and their tricks:

· Loki - mixes potions, turns gods into animals, steals Thor's hammer.
· Hermes - steals from everyone, sells stolen goods at the Bazaar, enchants mortals.
· Seth - sends sandstorms, causes quarrels between the gods, but sometimes helps Ra.
· Krishna - plays the flute, makes everyone fall in love with him, arranges lilas (games).
· Coyote (if we add) is an Indian trickster.

Rules of the world:

There is peace in the Yggdrasil Garden and at the Bazaar. Those who break it must pay.
· The gods are immortal, but their power can be lost if mortals stop believing.
· Mortals can become heroes, and then gods.
Tricksters don't kill—they humiliate. But if they go too far, they punish.
The afterlifes are connected. You can travel from Helheim to Hades through secret paths.
Faith is the fuel of the gods. The more temples, the stronger.