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This is a list of nonhuman deities of Dungeons & Dragons, defined as those fictional deities worshipped in the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (D&D) roleplaying game primarily by nonhuman races. Religion is a fundamental element of the D&D game, because it is required to support both the cleric class and the behavioural aspects of the ethical alignment system. Most of these deities appear in both the Greyhawk and Forgotten Realms campaign settings, and each setting has nonhuman gods which do not appear in the other setting. ==Publication history== The first two nonhuman deities described in the first edition of ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' were creations of Gary Gygax: Lolth in the adventure ''D1 Descent into the Depths of the Earth'' (1978),〔Gygax, Gary. ''Descent into the Depths of the Earth'' (TSR, 1978)〕 and Blibdoolpoolp in ''D2 Shrine of the Kuo-Toa'' (1978).〔Gygax, Gary. ''Shrine of the Kuo-Toa'' (TSR, 1978)〕 The original ''Deities and Demigods'' (1980) by James M. Ward presented a section with over 20 nonhuman deities from races such as bugbears, centaurs, dwarves, elves, giants, gnomes, goblins, halflings, hobgoblins, kobolds, kuo-toa, lizard men, locathah, mermen, ogres, orcs, sahuagin, and troglodytes, and introduced gods such as Moradin, Corellon Larethian, Vaprak, and Gruumsh.〔Ward, James and Robert Kuntz. ''Deities and Demigods'' (TSR, 1980)〕 Roger E. Moore expanded the demihuman pantheons by four to five deities each in ''Dragon'' magazine in 1982, featuring the dwarves in ''Dragon'' #58,〔Moore, Roger "The Gods of the Dwarves." ''Dragon'' #58 (TSR, 1982)〕 the halflings in ''Dragon'' #59,〔Moore, Roger E. "The Gods of the Halflings." ''Dragon'' #59 (TSR, March 1982)〕 the elves in ''Dragon'' #60,〔Moore, Roger E. "The Gods of the Elves." ''Dragon'' #60 (TSR, April 1982)〕 the gnomes in ''Dragon'' #61,〔Moore, Roger E. "The Gods of the Gnoms." ''Dragon'' #61 (TSR, May 1982)〕 and the orcs in ''Dragon'' #62;〔Moore, Roger E. "The Gods of the Orcs." ''Dragon'' #62 (TSR, June 1982)〕 these new gods were reprinted in the original ''Unearthed Arcana'' (1985).〔Gygax, Gary. ''Unearthed Arcana'' (TSR, 1985)〕 In ''Dragon'' #63, Moore also added a deity each to the kobold, goblin, hobgoblin, and gnoll pantheons.〔Moore, Roger E. "The Humanoids: All About Kobolds, Goblins, Hobgoblins, and Gnolls." ''Dragon'' #63 (TSR, July 1982)〕 In second edition ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'', the book ''Monster Mythology'' (1992) by Carl Sargent covered more than 100 nonhuman deities, including nearly all of those introduced previously, as well as making gods out of the dragons Bahamut and Tiamat and demon lords Demogorgon, Juiblex, and Yeenoghu – all five from the original 1977 ''Monster Manual'', and the demon lords Baphomet and Kostchtchie from the original ''Monster Manual II'' (1982). ''Monster Mythology'' more than doubled the count of nonhuman deities from first edition, and detailed new gods for Underdark races such as beholders, ilithids, myconids, and svirfnebli, new undersear gods, new draconic gods, and new faerie gods.〔Sargent, Carl. ''Monster Mythology'' (TSR, 1992)〕 Rillifane Rallathil, an omission from the book, was detailed in ''Dragon'' #191 (1993).〔Sargent, Carl. ''The Elven Pantheon — Completed!'' Dragon Magazine #191 (TSR, 1993)〕 Chris Perry expanded the elven pantheon in ''Dragon'' #236,〔Perry, Chris. "The Seldarine Revisited." ''Dragon'' #236 (TSR, 1996)〕 and ''Dragon'' #251.〔Perry, Chris. "Magic of the Seldarine." ''Dragon'' #251. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 1998〕 Bahamut and Tiamat appeared in a preview article for the third edition, in ''Dragon'' #272 (June 2000).〔Williams, Skip. "Bahamut and Tiamat." ''Dragon'' #272 (Paizo Publishing, 2000)〕 In third edition ''Dungeons & Dragons'', Corellon Larethian, Garl Glittergold, Gruumsh, Moradin, and Yondalla were made part of the core pantheon of deities presented in the ''Player's Handbook'' (2000),〔Tweet, Jonathan, Cook, Monte, Williams, Skip. ''Player's Handbook'' (Wizards of the Coast, 2000)〕 and were more fully detailed in ''Deities and Demigods'' (2002), along with Bahamut, Tiamat, Lolth, and Kurtulmak.〔Redman, Rich, Skip Williams, and James Wyatt. ''Deities and Demigods'' (Wizards of the Coast, 2002)〕 The priesthoods of these gods were detailed in ''Complete Divine'' (2004).〔Noonan, David. ''Complete Divine'' (Wizards of the Coast, 2004)〕 Some of the pantheons were detailed again, some with completely different compositions, including the dwarvish and gnomish pantheons in ''Races of Stone'' (2004),〔Noonan, David, Jesse Decker, and Michelle Lyons. ''Races of Stone'' (Wizards of the Coast, 2004)〕 the elvish and halfling pantheons in ''Races of the Wild'' (2005),〔Williams, Skip. ''Races of the Wild'', Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2005〕 and the draconic pantheon in ''Races of the Dragon'' (2006).〔Kestrel, Gwendolyn FM, Jennifer Clarke Wilkes, and Kolja Raven Liquette. ''Races of the Dragon''. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2006〕 In fourth edition ''Dungeons & Dragons'', Corellon, Gruumsh, and Moradin remained part of the core pantheon presented in the ''Player's Handbook'' (2008), and Bahamut, Tiamat, and Sehanine was added.〔Heinsoo, Rob, Andy Collins, and James Wyatt. ''Player's Handbook''. (Wizards of the Coast, 2008)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of Dungeons & Dragons nonhuman deities」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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