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Collective Names for the Gods of Your World

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Generate a pantheon name for your fantasy setting: collective names in the style of the Aesir and the Ennead (The Vaelith, The Skarnir), numbered hosts like The Nine Lanterns and The Thirteen Masks, descriptive courts and synods, and epithets such as Those Who Walked Before. Built for worldbuilders, D&D Dungeon Masters and fantasy writers designing a religion from the top down.

About pantheon names

Real pantheons are rarely named by the gods themselves; they are named by the people who worship them, and the name tells you how that culture sees its divinities. The Aesir and Vanir are tribes, the Ennead and Ogdoad are simply counts (nine and eight), the Olympians are named for where they live, and the Tuatha Dé Danann are 'the people of the goddess Danu', a family line. Each pattern is reusable: invent a tribe word with a consistent phonology (The Skarnir, The Ilumani), count the gods (The Seven Silent, The Thirteen Masks), name the place (The Sky-Hall, The Far Table) or the founder (The House of Vaelor, Children of Ormuth).

The collective noun carries a lot of tone. A Court implies hierarchy and intrigue, a Synod or Parliament suggests gods who argue and vote, a Choir or Litany points to worship and song, a Host sounds martial, and Kindred or Household makes them a family with grudges. Epithets used by mortals who fear to name the gods directly (Those Who Walked Before, The Ones Beneath, The Unnamed Above) work well for older, darker, or forbidden pantheons.

Many settings have several: a state pantheon, a folk pantheon of small gods, and an outlawed one. Give each a different structure, and the names will do half your worldbuilding for you.

Tips for choosing a name

  • Match the pantheon name to the culture that worships it, not to the gods' domains: a seafaring people will say The Sea-Wed Gods or The Salt Gods, a city of clerks might say The Gods of the Ledger.
  • If you invent a tribe name (The Vaelith, The Qorrath), reuse its sounds in the individual gods' names and in the priesthood's titles so the whole religion feels like one language.
  • Pick a number only if it matters in play: The Nine Lanterns invites the question of which nine, and a missing or dead tenth god is an instant plot hook.
  • Let rival cultures use different names for the same gods; what one kingdom calls The Radiant Conclave, its enemies can call The Gilded Throng.
  • Use epithets (The Ones Beneath, Those Who Walked Before) for pantheons that are feared, forgotten or forbidden, and plain tribe or place names for the gods people pray to daily.

Frequently asked questions

What is a pantheon name?

A pantheon name is the collective name for a group of gods worshipped together, like the Olympians, the Aesir or the Ennead. In worldbuilding it is the label your cultures use for their gods as a whole, and it usually appears in prayers, oaths and histories before any individual deity is named.

How do I name a pantheon for D&D or a fantasy novel?

Start with how the worshippers think of their gods. If they are a family, use a tribe or lineage name (The Skarnir, The House of Vaelor); if they are a ruling body, use Court, Synod, Conclave or Parliament; if the culture counts them, use a number (The Seven Silent). Then make the individual god names share sounds with the pantheon name so it reads as one religion.

Should a pantheon have a fixed number of gods?

Only if you want that number to matter. Real pantheons shifted constantly; the Twelve Olympians were a later tidy-up and lists disagree on who was in. A numbered name like The Nine Lanterns or The Thirteen Masks is memorable and gives you built-in plot hooks (a lost god, an empty seat), but open-ended names like The Sundered Host let you add gods as the campaign needs them.

Can one world have several pantheons?

Yes, and it usually should. Give each culture or region its own pantheon name and collective noun, let them overlap and disagree about who the gods really are, and add a pantheon of small gods for hearths, crossroads and harvests. The contrast between The Radiant Conclave and The Gods Under the Hill tells players a great deal about who worships what.

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  • The Olympians
  • The Aesir
  • The Vanir
  • The Ennead
  • The Ogdoad
  • The Tuatha Dé Danann
  • The Anunnaki
  • The Igigi
  • The Adityas
  • The Devas
  • The Orishas
  • The Lwa
  • The Kami
  • The Dodekatheon
  • The Di Consentes
  • The Yazatas
  • The Amesha Spentas
  • The Titans
  • The Nine Lanterns
  • The Vaelith
  • The Hollow Court
  • Gods of the Red Shore
  • The Seven Silent
  • The Oreni
  • The Sundered Host
  • Keepers of the Salt Gate
  • The Ashen Kindred
  • The Skarnir
  • The Twelve of the Long Table
  • Those Who Walked Before
  • The Radiant Conclave
  • The Tethyn
  • The Drowned Chorus
  • The Thirteen Masks
  • Children of Ormuth
  • The Ashkar
  • The Ninefold Choir
  • The Green Synod
  • The Ilumani
  • The Five Who Remain
  • Lords of the Ninefold Sky
  • The Qorrath
  • The Starlit Twelve
  • The House of Vaelor
  • The Sebeth
  • The Four Winds Court
  • The Rotting Court
  • The Nuhari
  • The Anvil Gods
  • The Ones Beneath
  • The Dravven
  • The Six Hearths
  • The Emberborn
  • The Ysoldi
  • The Old Voices
  • The Tidebound
  • The Eight Pillars
  • The Maruthi
  • Shepherds of the Last Tide
  • The Pale Assembly
  • The Kharvash
  • The Unnamed Above
  • The Silver Parliament
  • The Line of Seravel
  • The Aurenni
  • The Hundred Hands
  • The Thorned Circle
  • The Vashti
  • They Who Hold the Sky
  • The Iron Consort
  • The Ullarim
  • The Third Dawn
  • The Kin of the Wyrm-Mother
  • The Velloran
  • The Quiet Ten
  • The Crowned Dead
  • The Ishvari
  • Wardens of the Cold Hearth
  • The Gilded Throng
  • The Brannoch
  • The Sleepless Nine
  • The Moth Court
  • The Tsarrath
  • The Makers of Ashfall
  • The Bright Kindred
  • The Eldrani
  • The Twenty Lamps
  • The Broken Concord
  • The Havrunn
  • The Sea-Wed Gods
  • The Lantern Synod
  • The Ophani
  • The First Breath
  • The Serpent Choir
  • The Zemari
  • Sons of the Black Sun
  • The Hearthbound
  • The Amarath
  • The Wheel of Eleven
  • The Salt Gods
  • The Vorrune
  • The Stone Congress
  • The Nameless Below
  • The Lyrassi
  • The Burning Litany
  • The Seven Sisters of Dusk
  • The Ardhani
  • The Grey Communion
  • Daughters of the First Rain
  • The Oskirin
  • The Tall Gods
  • The Mirror Court
  • The Haelith
  • The Endless Procession
  • The Ravensworn
  • The Ibrani
  • The Sky-Hall
  • The Threefold Crown
  • The Cathal
  • The Clay Fathers
  • The Drowned Eleven
  • The Bone Accord
  • The Vanished Nine
  • The Sorrel
  • The Wandering Pantheon
  • The Ashfall Covenant
  • The Tzahuan
  • The Flowering Host
  • Architects of the Firmament
  • The Kessari
  • The Howling Company
  • The Honey Gods
  • The Erelim
  • The Far Table
  • The Umbral Choir
  • The Karrun Hundred
  • The Jadewater Gods
  • The Rending Court
  • The Mirrani
  • The Nine Quarrels
  • The Sleeping Mothers
  • The Oathbound Twelve
  • The Ghalvash
  • The Vigil of Stars
  • The Cinder Kindred
  • The Wyn
  • The Fourteen Roads
  • The Hungering Host
  • The Varrow Concord
  • The Small Gods of Hearth and Ledger
  • The Adorei
  • Weavers of the Long Night
  • The Lost Octave
  • The Frost Synod
  • The Ithrani
  • The Laughing Seven
  • The Deep Consort
  • The Sorrowing Court
  • The Ashmar
  • The Hollow Crown
  • The Cloud Parliament
  • The Navashti
  • Lords of the Bright Mire
  • The Forgotten Choir
  • The Steel Kindred
  • The Ulmarr
  • The Dozen Winters
  • The Gods of Salt and Sky
  • The Pellucid Nine
  • The Yrrkhan
  • The Thunder Cousins
  • The Barrow Host
  • The Oldest Three
  • The Ennari
  • The Broken Wheel
  • The Sunward Court
  • The Keth
  • The Circle of Ash
  • Masters of the Turning Year
  • The Tallow Gods
  • The Vorath Communion
  • The Shrouded Eleven
  • The Xalli
  • The Bright Harvest
  • The Crimson Synod
  • The Host of the Ninth Wave
  • The Ashenvale Kindred
  • The Ibenni
  • The Twilight Table
  • The Ninth Ring
  • The Gods Under the Hill
  • The Feathered Concord
  • The Seven Kilns
  • The Wardens of Ember
  • The Solvani
  • The Starfall Assembly
  • The Court of Ash and Ivory
  • The Marrowind
  • The Hidden Chorus
  • The Keepers of Rain
  • The Ilharn
  • The Black Lantern Host
  • The Roaring Twelve
  • The Surrendered Gods
  • The Pakhet Circle
  • The Riven Family
  • The Ashdown Gods
  • The Wind-Mothers
  • The Ovari
  • The Fifty Knives
  • The Fox Parliament
  • The Deepwater Synod
  • The Hrannir
  • The Seven Who Sing
  • The Thorncrown Court
  • The Bramblekin
  • The Sunless Host
  • The Oghram
  • The Burning Table
  • The Gods of the Long Road
  • The Evernight Choir
  • The Tarnish
  • The Hundred-Eyed
  • The Isharri
  • The Glass Kindred
  • The Crown of Thirty
  • The Whispering Conclave
  • The Nethari
  • The Autumn Gods
  • The Eleven Masks of Hollow
  • The Starborn Kindred
  • The Yevani
  • The Plague Court
  • The Rune-Fathers
  • The Ashen Congress
  • The Koru
  • The Midnight Synod
  • The Seven Spires
  • The Mourning Host
  • The Abrakhan
  • The Gods Who Drowned
  • The Lattice Court
  • The Quorum of Frost
  • The Maelith
  • The Red Procession
  • The Nine Silences
  • The Hollowborn
  • The Ubani
  • The Orchard Gods
  • The Searing Concord
  • The Wave-Kin
  • The Ildra
  • The Soot Parliament
  • The Crooked Twelve
  • The Last Choir
  • The Ossari
  • The Cairn Gods
  • The Serpentine Court
  • The Bell Synod
  • The Talith
  • The Grey Shepherds
  • The Four Thrones of Morrow
  • The Ember Congress
  • The Varekh
  • The Winter Consort
  • The Gods Beyond the Gate
  • The Hush
  • The Saffron Host
  • The Nine Tongues
  • The Rindari
  • The Antler Court
  • The Bright Dozen
  • The Lantern-Bearers
  • The Ommath
  • The Stonehall Gods
  • The Seventeen Oaths
  • The Gloaming Synod
  • The Kalvari
  • The Watchers of Dust
  • The River Concord
  • The Ninefold Dead
  • The Ashburn Kin
  • The Ironclad Twelve
  • The Blossom Choir
  • The Dread Assembly
  • The Orrun
  • The Singing Stones
  • The Hollow Ninefold
  • The Bone Mothers
  • The Ysgrath
  • The Furnace Court
  • The Sixfold Hearth
  • The Wayward Gods
  • The Nhadra
  • The Crystal Parliament
  • The Thousand-Named
  • The Quiet Kindred
  • The Pelloran
  • The Mountain Synod
  • The First Flame Host
  • The Tattered Crown
  • The Obrith
  • The Sunken Conclave
  • The Gods of Dusk and Thread
  • The Jackal Choir
  • The Emrakh
  • The Fallow Court
  • The Verdant Dozen
  • The Sky-Wed
  • The Anshari
  • The Oblivion Circle
  • The Spindle Gods
  • The Radiant Seven
  • The Vorrath
  • The Gallows Parliament
  • The Bloom Covenant
  • The Hollow Hundred
  • The Tamurr
  • The Silvered Kin
  • The Covenant of Salt
  • The Moon's Household
  • The Aegrith
  • The Stormward Gods
  • The Eightfold Lantern
  • The Pitch Choir
  • The Ishdar
  • The Lighthouse Synod
  • The Vellum Court
  • The Nine Who Wait
  • The Kharos
  • The Bound Titans
  • The Mosswater Kin
  • The Thrice-Crowned
  • The Laddath
  • The Cloudbreak Host
  • The Ruined Assembly
  • The Gods of the Ledger
  • The Omrani
  • The Harrow Circle
  • The Sunset Dozen
  • The Teeth of Heaven
  • The Belladan
  • The Vanishing Court
  • The Ice Parliament
  • The Kindly Ones of Ashvale
  • The Irrith
  • The Gold Synod
  • The Heron Host
  • The Eleven Sorrows
  • The Dravath
  • The Sworn of the Deep
  • The Trellis Gods
  • The Hollow Thirteen
  • The Nokhari
  • The Maw Court
  • The Amber Choir
  • The Children of the Broken Wheel
  • The Velkh
  • The Weeping Kindred
  • The Hearth-Keepers of Brannoch
  • The Skyward Ten
  • The Utharr
  • The Sable Congress
  • The Gods of Every Crossroads
  • The Hinge
  • The Winter Hundred
  • The Tidewater Synod
  • The Asvarr
  • The Salt-Crowned
  • The Labyrinth Court
  • The Seedling Gods
  • The Orvath
  • The Hundred Hearths
  • The Vermilion Concord
  • The Bleak Choir
  • The Illuvari
  • The Bonfire Parliament
  • The Forge-Mothers
  • The Endless Twelve
  • The Kethrani
  • The Greywater Host
  • The Sorrowless
  • The Cage Court
  • The Nimrath
  • The Ashen Lantern
  • The Seven Sundered
  • The Gods of Smoke and Barley
  • The Yesharr
  • The Sundown Kindred
  • The Hollow Synod
  • The Wyrd Assembly
  • The Pallas Circle
  • The Orrhan
  • The Shattered Hundred
  • The Dust Choir
  • The Unsleeping Court
  • The Tavrith
  • The Garden of Nine
  • The Meridian Gods
  • The Brightwater Concord
  • The Oakenkin
  • The Dread Dozen
  • The Haskarr
  • The Riverbound Host
  • The Dim Parliament
  • The Fivefold Sky
  • The Immani
  • The Hallowed Kin
  • The Iron Litany
  • The Lost Court of Vael
  • The Zorrath
  • The Cold Choir
  • The Ashvale Host
  • The Sisters of the Ninth Hour
  • The Uldreth
  • The Gilt Assembly
  • The Antlered Twelve
  • The Gods Between Breaths
  • The Fennarr
  • The Wolf Synod
  • The Lantern Dozen
  • The Hollow Hand
  • The Marvath
  • The Crimson Hundred
  • The Vine Court
  • The Bright Kin of Sorrel
  • The Odhani
  • The Star Parliament
  • The Shrike Choir
  • The Blessed Thirteen
  • The Irkhan
  • The Smoke Conclave
  • The Last Hearth
  • The Sovereigns of the Ash Road
  • The Thalvani
  • The Ivory Twelve
  • The Ashwind Kindred
  • The Bryn
  • The Hungry Synod
  • The Gods of Iron Rain
  • The Coral Parliament
  • The Orthani
  • The Unwritten
  • The Seven Hollow Kings
  • The Fenwyr
  • The Hidden Table
  • The Arbor Gods
  • The Sarrith
  • The Thundering Nine
  • The Pale Kindred
  • The Sunward Hundred
  • The Ixhal
  • The Gods of the Second Sea
  • The Vaulted Congress
  • The Morrath
  • The Mistbound
  • The Heavenly Dozen
  • The Qadesh
  • The Ash and Ember Accord
  • The Nightward Kin
  • The Rhuvani
  • The Eternal Parliament
  • The Seven Hinges
  • The Hollow Mothers
  • The Ellarae
  • The Last Lantern
  • The Gods Who Stayed
  • The Kaskarr
  • The Tenfold Wheel
  • The Emberwood Kindred
  • The Ishmari
  • The Saltbound Twelve
  • The Thurrin
  • The Brazen Assembly
  • The Wandering Hundred
  • The Gods of the Threshing Floor
  • The Nellari
  • The Arrakhan
  • The Dawn Kindred
  • The Nine Furnaces
  • The Sable Hand of Heaven
  • The Voskhar
  • The Gentle Dozen
  • The Hollow Sisters
  • The Ulthani
  • The Woven Twelve
  • The Gods of Ink and Ledger
  • The Brennith
  • The Harvest Concord
  • The Izmari
  • The Thirty Thrones
  • The Ghennath
  • The Four Crowned Beasts
  • The Gods of the Hearthstone
  • The Olvari
  • The Nineteen Candles
  • The Court of Drowned Lanterns
  • The Gods of the Low Tide
  • The Nine Who Kept the Fire
  • The Varenni

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