God
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This article is about NetHack's deities. For gauntlets of dexterity (aka GoD), see gauntlets of dexterity.
A god is lawful, neutral, chaotic, or unaligned. In every NetHack game, the role of your adventurer determines the pantheon of gods that the game uses. Each role's pantheon contains one lawful, one neutral, and one chaotic god; your task is to retrieve the Amulet of Yendor for the god of your alignment. The unaligned god is always Moloch. Marduk is described in the introductory text as the Creator, from whom Moloch stole the Amulet of Yendor.
| Lawful | Neutral | Chaotic | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archeologist | Quetzalcoatl | Camaxtli | Huhetotl |
| Barbarian | Mitra | Crom | Set |
| Caveman | Anu | Ishtar | Anshar |
| Healer | Athena | Hermes | Poseidon |
| Knight | Lugh | Brigit | Manannan Mac Lir |
| Monk | Shan Lai Ching | Chih Sung-tzu | Huan Ti |
| Priest | random | random | random |
| Ranger | Mercury | Venus | Mars |
| Rogue | Issek | Mog | Kos |
| Samurai | Amaterasu Omikami | Raijin | Susanowo |
| Tourist | Blind Io | The Lady | Offler |
| Valkyrie | Tyr | Odin | Loki |
| Wizard | Ptah | Thoth | Anhur |
The pantheon for a priest(ess) is randomly selected from another single role; if a priest's lawful god is Blind Io, the neutral god is always going to be The Lady.
Mythology
The NetHack pantheons (and related quests) for each role are derived from a mix of real-world and fictional sources:
- Archeologist: Aztec mythology
- Barbarian: Robert E. Howard's Conan works of fiction
- Caveman: Mesopotamian mythology
- Healer: Greek mythology
- Knight: Celtic mythology
- Monk: Chinese mythology
- Ranger: Roman mythology
- Rogue: Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser works of fiction
- Samurai: Japanese mythology
- Tourist: Terry Pratchett's Discworld works of fiction
- Valkyrie: Norse mythology
- Wizard: Egyptian mythology
- Marduk: Babylonian mythology
- Moloch: The Bible, Dante's Inferno, D&D (among others)
