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TommiGustafsson: /* Other deities */ Mentioned also the Latin bible version name, which is "Vulgate."

2025-02-22T12:00:24Z

‎Other deities: Mentioned also the Latin bible version name, which is "Vulgate."

2025-02-22T11:58:52Z

‎Other deities: Added mention that the spelling Moloch was used in Latin.

2025-02-20T18:45:55Z

‎Other deities: Fixed the Hebrew name of Moloch and added Greek one with Greek letters.

2025-01-30T16:43:24Z

‎SLASH'EM: potholes

2025-01-29T11:35:26Z

‎Other gods: copyedit

2025-01-28T19:45:47Z

‎SLASH'EM: potholes

2024-10-20T15:42:58Z

‎Origin: pothole

2024-10-13T22:58:56Z

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2024-07-12T23:33:49Z

‎Origin: expand

2024-06-30T13:34:15Z

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 ===Other deities===
 *Marduk: [[Wikipedia:Babylonian mythology|Babylonian mythology]]
-*Moloch: Ammonite mythology (in the Bible in the form "Molech," q.v. 1 Kings 11:7; Moloch (Μολοχ) is the Greek and Latin form of the Hebrew מֹלֶךְ found in LXX in 2 Kings 23:10)
+*Moloch: Ammonite mythology (in the Bible in the form "Molech," q.v. 1 Kings 11:7; Moloch (Μολοχ) is the Greek and Latin form of the Hebrew מֹלֶךְ found in LXX and Vulgate in 2 Kings 23:10)
 *Elbereth: [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s [[Wikipedia:Middle-earth|Middle-earth]] mythos
 *Arioch: [[Michael Moorcock]]'s ''[[Wikipedia:Elric of Melniboné|Elric of Melniboné]]'' mythos

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 ===Other deities===
 *Marduk: [[Wikipedia:Babylonian mythology|Babylonian mythology]]
-*Moloch: Ammonite mythology (in the Bible in the form "Molech," q.v. 1 Kings 11:7; Moloch (Μολοχ) is the Greek form of the Hebrew מֹלֶךְ found in LXX in 2 Kings 23:10)
+*Moloch: Ammonite mythology (in the Bible in the form "Molech," q.v. 1 Kings 11:7; Moloch (Μολοχ) is the Greek and Latin form of the Hebrew מֹלֶךְ found in LXX in 2 Kings 23:10)
 *Elbereth: [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s [[Wikipedia:Middle-earth|Middle-earth]] mythos
 *Arioch: [[Michael Moorcock]]'s ''[[Wikipedia:Elric of Melniboné|Elric of Melniboné]]'' mythos

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 ===Other deities===
 *Marduk: [[Wikipedia:Babylonian mythology|Babylonian mythology]]
-*Moloch: Ammonite mythology (in the Bible in the form "Molech," q.v. 1 Kings 11:7; Moloch is the Greek form of the Hebrew מֹּֽלֶךְ found in LXX in 2 Kings 23:10)
+*Moloch: Ammonite mythology (in the Bible in the form "Molech," q.v. 1 Kings 11:7; Moloch (Μολοχ) is the Greek form of the Hebrew מֹלֶךְ found in LXX in 2 Kings 23:10)
 *Elbereth: [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s [[Wikipedia:Middle-earth|Middle-earth]] mythos
 *Arioch: [[Michael Moorcock]]'s ''[[Wikipedia:Elric of Melniboné|Elric of Melniboné]]'' mythos

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 ![[Ice Mage]]
-|[[Air]]
+|[[Air (god)|Air]]
-|[[Frost]]
+|[[Frost (god)|Frost]]
 |[[Smoke]]
 |Aspects of ice

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 {{gods}}
 ===Other gods===
-Of the other "unaligned" gods, [[Marduk]] is described in the [[introduction|introductory text]] as the Creator, from whom Moloch stole the Amulet of Yendor. [[Elbereth]] is an elf-goddess whose name can be [[engraved]] to frighten most monsters, but not all of them.
+[[Marduk]] is a deity described in the [[introduction|introductory text]] as the Creator, from whom Moloch stole the Amulet of Yendor.
 ==History==

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 ![[Flame Mage]]
-|[[Earth]]
+|[[Earth (god)|Earth]]
-|[[Fire]]
+|[[Fire (god)|Fire]]
 |[[Ash]]
 |Aspects of fire

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 *Monk:  [[Wikipedia:Chinese mythology|Chinese mythology]]
 *Ranger:  [[Wikipedia:Roman mythology|Roman mythology]]
-*Rogue:  [[Wikipedia:Fritz Leiber|Fritz Leiber's]] ''[[Wikipedia:Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser|Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser]]'' mythos
+*Rogue:  [[Fritz Leiber]]'s ''[[Wikipedia:Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser|Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser]]'' mythos
 *Samurai:  [[Wikipedia:Japanese mythology|Japanese mythology]]
 *Tourist:  [[Terry Pratchett]]'s ''[[Wikipedia:Discworld|Discworld]]'' mythos

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 {{otheruses|NetHack's deities|the item known as “GoD”|gauntlets of dexterity}}
-In ''[[NetHack]]'', the [[role]] of your [[hero]] determines the '''pantheon of gods''' that appear during the game. Your task is to retrieve the [[Amulet of Yendor]] for the god of your alignment: to [[ascend]] and win the game, you must [[sacrifice]] the amulet at your god's [[high altar]] - you can sometimes #[[pray]] to your god in times of need, though be careful not to [[anger]] them. 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.
+In ''[[NetHack]]'', the [[role]] of the [[hero]] determines the '''pantheon''' of '''gods and goddesses''' (referred to neutrally as '''deities''') that appear during the game. The hero's task is to retrieve the [[Amulet of Yendor]] for the god of their alignment: to [[ascend]] and win the game, they must [[sacrifice]] the amulet at their god's [[high altar]] - a hero can sometimes #[[pray]] to their god in times of need, though be careful not to [[anger]] them.
 {{todo|Expand on history using on-wiki [[source code]] from versions up to [[NetHack 2.3e]].}}

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	==Origin==		==Origin==
		+	{{wikipedia\|Deity}}
		+	A god or deity is a supernatural being considered to be divine or sacred. One commonly accepted definition of a god is "a being with powers greater than those of ordinary humans, but who interacts with humans, positively or negatively, in ways that carry humans to new levels of consciousness, beyond the grounded preoccupations of ordinary life". A pantheon is the particular set of all gods of any individual polytheistic religion, mythology, or tradition.
		+
	The ''NetHack'' pantheons and related [[quest]]s for each role are derived from a mix of real-world and fictional sources:		The ''NetHack'' pantheons and related [[quest]]s for each role are derived from a mix of real-world and fictional sources: