Air (god)

Religion in NetHack
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For other uses of the term, see Air (disambiguation).

In SLASH'EM, SlashTHEM, and Hack'EM, Air is the lawful god of the Ice Mage pantheon.

Origin

Many religions, both polytheistic and monotheistic, have deities associated with the air, sky and/or weather. Any masculine sky god is often also king of the gods, taking the position of patriarch within a pantheon. Such king gods are collectively categorized as "sky father" deities, with a polarity between sky and earth often being expressed by pairing a "sky father" god with an "earth mother" goddess; pairings of a sky mother with an earth father are less frequent. A main sky goddess is often the queen of the gods and may be an air/sky goddess in her own right, though she usually has other functions as well.