Deity | Alignment | Domains | Symbol |
---|---|---|---|
Aerdrie Faenya, goddess of the sky | CG | Tempest, Trickery | Bird silhouetted against a cloud |
Angharradh, triple goddess of wisdom and protection | CG | Knowledge, Life | Triangle with three interlocking circles within |
Corellon Larethian, god of art and magic | CG | Arcana, Light | Crescent moon |
Deep Sashelas, god of the sea | CG | Nature | Dolphin |
Erevan Ilesere, god of mischief | CN | Trickery | Asymmetrical eight-armed star |
Fenmarel Mestarine, god of outcasts | CN | Trickery | Two peering elven eyes |
Hanali Celanil, goddess of love and beauty | CG | Life | Golden heart |
Labelas Enoreth, god of time, history, and philosophy | CG | Arcana, Knowledge | Setting sun |
Rillifane Rallathil, god of nature | CG | Nature | Oak |
Sehanine Moonbow, goddess of divination, dreams, travel, and death | CG | Knowledge | Full moon under a moonbow |
Shevarash, god of vengeance | CN | War | Broken arrow over a tear |
Solonor Thelandira, god of archery | CG | War | Silver arrow with green fletching |
The gods of the Tel'Quessir, collectively known as the Seldarine, have embodied the ideals of the elf people since time immemorial. They are believed to dwell in the realm of Arvandor on the plane of Arborea.
Corellon Larethian is the wise leader of the Seldarine, the god of elves, magic, poetry, rulership, and warcraft. He is thought of as the father of the race, but he is depicted as female as often as he is depicted as male.
Angharradh, triune goddess of wisdom and the fierce mother-protector of the elf people, is Corellon's consort. Her three aspects are: Aerdrie Faenya, wild goddess of the winds and weather, as well as patron of the avariel; Hanali Celanil, the Winsome Rose, goddess of love, beauty, art, and enchantment; and the Moonlit Mystery, silver Sehanine Moonbow, goddess of all life's mysteries, including mysticism, prophecy, death, and dreams. In legends, these goddesses are often separate entities from Angharradh, and frequently depicted as Correllon's daughters or consorts.
Deep Sashelas is a sea god, lord of the sea elves and of dolphins. Labelas Enoreth is the philosopher god, deity of time and history, whose gift of trance is crucial to elven identity and survival. Rillifane Rallathil is god of the woodlands and the wild places, the father of wood elves and protector of druids. Closely allied with him is Solonor Thelandira, the god of hunting, archery, and woodcraft.
Of somewhat darker bent, Erevan Ilesere is a deity of mischief, a trickster-god; and Fenmarel Mestarine is the moody and sullen god of outcasts and solitude, who has little to do with the rest of the Seldarine (except for Erevan, who uses Fenmarel as a scapegoat in his plots and pranks). And then there is Shevarash, a god thought of as embittered and obsessive, to whom elves turn when they seek vengeance.
Many elves worship deities in the Faerûnian pantheon, including Mielikki (and the unicorn goddess Lurue), Silvanus, and Sune. In recent years, some elves have found delight in the worship of Lathander, as well.