Pantheon of Ambrenur

The elves have a well established pantheon of gods that predates any other organized religion. In fact some people say that the human gods are merely shadows of the great elven gods that are more active in the mortal plain simply because they lie closer to the mundane than the unfathomable nature of the elven deities.

Regardless, the elven gods rarely intercede on behalf of their people directly. This has caused the elves to focus more strongly on developing their own supernatural power through the path of Arcane magic. Elven religion also enshrines the idea of the spirit as a object of reverence so elves can be described as powerful animists, and while the great gods are not listening, an elf cleric is quite capable of calling upon the spirits of the land and sky to heed his call.

Aside from the numberless host of spirits both great and small; the elves of any kindred will worship these major gods to some degree or another.

• Aeguo Anwarunya: Aeguo Anwarunya is the elven god of magic and scholarship. He is the most revered of all the elven deities but also the most remote. It is said that his only connection to the elves was to breath in the essence of magic into the first elves at the very instant of their creation so that they might make their own way in the world. Needles to say most elves pay him great respect, but his temple is small and relatively uninfluential because he so rarely manifests on the mortal plan.
   
• Finarfin Lossehelin: Finarfin is the elven god of sea-faring and also the representation of storms. As such, he is also recognized as the lord of fate and sits in judgement of all living things while on the mortal plan. He is most widely worshiped amongst the sea elves. His fickle nature is often cited by high elves as the reason they behave in such an unseemly manner.
   
• Gelmir Telperien: Gelmir and Nolofinwe are two sides of the same coin. Both hold sway over death, but Gelmir is recognized as the dark side of elven nature. He is the god of war and murder and he is found in the deep pools of emotion that like under the seemingly serene face of the elf.
   
• Nolofinwe Telperien: Nolofinwe is the other elven death god. Her nature is diametrically opposed to the brutal, bloody aspect of her sibling. She is the goddess of peace and serenity and also holds authority over dreaming, both in sleep and as a form of prophecy.
   
• Feanaro Arnatuile: Feanaro Arnatuile is the shimmering goddess of life and beauty. She representents all the is good and pure in the world and is considered incorruptable by the elves.
   
• Celahir Carnesir: Celahir Carnesir is the elven god of light and the sun. He is most often depicted as a warrior in shining golden armour riding a flashing chariot pulled by a pair of fiery steeds. He is spouse to Feanaro Arnatuile and even though he is considered a force of good, his jealous nature sometimes causes him to lose control of his temper and act rashly. 

The next post I will be putting up will go over the wilder, more primal gods of the northern and western peoples, and lastly a brief post about how gnomish and halfling cultures fit in and what gods they worship.