Worldbuilding

The Gods of Mythnium

When I began writing Mythnium tales, I began shaping my story around a half-elf and the birth of her child during a solar eclipse. As that (trashed) story took shape, so did the world building.

Religions, cultures, geography, astronomy, and so much more began to build in my mind. After a while, I found that my scattered notes were becoming a massive pile that I had to constantly sort through in a (sometimes failing) effort to keep facts straight. Ultimately, I created a huge three-ring binder tracking characters, species, races, locations, timelines, and everything else concocted for Mythnium.

After I decided to start fresh, culminating in my first published novel, Echoes of Dragons, I realized how heavily I relied on the theology to shape the patterns of the world. Considering how heavily I rely on my faith to navigate the real world, I suppose this isn’t surprising.

At any rate, I created gods for Mythnium. A great many of them. Cuz, why not?

(Disclaimer - for anyone who thinks my Mythnium books are Christian fantasy: they most definitely are not. My faith seeps into the books, without a doubt, but these are not, and were not intended to be, Christian/Evangelical/etc in nature.)

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Over the next few dedicated Mythnium posts, I want to share some of the world building as it relates to these gods.

Allow me to introduce them to you:

• Cria- Mother Creator (creator of the humans)

• Siki- Father Creator

• Asuna- Goddess of Fertility

• Sayki– Goddess of Death

• Peran– God of War

• Dali- Goddess of the Hunt

• Igma– Goddess of Wisdom

• Skeru– God of the Harvest

Then the creators and the patron gods of the sentient species:

• Hux– God of the Dwarves (both Deep and Silver Dwarves)

• Kudhe– God of the Elves (all the surface elves)

• Zeni– Goddess of the Dragons

• Naga– God of the Heridon

• Ose– God of Fairies

• Mura– Goddess of the Drow

• Cracia– Goddess of the Mer and the Rana

• Muli–Goddess of the Mulig

• Tsufa– Goddess of the Giants

• Grix– God of the Orcs

• Hmor– God of the Trolls

• Plueg– God of the Goblins

Next month, I will share one of the creation stories of Mythnium.

What do you enjoy most in the world building of a fantasy world?

Let me know in the comments, so I can begin building a post around that topic. Thank you!