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Abbathor

Hello! Welcome to the very first this is where the worlds go. Since this is so new, I really don't expect people to get information, especially now. Instead, I refer you to two sources, one official, the other unofficial. The first is Dungeons and Dragons, the second, a quite excellent independent blog,
Greyhawk Gazette of Philosophy and Religion.



Abbathor. Artist unknown.

The first god we will considering is
Abbathor, his chief god Moradin(Soul Force)and chief goddess,Berronar Truesilver. Other gods and goddesses are as follows: Clanggedin Silverbeard,Dugmaren Brightmantle, Dumathoin,Muamman Duathal, and Vergadain . (courtesy- wikipedia)This group is known as the Morradin.

Abbathor's realm is Oinos. There are two possibilities, the first of which is more standard Greek language (in John, Jesus' first miracle is changing water into wine. The original Aramaic comes from the Greek word "oinos".( John, Chapter 2 )

The other alternative to the term "oinos", rather than a sweet, pleasant smelling wine, is anything reeking or bad-smelling. It is mostly a food or beverage item, although mixed at times with non-food items.

The following is of interest to Dungeons and Dragons players:

Oinos is the location of a number of godly realms, including Incabulos' realm of Charnelhouse, Kelemvor's realm of the Crystal Spire (formerly Myrkul's Bone Castle), the orc deity Yurtrus' realm of Fleshslough, the dwarf deity Abbathor's realm of The Glitterhell, and the urd deity Kuraulyek's realm of Urdrest. It also holds the majority of Blood War battlefields and Khin-Oin, home to most leaders of the mercenary yugoloths.

(courtesy:wikipedia)

IMHO: To those who consider the word "oinos"and its meaning,there is certainly something here to mull over. To put a point on it, is "oinos"like this:
DOOR #1

...or is more like DOOR #2? That is the question. (Okay, okay,I lifted that from Shakespeare.)

Consider Abbathor. Whether he gets gold, money, food, or drink, he hoards everything. According to legend, he has a pig nose as well a pot belly. But that doesn't matter - he still wants more. But what matters is not what one gets, it is all-important how you get it. During the time after Buddha, monks went about with their begging-bowls. When a house was found with welcome recipients, he would go about sharing what he had learned over the years. The individual or family, if they received valuable lessons, gave part of their meal to the monk. The individual/family would give the monk a portion of their meal. (The use of the term 'begging bowl' seems somewhat inaccurate: it seems the nature of the conversation is thus - 'IF you give me accurate information, THEN I will give you food.') But Abbathor is Abbathor, if only to serve as an object lesson to those who observe him. And provides a much more game.

If 'oinos' is a good example, then 'glitterhell' is an even better example. Shakespeare writes in "The Merchant of Venice":

MOROCCO:
O hell! what have we here?
A carrion Death, within whose empty eye
There is a written scroll!
I'll read the writing.
All that glitters* is not gold;
Often have you heard that told:
Many a man his life hath sold
But my outside to behold:
Gilded tombs do worms enfold.
Had you been as wise as bold,
Young in limbs, in judgment old,
Your answer had not been inscroll'd:
Fare you well; your suit is cold
*in some works, the word is pronounced by the older 'glisters'

(bold type mine)

This work (among others) makes the word ever clearer. The word 'glitterhell' draws upon Shakespeare down to the present day.