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name=Deneir|
title=Lord of All Glyphs and Images <br> The Scribe of Oghma|
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power=Lesser|
alignment=Neutral Good|
portfolio=Literature, Art, Knowledge, Glyphs, Images, Cartography, Scholars|
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'''Deneir''' is a fictional minor ] on ], a fictional sub-continent in the ] ] of the '']'' ] ].

==Publication history==
] created Deneir for his home ''Dungeons & Dragons'' game.{{Fact|date=December 2008}} <!--Any attributable facts on the god's creative origins?-->

===Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1st edition (1977-1988)===
Deneir first appeared within Dungeons & Dragons as one of the deities featured in Ed Greenwood's article "Down-to-earth Divinity" in '']'' #54 (October 1981).<ref>], Dragon magazine #54 - "Down-to-earth divinity" (October 1981)</ref>

Deneir later officially appeared as one of the major deities for the ] ], in the ''Forgotten Realms Campaign Set'''s "Cyclopedia of the Realms" booklet (1987).<ref>{{cite book | id =ISBN 0-88038-472-7 | title = Forgotten Realms Campaign Set | author = Ed Greenwood, Jeff Grubb and Karen S. Martin | year = 1987 | publisher = Wizard of the Coast}}</ref>

===Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition (1989-1999)===
Deneir was described in the hardback '']'' (1990),<ref>] and ]. '']'' (], 1990)</ref> the revised ''Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting'' (1993) in the "Running the Realms" booklet,<ref>{{cite book | title=Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting | author = Ed Greenwood | year = 1993|id = ASIN B000K06S2E }}</ref> and ''Faiths & Avatars'' (1996).<ref>Martin, Julia, and Eric L Boyd. '']'' (TSR, 1996)</ref>

His role in the cosmology of the ] campaign setting was described in ''On Hallowed Ground'' (1996).<ref>McComb, Colin. ''On Hallowed Ground'' (], ])</ref>

Deneir is described as one of the good deities that ] can serve in the supplement ''Warriors of Heaven'' (1999).<ref>Perkins, Christopher. '']'' (TSR, 1999)</ref>

===Dungeons & Dragons 3.0 edition (2000-2002)===
Deneir appears as one of the major deities of the Forgotten Realms setting again, in ''Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting'' (2001),<ref>{{cite book | title = Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting | author = Ed Greenwood et al. | year = 2001 | publisher = Wizard of the Coast | id = ISBN 0-7869-1836-5 }}</ref> and is further detailed in '']'' (2002).<ref>Boyd, Eric L, and ]. '']'' (Wizards of the Coast, 2002)</ref>
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==Description==
Deneir together with ], ] and ] are known as the Deities of Knowledge and Invention{{Or|date=February 2008}}.

Deneir answers the prayers of his organized priests, but he has also been known to choose a person who truly follows Deneir's ideals--to invent, to create, to learn. He himself seems to have a problem with some of his strictly-organized orders, whose devotion to a hierarchy and their duties impedes with his followers learning and inventing, to the point of there being little joy in their work. The two Chosen (Pertelope and ]) shown so far were both more relaxed about rules and hierarchy, capable of teasing or joking with their more staid brethren. These two Chosen were granted direct access to divine spells, rather than having to study and pray for them and their god-given power exceeded that of older Deneiran priests{{Or|date=February 2008}}.

Despite their generally laid back attitude, the teachings of Deneir also dictate that his followers create with a conscience and refrain from casually designing weapons of war or death.

==References==
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==Additional reading==
*], ''Canticle'', Cleric Quintet Book 1, Wizard of the Coast, 1991.
*], ''In Sylvan Shadows'', Cleric Quintet Book 2, Wizard of the Coast, 1992.
*], ''Night Masks'', Cleric Quintet Book 3, Wizard of the Coast, 1992.
*], ''The Fallen Fortress'', Cleric Quintet Book 4, Wizard of the Coast, 1993.
*], ''The Chaos Curse'', Cleric Quintet Book 5, Wizard of the Coast, 1994.

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