Silvanus (Forgotten Realms)
| Game background | |
|---|---|
| Title(s) | Oak Father, Forest Father, Treefather |
| Home plane | 2E: Summeroak in Tir na Og (Outlands) 3E: House of Nature |
| Power level | Greater |
| Alignment | True Neutral |
| Portfolio | Wild, nature, druids |
| Domains | Animal, Plant, Protection, Renewal, and Water |
| Superior | None |
| Design details | |
Silvanus (/sᵻlˈvænəs/ sil-VAN-əs) the Forest Father is a fictional deity of the Forgotten Realms Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting devised by Ed Greenwood. Silvanus is considered the god of wild nature and druids, one of the most prominent and eldest deities in Faerûn, and the wilder counterpart to Chauntea the Earth-Mother. His worshipers protect places of nature from the encroachment of civilization with vigor and are implacable foes of industrious peoples.
Like Oghma, Loviatar, Tyr, Mielikki, and others, Silvanus is among the deities described in the 1st edition AD&D book Deities & Demigods. Like Oghma, Silvanus is taken from the Celtic pantheon described in that book, supposedly having been active in more than one plane of existence. See also Silvanus (mythology), though he is more primarily based on the Celtic Sucellos, who was assimilated into Silvanus in Roman times.
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