Lesser Deity
Symbol: Warhammer with leaves sprouting from handle
Home Plane: Material Plane
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Portfolio: Earth, liberation, suffering
Worshippers: Dwarves, oppressed and poor people, farmers and peasants
Cleric Alignments: CG, CN, NG
Domains: Chaos, Earth, Good, Liberation, Plant
Favoured Weapon: Warhammer
Dennari is an earth-mother deity of dwarven origin, yet she has found a surprising popularity among poor and oppressed people of many races. Like other earth goddesses, Dennari represents agriculture and fertility, but these aspects are not as important as her association with the earth proper and its fruits. Her faith is not connected with the agricultural cycle; it has become a symbol for the strength of oppressed peoples.
Dennari appears as a full-bodied, muscular dwarven woman. Dwarves sometimes depict her with a long, flowing beard from which plants grow as if it were earth. Her non-dwarven followers typically portray her as beardless.
Dennari’s myths represent her as an eternally suffering and giving mother, tortured at the hands of her many children but also all-powerful and ultimately a victor over their torments. She is thus seen both as a support for people in need and as a potent force for liberation.
The faith of Dennari is concerned greatly with the sufferings of oppressed people. Her clerics believe that their faith can give meaning to the trials of these people and all who groan under heavy burdens.
Oppressive governments generally frown on Dennari worship. They often persecute her clerics and lay followers, who hold secret meetings in cavern shrines and private homes.
Source: Deities and Demigods (Page 211)