Dwarf Religious Beliefs?

[Gaurick]

Okay, I'm playing a Dwarf Priest in the Ironforge Regiment, and it occured to me that knowing about the religion I'm a portraying a priest of may be a good idea. However, I can only get as far as Khaz and the Earthen - Can anyone help me touch on what exactly dwarf priests and paladins are priests and paladins of? Where they get their holy adeptness (is that a word?) or powers?

[Sanrin]

I believe they get it all from the Light (priestliness and whatnot), which they kind of adapted from the Humans. I may be wrong on that however...someone else can double check meh.

[Abric]

The Dwarves are really looking at things via the past. They know that they were made by the Creators... and while they do not 'worship' them - they do look to them as a higher power/i.e. "Creators."

From the Mystic Ward, it also looks like the Dwarves 'follow' the Light. They don't have a Cathedral... but they do have dwarves that look to the Light as a form of religious belief.

Biggest thing you got to look at is - Religion in WoW is by no means like Religion in life. You can't really compare the two... you have to really set it off on it's own (WoW) and look at it unbiased. The 'religion' of it is something that is. Faith is by no means a factor. The Light *does* exist... and you see it every day.

The dwarves, the Creators *do* exist. They see it... but they want to know more. That is why they are in Uldaman, Mulgore, The Barrens, Loch Modan, Wetlands, Silithus, Thousand Needles, and so on and so on.

[Fallacy]

The belief in the Light is actually just a small minority of dwarves. Ironforge is more interested in their relationship to the Earthen and their connections to the Titans.

The Wildhammer dwarves (those of Aerie Peak and other places of Lordaeron) are different from all other dwarves in that they are shamanistic.

[Sanrin]

Aye, I think it states somewhere that the Wildhammer Dwarves would actually fit well on the Horde if it wasnt for the fact that they're VERY stubborn to change, and they hold grudges easilly.

[Cyrass]

Actually, belief in the Light isn't that uncommon for a Bronzebeard Dwarf. It's the normal dwarf religion. Remember, it hasn't been long since the Dwarves discovered their creation by the Titans, and even then, they do not look at the Titans as beings of Worship from what I picked up back when I played a Dwarf. They seem more interested in discovering the connection between themselves and their creators, rather then worshipping them.

The Wildhammer seem to be more of a Shamanistic society. Havn't seen this in detail so much, but they do have a more primal religion. The Dark Iron Dwarves worship Ragnaros, The Fire Lord, as their god.

[Gaurick]

all right, this brought to light quite a bit (no pun intended, lol). Thanks for your replies guys, I now know what angle to take this.

[Raziel]

Actually, the Dwarven Pantheon is based on the Nordic Dual-Pantheons, and even carry their same names: Aesir and Vanir.

I'd suggest chumming up with some Viking Gods.

The Dwarven "religion" isn't much of a religion because most of it is based on pseudo-scientific fact from excavation and archeology work.

...and that computer in Uldaman that outlines the entire history of the Earthen and their sons: The Dwarf and the Trogg.

[Cedes]

If you ever did the Uldaman quest chain in Ironforge I think that shines some light on this subject.

LEt me ponder and think back to when I did this......OK!

After your enter uldaman and do all this stuff for the explorer's league or guild...those dwarf guys, you learn that the Dwarves are some how related the ancients or titans. They believe that the titans created the dwarves from the earth. It reminds me of how the anciet greeks believed they were made by Zeus and he made humans out of clay...or something along those lines.

I loved that Uldaman quest chain, it was very educational.

[turen]

I had pretty much replaced God with The Light and Angels with Naaru. I also made up a heavan type thing for him called "Halls of Light'

I was a lot more inventive in those days.

[Raziel]

Actually, if you go waaaaay back to WarCraft 1, the "light" religion was Monotheistic and HAD Angels as Spirits of Light in it.

So the Naaru finally being named as what these "Angels" were in accordance to the Belief Structure hits the target a lot closer than you may suspect.