While there are quite a few individual deities of Glorantha who employ poison (Aldrya, Bagog, Black Fang, Ernalda, Gorakiki, Mallia, Mostal, , etc) , we don't have a deity of poisons, do we? I mean, technically we don't have a deity of corrosives, but I suspect that Nelat is the obvious go-to for that, but when it comes to poisons there is no obvious deity. Bagog is the most likely, but really Bagog is the deity of Scorpionfolk, not poisons. Malia springs to mind, but Malia is a goddess of disease, and while she spreads her diseases much the same way that others might use poison they are not the same thing. In terms of the snakes of Ernalda, I generally got the feeling that they were mainly constrictors, not poisoners, but probably include both. Most of these deities teach something akin to how to use poison, but none is a deity of actual poison. Does poison need a deity? If not, why not? If disease has a deity, why not poison? On the other hand, if someone knows that there is in fact a deity of poison, please tell me who it is, because idk.
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