Editing Oghma (section)

==Forgotten Realms==
[[File:Oghma p53.jpg|left|thumb|250px|The smiling god of eloquence]]
Oghma is an interloper deity who migrated to Toril along with [[Silvanus]] from the Celtic Pantheon, this means he has no direct tie to the origin and early history of the Forgotten Realms, but has embedded himself as a primary deity nonetheless.

One of his titles is "The Binder", which in Faerun is often ascribed to his nature as the patron of books and knowledge. But in actuality he achieved the nickname due to the fact that he was originally his pantheons greatest wrestler, but also because he has the ability to see a creature's true name; and with the name he can force fiends into prisons of his own choosing. This makes the [[Arch-Devil|lords of the Nine Hells]] particularly pissed at him, but with an ability like his he's not that bothered.

Despite his wide ranging portfolio and his position as the god of Knowledge, his cosmic duties tend to be ill defined. Though he is credited as the god of inspiration it is his servant [[Deneir]] who gets the job of writing everything down; His servant [[Milil]] does all the singing and composing; while [[Gond]] does all the designing and artifice. Leaving Oghma little to do other than be the muse with a very high divine rank. He continuously travels and only spends about six months of every year in his divine realm, with the rest of that time wandering the material plane. Though that probably explains where he found the time to sire so many children.

The number of bastard offspring he has fathered ''(or mothered, since his feminine aspect is called '''Curna''')'' has not actually been recorded possibly because they may not be particularly notable, though twenty-two of them were captured by [[Cyric]] and transformed into magical paintings capable of speech called the '''Whispering Children'''.

He is also portrayed as not being particularly active amongst the gods, even though he is naturally close to the goddess of magic [[Mystra]], when she was put on trial for ''Incompetence through humanity'' Oghma's position was basically to sit back and go "whatever".

Most of his influence in the realms comes from disagreements within his church, over whether knowledge should be shared by all, or whether [[Inquisition|it should be vetted and carefully guarded]].