Gnomish Religion

Gnomes take it easy, and they have gods that generally do the same. They like to tell funny stories about the antics of their deities, and this is as much worship as any do. There are priests who take the gods more seriously, although they still have jovial and friendship-like relationships.

There are some (perhaps more serious) gnomes who have a more Druidic relationship with the universe. (See Druids.) Some forest gnomes are especially esoteric in their philosophies and practices.

It is rumored that some gnomish clans, deep in wilderness areas (and practically never encountered), practice a nature-spirit worship in deep, reciprocally beneficial relationship with nature spirits (or “fey”). This is not a religion in the normal sense, but rather relationship and reverence, and propitiation.

The Gnome's chief Deity, although they are revered in many forms and permutations, is Gnoilly Wunderhill, Lord of Gnomes.

Gnomish Divinities

Gnoilly Wunderhill: The carefree Gnomish God or Hills and Earth. His symbol is a cross encircled, and the four sections are colored: Sienna, Umber, Ochre, and Beige. Gnoilly is known for his good humor, his good luck, and the good-natured tricks he can play on his subjects. He is the Lord of Tinkering, Creativity, Love for Animals and the Earth, Tricks, and Goodwill. He often laughs, and the gnomes say that every hearty laugh is a great prayer to Gnoilly Wunderhill. He is depicted as a jaunty little fellow with a round belly and rosy cheeks, wandering lands both over and underground without a care.
Gnomes generally take it easy, and they have gods that generally do the same. They like to tell funny stories about the antics of their deities, and this is as much worship as any do. There are priests who take the gods more seriously, although they still have jovial and friendship-like relationships.
There are some (perhaps more serious) gnomes who have a more Druidic relationship with the universe. (See the Druid.)  The southern forest gnomes are especially esoteric in their philosophies and practices.
It is rumored that some gnomish clans, deep in wilderness areas (and practically never encountered), practice a nature-spirit worship in deep, reciprocally beneficial relationship with nature spirits (or “fey”). This is not a religion in the normal sense, but rather relationship and reverence, and propitiation.

Funeral Practices and Mourning
There are a number of different ways that gnomes honor their dead. To gnomes, death is an awful thing--especially of a loved one--but they pray intensely to Gnoilly and ask that he bring healing. The great god smiles upon them then, when the time is right, and their grief lifts completely. Gnomes have been around for a long time, and they can wisely let go with the help of their deity. Gnoilly assures them that their dead one will live on in the After-Land, or even return in another form someday. (The “After-Land” is also known and cataloged as “the Outer Plane of Loving-Kindness.”)
Burials in the loam of the Earth are the most common forms of memorial, and cairns of local stone may or may not be placed on top. Burial places are not considered particularly sacred, not much more than any other earthen places. Pyres of Fire are sometimes used, especially by gnomes near flowing water sources. A Pyre of Fire supposedly sends the dead to the After-Land directly, once the pyre is fully consumed