Rayna
All-Mother, Great Mother, Sacred Maiden, Womb of the World, Holy Grandmother Rayna
As the Mother Goddess, Rayna's clerics try to offer comfort and care to all. They provide healing to the sick and injured and succor to those who are grieving. However, the temples of Rayna don't offer the same kind of shelter as the Temples of Phaerean: they often have a room or two for those in need and help feed the poor, but they are much more focused on healing and family. The temples do often have a network of charities that help them address the problems of the people.
Additionally, the temples provide prayer-curses for those seeking revenge.
Rayna is the Moon Goddess and also the Mother Goddess. Her domains are emotion and compassion, and she is also the goddess of mercy. She is generally portrayed as calm and happy, although once angered, she can be brutal and swift to exact punishment. However, she can be forgiving if offenders try to atone and make right their wrongs.
She is the sister of Reia and the Mother of many lesser gods. She is a protective goddess, and often has her likeness carved into doorways and gateways.
There are many roadside shrines to her, to ask for her mercy and protection, which sometimes offends Phaerean, the Patron of Voyagers, as sometimes they feel that Rayna is taking away from their domain.
She is worshipped by most, if not all societies, as their mythological mother.
Divine Domains
Emotion, Compassion, Fertility, Children, Motherhood, Old Age, Birth and Rebirth, Family, Healing, Protection, the Moon, Women/Femininity
Divine Symbols & Sigils
Color: blue
Symbols: the moon, the pierced heart, the mirror, the spiral
Plants: pomegranate trees, peach trees, mint, daisies
Animals: the cow, the swan, the butterfly/moth, the peacock
Holidays
The Feast of the Child (Orastana 28), The Feast of the Maiden (Heltiana 28), The Feast of the Mother (Palkiana 28), The Feast of the Crone (Rotiana 28). Each of these feasts coincides with the the middle of each season.
The Festival of All Gods (Sulanta 15-28).
The Festival of All Gods (Sulanta 15-28).
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