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Faith of the Nine

This is a pantheon of gods and goddesses that are the leading divinities of the Old Religion recognized by all those loyal to the *Erlkönig. Scholars of religion know that the Nine themselves are actually the apex gods worshipped by peoples traditionally accepting the Erlkönig's suzerainty - elves, dwarves, humans, gnomes, etc.   The Ennead Includes the following:   Corellon (High Elves): God of time (eternity/breaks) transitions, opposition, doorways, passages, beginnings, endings, androgyny, the arts, chivalry, Spring (as beginning) Cult is headed by Erlkönig and his designated deputies Holy days: The New Year Symbol: Crescent Moon, star?   Avandra (Forest Gnomes): Goddess of freedom, journeys, adventure, luck, guidance, trade, trickery, messages, communication (divination), dreams, thieves, the moon, Spring (as season) Notes: awarded wand (palochka-vyruchalochka) by Corellon Cult: forest priests, market priests, ship’s priests Animal: hare Materials: beans, herbs Festivals: Achairina (full moon, Grazing), Spring Equinox?   Bahamut (Dragons): God of Justice, Earth (?), Agriculture, Polar Star, Earth/Heaven correspondence, burial/ancestors, storms Animals: canary, turtle (?) Cult: grottoes, caves, courts, haruspicers Festival: Scadaria, 24 Gleaming (sowing festival)   Ioun (humans, dragons [?]): Goddess of knowledge, prophecy, study, magic, the night, secrets, full moon, ghosts Animals: swan, dog (black), polecat Symbols: swan-rune, spinning stone, crossed torches Materials: yew, cypress, belladonna Cult: Chronicler-priests, archivist-priests, university rectors Festival: Full moon, esp. 30 Turning (Feast of the Tree)   Moradin (dwarves): God of smithing, craft, carpentry, earth, fire, the hearth, marriage, family, wealth, gold, commerce, gainful employment Animals: bull, pig Symbols: Hammer, anvil, two interlocking rings Festivals: Sarkanah, last full Ennead of Reaping Cult: priests of forge, also luck temples (money-lenders)   Pelor (humans): God of light, the sun, fire, light, truth, right, linear time, summer, humanity, war, courage, friendship, healing, compassion Animals: lion, phoenix, horse Symbols: sun/lion disk Festivals: Summer solstice (Navrok) Cult: warrior-priests, chaplains, fire altars   Erathis (humans) [twin sister/lover of Pelor]): Goddess of agriculture, livestock, autumn, popular justice, community, music Animals: ewe Symbols: cornucopia, sickle, wheat stalk Festivals: Fall equinox Cult: community elders   Zehir (humans, [dragons?]): God of death (as change), sleep, wine, poison, mystery, ecstasy, medicine, madness, romantic love Animals: snake, fox Symbols: vine, snake crawling out of skull Festivals: Zehir’s birthday (first ennead of Turning) Cult: itinerant mediums   Raven (humans [consort of Pelor], [elves?]): Goddess of war (slaughter), death (as decay), burial, cyclical time, winter, shadow, Animals: ravens, crows Festivals: Winter solstice Cult: mortuary priestesses    Major shrines of the Nine in towns are called Serene Temples of the Ennead.

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