Shabjan - Lady of Shadows

Shabjan - TN - Goddess of Shadow, Secrets, and Death
Patron of thieves and assassins

The Tenets of Shabjan

1. The lips shall not reveal any secret held in confidence Secrets are Truth never pass on rumor or conjecture.
2. The dead shall remain dead and shall be given to the ferryman so their souls can travel to their eternal rest.
3. Shadow is both light and dark, our walk in shadow should not be good or evil. Judge not those who's path is different from yours.
4. Pray privately and take refuge in the goddess's shadowy embrace, shadows will always head the faithful.
5. Cut down any who would abuse and sell a child, they are the wicked who shall receive justice at the hands of Shabjan.

Important Symbols and Practices
In the lands of Setareh Desert Shabjan is considered the reaper of souls and the monarch butterfly represents the harvest. Her faithful believe shabjan sends her word on the whispering wings of monarch butterflies. In the west Ravens take on the butterflies role as messenger and omen.

The sound of the Ticking Clock or Shifting of Sands as through an hourglass represents the counting down the days until Shabjan's herald comes to ferry us to our rightful place.

The number 5 and sliver are significant in Shabjan's religion. It is said that 5 silver stars were taken from the sky and turned into 5 silver coins which were given as part of Shab's dowry to the god of death Mordan upon their nuptials. The 5 silver stars are said to have been heavenly sisters to Setarehjan - Beloved Star and now serve as the guardians to the realm of the dead.

Followers of Shabjan will lay out 5 silver in a semi-circle on the ground or a surface in front of them to show that they come in piece and invoke the goddess' divine protection

Shab is the child of Anahitajan - Queen of the Gods and The Stormlord. Orignally she was a demi-god of the mists and worshiped by the selkie.

Type

Religious, Organised Religion