Germagh, the Titan

"Ye shouldna disregard ol' Earth-trawler. He's more strong than you're likely tae think, y'know - built the land an' everythin'! Or at least that what me ole mammie told me, but she's long since gone on tae see far greener meadows..."

Allagash Tresemain, c. 1024 T.B.

Germagh is the god of crafts, effort, fertility, home, place, space, and land, sea, and sky. He is often the one credited for building the world in its current form in the service of The Branwen, a strong laborer with an eye for good craftsmanship and functional sensibility. Fables abound of Germagh's exploits, especially within the circles of the Dwarves. He is traditionally seen as a figure of cheer who, while kindly and a friend to most, was not a pushover by any means. Tales of Germagh include especially delicious yet unexpected roadside meals shared with a suspiciously divine stranger, stories of rampant yet respectful love-chasing, and parables meant to impart upon the reader ethics of hospitality and kindness to all. Germagh is a god of action, of forward progression and positive influence on the world.
In the Fey West, shrines to Germagh are commonplace in most permanent homes. He is perhaps not taken as seriously as in the East, sometimes even being treated like and archetypical Trickster with a heart of gold. Modern, state-sanctioned Eastern beliefs hold that Germagh is a god who represents the history of the land more than its future, a remnant of old ways that still encourages the people to hospitable action and great works of function. Fringe old-faith beliefs remain that claim that Germagh is some sort of pseudo-Divine Father to move in concert with The Branwen as Divine Mother, but these ways of thought have largely fallen out of favor and have even been denounced by state-backed organizations such as The Caislean.

Divine Domains

Crafts and Effort

As the god of crafts and effort, Germagh is the patron of all makers of functional artifice and workable knack. This includes everything from the humblest tools to the greatest of modern advances in warfare, agriculture, and foundational architecture. Once things begin to get more intentionally and obviously 'artistic', that is believed to be the domain of Owyn, the Muse. He gives people the spirit of great effort to create these works of function that are beautiful in their purposeful roles.

Fertility and Home

Germagh is not a god of the land's fertility, but of the fertility of the people. He is the one who holds dominion over the perpetuation of people and the passage of cultural practice between parent and child. Elements of both Western and Eastern philosophies believe that Germagh encourages freeness with love, physical intimacy, and sex as an expression of thankfulness for the world and the pursuit of one's own happiness. Modern Eastern doctrine sanctioned by The Spire does not perpetuate this belief, and many old religious texts on such manners deemed 'too sultry' for public eyes are banned or held in closed archives. The West does not have any problems like this, even in more intimacy-conservative regions such as the Autumn Province.
As the god of the home, Germagh is meant to perpetuate a positive family life and constructive household whose shape isn't necessarily relevant. No rejection of families with non-traditional structures exists within the doctrines of Germagh.

Space and Place

A god of grounding and sense of belonging, Germagh holds sway over space and place. This is primarily aimed at the physicality of the world, where things are, and even the position of any one person at any given time. This can naturally be extended to the divisions of the world, primarily East and West. Some attribute the raising of Balla Fear as a divine act of Germagh.
Modern scholars investigating the influence of other realms upon this one have begun to consider Germagh a deity of the area between realms as well. Ancient magic believed to be stemming from a well Germagh's power was even used as an attempt to bridge realms in an isolated case. This experiment failed, but there are still theologians and thaumaturges both who are trying to use the Titan's power for this purpose.

Land, Sea, and Sky

Germagh does not govern the life within these places, but the places themselves. Fey legends recount that Germagh dragged the land into the position it is in today with great ropes of water pulled from clouds in the sky which he eventually used to fill up the seas, creating the land as we know it. He pulled up mountains, dug out rivers, and hollowed out the earth to create the deep places of the world. These tales have passed to modern Eastern doctrine where they are considered a fable rather than a truth. Nevertheless, many believe that Germagh is the reason that the landscape looks as it does today.

Symbols, Sites, and Iconography

Germagh worship isn't particularly well-recorded because it is believed to have changed relatively little in the general scheme of time. Religious practice has remained consistent despite changes in regime and era of the world - Germagh himself is often believed to be a constant, a figure in so many lives and lore that is virtually ubiquitous. There are some regional beliefs regarding him, but these most often take the form of individual stories with connections to local areas. Some of these are copies of one another, transplanted for a different audience. For example, the Eastern settlements of Mallister, Clonsneac, and Volam each claim that Germagh once visited their town and sired children there.
Germagh's symbols primarily consist of needle and thread, ropes, a hauling sledge, and a cauldron. The West takes claim over the needle and thread, hounds, bears, and coral as well as the plants connected to Germagh. The East is more focused on the rope and sledge as well as bees, whales, and hounds. Nobody is entirely sure where the cauldron symbol originates from, but it is almost ubiquitous to Germagh at this point in time.

Godstone Germagh

Located in the heart of the Motherless Mountains, Godstone Germagh is the largest Godstone in height. It stands at nearly 200 feet tall, sometimes being called 'The Second Spire' or 'Cloudscraper Carin'. It depicts a massive figure of an old man with a great beard secured in golden bands. He is clad in relatively simple dress, a tunic and breaches with a great cloak wrapped around him. He is depicted with bare hands outstretched, gripping two great ropes carved with runes that extend down to the base of the Godstone. On each forearm is a great band of gold with little embellishment, and around his waist is a matching belt with a single massive jasper stone inlaid into the Godstone itself as a centerpiece to the belt.
Previously the site of Nel Kuridir and its Queenspike Peak, Godstone Germagh is the only relic left standing from the golden age of the dwarves. It is always wreathed in great garlands of flowers constructed by dwarven pilgrims affected by the diaspora of centuries past. Although it stands in the center of a great blasted land with little else but boulders for company, the Godstone is always a comforting place in an almost uncanny way.

Locations of Craftsmanship

A myriad of smaller holy sites to Germagh exist within the East. These are often great ruins of the past, modern centers of production, and even the lochs constructed in days long past. These are monuments to where amazing works of craft have been constructed or dreamt up.

Germagh's Belt

One of the greatest holy sites of the West, Germagh's Belt is a chain of barren islands in the Solstice Isles. While the land is bare, an expansive coral reef fills the seas and stretches around the entirety of the islands. It is an incredibly beautiful place, with undersea temples built in Germagh's honor tended by Locathah and Elven clergy. The islands themselves contain a smattering of shrines and temples. The most numerous residents of the Belt are seabirds, who nest and raise their young on this island with preternatural vehemence.

The Potter's Mount

A dormant volcano in the Drumben Islands, the Potter's Mount has become a worship site and destination for Fey from across the Seasonal Provinces. One of the highest temples to Germagh is situated in the volcano's still-developing caldera. It is tended to by beings connected to fire, including Fey with resistance as well as strange travelers claiming to be from a land of ever-burning flames.

Relics

As a deity of craft, legends abound of Germagh's personal effects and relics. His holiest relic is the belt he is depicted with in the Godstone, a piece known as Aifur, sometimes referred to as 'The Belt of the Titan'. His bracers are considered to be companions to the belt. Aifur was held within Fey hands at its last recorded position, but it was stolen by unknown persons in the year 654 T.B. It supposedly resurfaced once in the East but was quickly lost.
Another relic known as 'The Dagda's Cauldron' is tied to Germagh as well. This mythic item is said to be able to create food perpetually without input. Legends say it was used by the ancient city of Dorcha to help its people survive the harsh underground beneath the Keyre Plateau, but none have found it in the city's ruins.
The forging of all Cold Iron relics was somewhat tied to Germagh, but the items most attributed to his power are the Axe of Bolg, the Shackles of Devotion, and the Pauldron of the Bone Lord. While these items are works of war, they are also made with function in mind as all Cold Iron was.

Religious Figures

Out of The Seven Saints, Saint Umha is believed to be most tied to Germagh. Despite their supposed founding of the city of Argos, they were a craftsman themselves who supposedly even held Aifur at a time. Even after their ascension to the status of Saint and the renewed cooperation of Eastern government and The Spire, Saint Umha was still a champion of the commonfolk.
In the modern day, the Magi of Germagh is Commander Orla Lilycoat, the heir to House Lilycoat of the old Nine Once-Great Dwarf Families. Commander Lilycoat is generally regarded as a tough individual with little patience for nonsense and idiocy. She is even a wrathful person, perhaps only contested in a capacity for icy rage by Lord Cathal Rigain. Rumors abound that they were once a couple, but these are pieces of old gossip that both individuals choose to ignore. The previous Magi, Allagash Tresemain, was actually distantly related to Orla Lilycoat. He was a half-Odanahe half-Talish dwarf who attempted to bring Germagh's worship back into the modern cultural mythos by commissioning a collection of Germagh stories titled 'The Tales of the Titan', written by a thespian from Argos.

Interpretative Difference

As stated, worship of Germagh has not changed much throughout time. Regional practices do still persist on a large scale, but the interpretation of this god is not wildly different between East and West. Major differences only include the scale of Germagh worship, as state-organized worship of Germagh occurs in the East but not the West. There are different stories in the East and West regarding him, but these are not as well-documented for the West as in the East.

East Talamh

Worship of Germagh in the East is more focused on the sense of place that the deity provides. It finds special emphasis within the cultures of the dwarves, who revere Germagh as a sort of celestial father. Eastern Germagh stories are more those of cheer rather than Trickster-esque escapades.

West Talamh

Worship of Germagh in the West is an incredibly personal affair, varying from family to family. Germagh tales are often spun into song and parabolic themes abound. The Western Germagh is a Trickster, but not a malevolent or selfish one. He enjoys mischief that is ultimately fun and does no harm. Many stories exist about interactions between the stoic Mac Rialor and cheery Germagh while some even believe that Germagh and Birgitte were as close as the Divines could get to 'drinking buddies'.

Species
The Gods of Talamh
Allegiance
The People of Talamh
Subordinates
The Thralls of Germagh
Pronouns and Gender
He/Him/His
Male-presenting
Realm
The Otherworld
Domains
Crafts, Effort, Land, Sea, Sky, Home, Fertility, Place, Space
Eastern Aliases
The Titan, Craftsman-king, Realmfather, Earth-trawler, Tureiann, Tururil
Western Aliases
The Titan, The Weaver, Dagda, Hearth-warmer, Unification Origin
Associated Virtues
Honesty, earnestness, cheer, goodwill, hospitality, calm, contentment, comfort, craft skills

Divine Icons

Colors
Red, blue, gray, gold
Animals
Oxen, bees, hounds, bears, whales, coral
Plant Life
Dandelion, reeds, kelp, roots
Symbols
Needle and thread, cauldron, ropes, hauling sledge

Holidays

No particular holidays are dedicated to Germagh, but Germagh is most often prayed to in times of hardship to give people strength.