Tohoraha, Whale, The Lore Keeper, The Watcher
Alignment: Neutral Good
Domains: Animal, Knowledge, Travel, Water
Symbol: Stylized whale with its nose touching its tail
Garb: Traditional Tulita garb and gray sealskin robes with white headdresses
Favored Weapons: Tewhatewha
Form of Worship and Holidays: Sacrifices of valuable goods made over the deepest parts of the sea. Known as the Running, twice a year when the whale pods pass through the area on their great migrations, worshipers take canoe and seek these travelers out in order to pray to them and ask their blessing. A canoe that is sunk in this sometimes dangerous endeavor is considered to have been ill favored.
Typical Worshipers: Tulita whale riders, totemic tribes, fishermen
The great traveler of the waves, Tahoraha is the Whale, the force that embodies the Deeps and the many secrets they hold. It is said that everything that has ever transpired upon or beneath the waves is known by Tahoraha and is remembered, so Tulita and mainlander sailors alike are known to make small offering to him in order to propitiate him for any past offenses they may have committed. Even the basest pirate has been known on occasion to pitch a chest of gold or spill the blood of some valuable prisoner overboard to prevent any potential wrath from the Whale. Whalers have the hardest time with this as their very purpose is an affront to Tahoraha, yet more than one whaling vessel has been known to make offerings in hopes of averting his anger nevertheless
Domains: Animal, Knowledge, Travel, Water
Symbol: Stylized whale with its nose touching its tail
Garb: Traditional Tulita garb and gray sealskin robes with white headdresses
Favored Weapons: Tewhatewha
Form of Worship and Holidays: Sacrifices of valuable goods made over the deepest parts of the sea. Known as the Running, twice a year when the whale pods pass through the area on their great migrations, worshipers take canoe and seek these travelers out in order to pray to them and ask their blessing. A canoe that is sunk in this sometimes dangerous endeavor is considered to have been ill favored.
Typical Worshipers: Tulita whale riders, totemic tribes, fishermen
The great traveler of the waves, Tahoraha is the Whale, the force that embodies the Deeps and the many secrets they hold. It is said that everything that has ever transpired upon or beneath the waves is known by Tahoraha and is remembered, so Tulita and mainlander sailors alike are known to make small offering to him in order to propitiate him for any past offenses they may have committed. Even the basest pirate has been known on occasion to pitch a chest of gold or spill the blood of some valuable prisoner overboard to prevent any potential wrath from the Whale. Whalers have the hardest time with this as their very purpose is an affront to Tahoraha, yet more than one whaling vessel has been known to make offerings in hopes of averting his anger nevertheless
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