The Wildmother
The realm of the Wildmother extends to wherever
the seas shift and the land grows over. As the keeper
of the wilderness, she represents the wild creatures
of nature, the rush of the angry rapids, and the heatheavy stillness of the desert. Hunters, druids, and
nomads worship her, seeking her blessing to live in
harmony with lands that still bear their wild fangs.
Likewise, those seeking safe passage across dangerous waters pray to her to guide them.
The druids of the Wildmother and clerics of her
lover, the Lawbearer, work together to preserve the
balance of nature and civilization. It is said that the
two goddesses grow furious when this balance is
upset, and this fury manifests as devastating natural
disasters. Clerics of The Matron of Ravens also pay
homage to the Wildmother, for the work she begins
is the work that their deity must respectfully end.
Divine Domains
Province. Sea, Wilderness
Domains. Many of the Wildmother’s clerics are granted powers of Life, Nature, or Tempest.
Divine Symbols & Sigils
Depiction. Immortalized through wooden reliefs
and carved idols in hidden, overgrown groves and
rural shrines, the Wildmother is shown as a beautiful woman with green or deep brown skin nearly
swallowed by a wild, tangled wreath of hair, leaves,
and vines that envelop her strong, full-figured form.
Tenets of Faith
Commandments of the Wildmother
- Protect the untamed wilderness from exploitation and destruction.
- Slay abominations and other mockeries of nature.
- Embrace and respect that which you cannot control in this world. Exist in harmony with it.
Holidays
Holy Day. The Wildmother’s holy day is Wild’s
Grandeur, and is celebrated on the vernal equinox,
usually the twentieth day of the third month. The
people of the southern wilds honor the Wildmother
by journeying to a place of great natural beauty,
like the top of a mountain waterfall or the center
of a desert. Wild’s Grandeur is rarely celebrated in
Emon, but some folk will plant trees in observance of
the holiday.
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