Enos

Divine Overview

Portfolio

Enos' domains can be divided up into two halves, Enos the god of Time and Enos Psychopomp. At Creation, Enos was given the task, with Churus, of establishing order in the Mortal Plane. They control much of the metaphysics of the world. Enos, in his first group of aspects, represent this. He is the god of time and eternity, beginnings and endings, change and continuity.
Enos' second group of aspects stem from the growth of society, and natural extensions of the concept of time. He is the god of calendars and seasons, death and mortality, destiny and family, and aging. Lastly, Enos Psychopomp is the usher of the dead, guaranteeing their protection from undeath and journey to beyond.

Appearance

Depictions of Enos are deeply uncommon. In Anhara in particular, and less frequently elsewhere, he is seen as an old man. Symbolically, he is often a circle, a circular swirl, or an hourglass.

Plane

Enos' plane, the Divine Loom, is twinned with that of Churus, circling the Mortal Plane in unison. While Churus wanders the Mortal Plane to gain information, Enos synthesises it into the Loom. The Divine Loom itself is an infinitely long, complex tapestry, into which the history of the cosmos is woven. Some cultures believe he adds to it as history goes on, or that it depicts a predetermined end of time.

Historical Overview

Primordial Origins

Creation Myth

Enos, with his sometimes-twin Churus, are the two primordial ordering gods. Together, the gods of history and time regulate the threads that bind the Planes together and make mortality possible. While they serve an essential role, it is one that takes place largely behind the scenes and away from human depiction. Humanity simply accepts them as a part of the world.

Enos' portion of the Creation story is slim, he is present and understood to be essential, but in the background. The establishment of time, afterall, does not lend itself to a story, but is rather its start. Cultural depictions of Enos in the Creation tale do bring him in at the end, for he is the beginning and the end. There are the first hints of Enos Psychopomp, returning to lead souls to the beyond.

Enos Changeharbinger

The gods who are believed to have existed at the beginning, ordering the Mortal Plane rather than creating physical parts of it, are often ascribed tangential domains. As the god of time, Enos naturally became the god of change. This is seen most frequently in depictions of him in art, heralding the end of cultural eras.
With change comes beginnings and endings, and Enos is associated with both, and from there, the seasons. He is a god of primarily winter, not for an icy personality, but as it is, across the world, an end. Rather, Enos is, when depicted, characterized as a comforting god, a warm embrace, melding change with the second half of his domain.

Enos Psychopomp

Enos Psychopomp leads the souls deemed sufficient to the beyond. Not a god of death or the dead, but a god of the transitory realms. His domain is not only the Void but the Mortal Plane as well. There he is the reaper of souls, responsible for ending those who try to extend their life unnaturally, undead, and those at a ripe old age.

Contemporary Views

Anhara

In all nations, Enos comes up infrequently. In Anhara, cultural depictions were rare -- most often a quest-giver or side character in Romance of Nobility works.
Enos' time aspects are understood to be his primary attribute, but are far from the easiest to depict or interpret. Rather, Anharan associations with Enos most often have to do with laying souls to rest. In that role, he is the guardian of pyroie. A nation steeped in old magic, his priests are also seen as the reapers of the souls of necromancers, undead, and any others who wish to push the boundaries of time.

al-Tahat

al-Tahat's relationship with Enos is far and away the most thorough of any culture. The nation that was once bountiful until feeling Tahat's anger has a complex relationship with history and time. By the modern day, acceptance is widespread, and Enos is revered for his association with the march of time and the longevity of the desert's culture and traditions.
Enos Psychopomp is often beseeched in al-Tahat, as Tahat's curse has left many souls unable to move on. The desert sands are full of the ghosts of those dead amongst the dunes, and Tahati Funerary Rites call for burial at hard-to-access sacred spaces, many long consumed by sand.

Boreal North

Litoric Islands

Panag Rho

Divine Classification

Natural God

Domains

Arcana
Astral
Grave
Order

Portfolio

Aging
Beginning & Ending
Calendars & Seasons
Change & Continuity
Death & Mortality
Destiny & Family
Eternity & Time

Titles

Father Time
Old Man Enos
Psychopomp
Sand-Father
The Circle Unbroken

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Gender

Male