God's amulet

Oh King of Heaven, Lord of Light, Father of the Gods, who gives wisdom to mankind, protect us, your pious sons and daughters.

— Inscription found in an old Ikarian amulet

No one in Yeia is invincible, no one can avoid all the dangers that plague mortals: heartbreak, death, illness, wars, and a series of other misfortunes, which is why it is always good to ask for the protection of the gods. This protection, according to many Yeia peoples, is not only achieved by praying in the temples and practicing the rituals prescribed for the occasion, but the protection of the gods can be carried every day, through amulets such as medallions, pendants or amulets with the image of the gods or prayers addressed to them.

Amulets in the Davidovian world

Amulets related to the gods can be traced to the The proto-Davidovian peoples before 3000 BP. There are evidences of this in old tales like the The Siege of Dorstulon, the city of the Ten Walls where some heroes were given amulets by the gods themselves either before the war began or before a battle or when these heroes came back from the conflict. Most of these items are made of lead, copper, or the most expensive of silver or gold.

Oronai amulets

The Oronai are a very superstitious people and no undertaking, however small, can be begun without the approval of the gods. Most Oronai have statuettes of the gods in their homes that act as guardians of the home and the family that lives there. They also wear small portraits of the gods embedded in pendants or bracelets.
It is especially popular for boys and girls to wear a pendant with the portrait of the Goddess Tyr until they come of age, as the goddess of nature and motherhood is believed to be the one who takes care of children.

Ikarian/Blatan amulets

The Blatians share many of these traditions with the Oronai. They are also just as superstitious and wear the same pendants and bracelets to ask the gods to protect them in their daily lives.
A common phenomenon in the Blati Empire is pilgrimage to sacred places or places of special religious importance. There, many pilgrims buy amulets such as medals with the portraits of the gods or saints of the Reformed Church (the most popular are St. Titinius and St. Brigetin). Often these objects are not only considered protective of the person who wears them because they bear the image of the deity or saint, but in many cases, this protection is also given by the fact that the medal has touched a relic.
In the cities, monasteries and temples can sell these objects for a very cheap price as a way of raising money to maintain buildings or charities.

Seris amulets

In Seria Temples also produce amulets with the portraits of the gods, but artisans can also sell these items at the local markets . Typical of Seria are also small bells with the face of a god, which are usually carried by women and children. It is believed that their ringing drives away evil spirits and brings good luck to both the wearer and the listener to its peculiar sound.
Some pendants are made of stones that contain small fragments of gold. According to the tradition of the Davidovian peoples, the blood of the gods is liquid gold, so the gold veins in the rocks mean that a battle took place there where some god bled, so they believe that these stones contain "blood of the gods" and this would only protect them even more from the forces of evil.

Elven amulets

In the Elven world, believes about amulets are roughly the same as for their Davidovian human neighbours. But the Elves also add some peculiar amulets and pendants of their own. For example they use torcs or or bracelets made of wood from sacred trees. For example, in Southern Teria, in the Kingdom of Brire is very common to have a tiny bottle as a pendant that contains the water from the sacred spring that flows next to the cave of the Goddess Tyr at Banias.
Sun Elves also have amulets with the portrait of a god on one side and verses from the Book of Radiance on the other side.

Item type

Jewelry / Valuable