DongShenYin
First Post
My pantheon, slightly revised for coherence:
High King Chander The Stag : hunting, death, home
High Queen Ammure The Shieldmaiden : war, the sun, storms
High Prince Durrow The Balanced : oaths, justice, duty
High Princess Eldhei The Greedy : love, wealth, animals
High Prince Ushwin The Beautiful : mysteries, magic, destiny
High Princess Miaell The Wise : crops, fertility, the moon
High Prince Loughlan The Poet : livestock, stories, hospitality
In the dawning days, when the sky was young, it cracked asunder and gave birth to Chander and Ammure. They were young and carefree, enjoying bountiful game, ripe fields, and each other’s company. When a dozen times a dozen times a dozen years passed, the night cracked open, birthing a monstrous boar. Chander and Ammure knew it was for them, and for one hundred times one hundred years they pursued the creature. When it was at last weary, it turned upon them but Ammure fended it off with her stout wooden shield and Chander decapitated it with his sword.
Chander took the boar’s head and hung it on the sky, setting the right eye for the sun and the left eye for the moon. Its bristly fur became the woods, its tears became the waters, its teeth and tusks became the high mountains. When that was done, they took the boar’s body for their own, strengthening Ammure’s shield with its hide and Chander’s sword with its bones. They used the body to create their marriage cabin and set the bones around as the walls to their land. And they retreated to each other’s company.
As Chander and Ammure grew in love, creatures emerged from the boar’s head that they had set. Men formed from the meat of its tongue, other creatures crept from its nostrils. Once every few moons Chander and Ammure emerged from their cabin and saw the progress of man. Once in a while they would defend men from the creatures, or raise champions among them to protect the weaker. And then they became known as King Chander and Queen Ammure.
The first born to the King and Queen was Durrow. A sturdy lad, he saw what his parents were doing for the men, and he also saw that there were many who were fair of form and manner. The young god wrought from his parents an oath, to be punished with great pains if it were broken: that Chander and Ammure would always be faithful to each other. But even gods break oaths and as Ammure birthed her first daughter, Eldhei, so did a mortal woman catch Chander’s eye.
When Durrow found out that his father was an oath-breaker, the young god exacted the punishment from the King. For a hundred times a hundred times a hundred years he would be bound upon the boar’s tusks, to be scoured by the wind, eaten by carrion birds, and known to all as having broken his oath. Ushwin, the child he bore with the mortal woman was carried away by beasts and spirits to be raised among them.
When the hundred times a hundred times a hundred years were over, Durrow released his father. Ushwin was brought back to live with the gods and Queen Ammure forgave her husband for his broken pledge. Although Ushwin was surpassingly beautiful to look upon, he was not raised by the gods and thus knew of secrets that even they were not privy to. His older sister Eldhei, raised without a father, sought to fill the void in her heart with many things and thus became to be known as the Greedy.
With his crown restored, King Chander once more cast his eye on those who lived on the boar’s head. They had grown to a great populace and had begun to not only fight the occasional creature that emerged from the boar’s nostrils, but each other as well. This was made worse by the boar’s head beginning to decay where Chander had severed its head from its body. The bleached bones began to show, bringing with it an icy chill that killed man and beast alike.
Taking the form of a dazzling White Stag, King Chander appeared to his people. All who saw him wanted him as a prize, and it was no great difficulty to lead the people wherever he wished to go. For a thousand nights times a thousand days the people followed the White Stag without pause, finally reaching a land that the bleaching skull could not touch. There King Chander allowed the people to kill his stag form and take root, settling among the many tears shed by the boar.
With his people settled, King Chander and Queen Ammure bore their last children, the twins Miaell and Loughlan. The children, warm and safe in the bosom of their family, were quick of mind and eager for new things. Seeing the men that his father ruled, Loughlan also sought to make people, forming them out of the boar’s gums. Although their father had not outright forbidden him to do so, his sister guided his work by moonlight so that their parents could not see what they did until Ammure made the sun rise. These new people became the giants and were dedicated to the twins, leaning much lore about the gods from them. Once, bidden to watch their sister Eldhei’s sheep, the children quickly tied of the task and set sticks about the animals, much like the ring of bones around their parent’s marriage cabin. When the sun set and they returned to the sheep, the children had found that although the grass had been grazed to the soil, many of the ewes were pregnant, spared from attacks by predators.
The twins were also known for introducing houses to men, playing with sticks and mud until they formed cabins much like their parents’. Men found the new homes warm and cozy, glad to be protected from the elements, and learned to live within them. Finally, the twins were sent to the forest to gather nuts and berries for the spring. Princess Miaell, being the child that she was, had many holes in her apron through careless play. Seeds fell through the holes around the men’s homes, growing into a bountiful harvest by the time the autumn came around. And so men learned to grow crops.
---Dora
High King Chander The Stag : hunting, death, home
High Queen Ammure The Shieldmaiden : war, the sun, storms
High Prince Durrow The Balanced : oaths, justice, duty
High Princess Eldhei The Greedy : love, wealth, animals
High Prince Ushwin The Beautiful : mysteries, magic, destiny
High Princess Miaell The Wise : crops, fertility, the moon
High Prince Loughlan The Poet : livestock, stories, hospitality
In the dawning days, when the sky was young, it cracked asunder and gave birth to Chander and Ammure. They were young and carefree, enjoying bountiful game, ripe fields, and each other’s company. When a dozen times a dozen times a dozen years passed, the night cracked open, birthing a monstrous boar. Chander and Ammure knew it was for them, and for one hundred times one hundred years they pursued the creature. When it was at last weary, it turned upon them but Ammure fended it off with her stout wooden shield and Chander decapitated it with his sword.
Chander took the boar’s head and hung it on the sky, setting the right eye for the sun and the left eye for the moon. Its bristly fur became the woods, its tears became the waters, its teeth and tusks became the high mountains. When that was done, they took the boar’s body for their own, strengthening Ammure’s shield with its hide and Chander’s sword with its bones. They used the body to create their marriage cabin and set the bones around as the walls to their land. And they retreated to each other’s company.
As Chander and Ammure grew in love, creatures emerged from the boar’s head that they had set. Men formed from the meat of its tongue, other creatures crept from its nostrils. Once every few moons Chander and Ammure emerged from their cabin and saw the progress of man. Once in a while they would defend men from the creatures, or raise champions among them to protect the weaker. And then they became known as King Chander and Queen Ammure.
The first born to the King and Queen was Durrow. A sturdy lad, he saw what his parents were doing for the men, and he also saw that there were many who were fair of form and manner. The young god wrought from his parents an oath, to be punished with great pains if it were broken: that Chander and Ammure would always be faithful to each other. But even gods break oaths and as Ammure birthed her first daughter, Eldhei, so did a mortal woman catch Chander’s eye.
When Durrow found out that his father was an oath-breaker, the young god exacted the punishment from the King. For a hundred times a hundred times a hundred years he would be bound upon the boar’s tusks, to be scoured by the wind, eaten by carrion birds, and known to all as having broken his oath. Ushwin, the child he bore with the mortal woman was carried away by beasts and spirits to be raised among them.
When the hundred times a hundred times a hundred years were over, Durrow released his father. Ushwin was brought back to live with the gods and Queen Ammure forgave her husband for his broken pledge. Although Ushwin was surpassingly beautiful to look upon, he was not raised by the gods and thus knew of secrets that even they were not privy to. His older sister Eldhei, raised without a father, sought to fill the void in her heart with many things and thus became to be known as the Greedy.
With his crown restored, King Chander once more cast his eye on those who lived on the boar’s head. They had grown to a great populace and had begun to not only fight the occasional creature that emerged from the boar’s nostrils, but each other as well. This was made worse by the boar’s head beginning to decay where Chander had severed its head from its body. The bleached bones began to show, bringing with it an icy chill that killed man and beast alike.
Taking the form of a dazzling White Stag, King Chander appeared to his people. All who saw him wanted him as a prize, and it was no great difficulty to lead the people wherever he wished to go. For a thousand nights times a thousand days the people followed the White Stag without pause, finally reaching a land that the bleaching skull could not touch. There King Chander allowed the people to kill his stag form and take root, settling among the many tears shed by the boar.
With his people settled, King Chander and Queen Ammure bore their last children, the twins Miaell and Loughlan. The children, warm and safe in the bosom of their family, were quick of mind and eager for new things. Seeing the men that his father ruled, Loughlan also sought to make people, forming them out of the boar’s gums. Although their father had not outright forbidden him to do so, his sister guided his work by moonlight so that their parents could not see what they did until Ammure made the sun rise. These new people became the giants and were dedicated to the twins, leaning much lore about the gods from them. Once, bidden to watch their sister Eldhei’s sheep, the children quickly tied of the task and set sticks about the animals, much like the ring of bones around their parent’s marriage cabin. When the sun set and they returned to the sheep, the children had found that although the grass had been grazed to the soil, many of the ewes were pregnant, spared from attacks by predators.
The twins were also known for introducing houses to men, playing with sticks and mud until they formed cabins much like their parents’. Men found the new homes warm and cozy, glad to be protected from the elements, and learned to live within them. Finally, the twins were sent to the forest to gather nuts and berries for the spring. Princess Miaell, being the child that she was, had many holes in her apron through careless play. Seeds fell through the holes around the men’s homes, growing into a bountiful harvest by the time the autumn came around. And so men learned to grow crops.
---Dora
