Metis

Second moon of the planet Liafal, Metis orbits significantly further away than its principal moon, Njala. It supposedly came into existence when the goddess Corbenik ascended to godhood, though no one is quite certain why. As such, the moon is treated with a certain reverence in the country of Mortand, which worships Corbenik as its chief deity. Religious scholars posit that it may have been a deliberate creation by the newly-ascended goddess, as a message to the country of Eptina, which reveres the sun (and particularly its deity, Arkadi, of whom the sun is supposedly one of his incarnations).
In the United Coalition of Nereid States, a great deal of controversy surrounds the moon Metis. While they reverse the moon as an aspect of Lelei, Queen of the Sea, the apparent creation of another moon by another goddess has caused a division of faith amongst the nereids. While some believe that, as Metis also contributes to the pull of the tides, it should be given a lesser amount of reverence, some view its very existence as blasphemy and seek to destroy it.
Category:Gadelica