Lashĭras

Lashĭras (IPA: la:ʃir:ras) is typically depicted as the Goddess of Motherhood and Fertility in the Eriaz Pantheon. 
The female counterpart and wife to Ilkhur, Lashĭras is therefore also an ancestor of 9 of the Uknanurĭd.
== Biography ==
=== The Awakening ===
Together with Ilkhur, Lashĭras awoke in the primordial world and set about continuing the creation of the universe. Where Ilkhur would raise mountains and continents out of the seas, she would make the soil rich and fertile and breathe life into the animals of the world.
As the life-bringing couple would soon find out however, there was too much work to be done and they alone could not nurture and care for their own creations. Through their love for one another, the duo would bring forth the 2nd generation of Uknanurĭd with the purpose of caring, nurturing and maintaining balance in the world.
=== The Garden ===
Together with two of the new generation and her favourites, Lashĭras would set about the world creating a veritable garden of delight - [[Halnanuǩ]] would be tasked with nurturing for the wild hunt and [[Anĭm-ur]] would follow her mother in granting the living the ability to grow. The garden would be the very first forests found in the world, and is fondly remember by many farmers in a poem, The Ballad of the Fruits.
== Worship ==
As the All-Mother of the Erigi world, it is highly common for women to pray to Lashĭras for fertility and good fortune during birth. Additionally, Lashĭras and Anĭm-ur are unique in that the clergy who administer their rites for the respective cults, are women-only, a rarity.
It is common at every fill moon, to sacrifice a live animal at an altar of Lashĭras, a good omen and representation of the fertility cycles many creatures experience, a gift from the Goddess.
== Etymology ==
Named in the Eriaz language, Lashĭras features the word "Lashĭr", which means mother. It is unknown whether the Goddess is named after the word, or vice versa.
Category:Religion