Gods

**Gods** exist in the *Fae Tales Verse*, though they are rarely seen or encountered. Fae can also become demigods by invitation, if they have lived long enough and lived a momentous enough life. Gods are thought to primarily exist in the upperworlds and underworlds. The middleworlds include both the fae realm and the human realm.

## Description

Little is known about the gods, but it's generally understood that if gods from the upperworlds or underworlds spend too long in the fae realm, they become very sick, as seen with Kabiri in *The Ice Plague: Book 1 - The Forest of Fire*.

Most fae are areligious and so do not worship any gods. There are exceptions, such as in the case of Eran Iliakambar, who worships many fire gods, and Kabiri specifically. Eran received Kabiri's blessing in *The Ice Plague: Book 1 - The Forest of Fire,* and lives a devout and spiritual existence as a polytheist. There are some fae who worship other fae as false gods, such as in the case of the Cult of Taronis, who worship a Master Mage as though he is a 'sky god.'

## Underworld gods

Kabiri (Cadmilus) - God of volcanoes, fire dragons, and the ambaros, despite the ambaros being Seelie, and Kabiri being Unseelie.

## Upperworld gods

No upperworld gods are currently known, though Albion of the Atlantic was extended an invitation from the upperworld to become a deity himself. He has refused that invitation.

Gwyn ap Nudd's paternal grandfather rules in the upperworlds, though he is unnamed.

## Potential gods

Fae that have been extended the invitation to become demigods include:

## Genius loci

Fitting the definition of fae realm / middle realm gods, genius loci are land spirits who live in their own realms, sometimes in bodies of water, icebergs, and tectonic plates. They are typically incredibly large and powerful animals that can speak, and are typically neither Seelie nor Unseelie, though some can take the form of fae/live within fae. All Aur dryads are genius loci, and tied to their landscapes. 'In the absence of their landscape, they can sacrifice themselves to bring the landscape back.' The Raven Prince said that there's 'no magic that can command genius loci'. Genius loci are also more childlike in nature, particularly in their speech, but wise.

Known genius loci:

## Trivia

* Many fae will say 'by the gods' or 'gods' instead of blaspheming in other ways. Fae who frequent the human realm and have voluntarily spent time among humans, do pick up human blasphemy, despite no fae believing in any monotheistic human god.
* 'The Nightingale is rumoured to have swallowed two gods'
* As all Aur dryads are genius loci, so all of Mosk's family and the other Aur dryads were genius loci as well, but Mosk is currently the only living Aur dryad.
* The Raven Prince noted that Augus' connection to his lake is similar to how genius loci work.

## Folklore/Mythology

Although Gwyn's paternal grandfather is unnamed in the canon, in mythology, Lludd Llaw Eraint's father was Beli Mawr. 'Beli Mawr ("Beli the Great") was an ancestor figure in Middle Welsh literature and genealogies.'

## References

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2. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 3 - The Ice Plague.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 8 October 2021. https://archiveofourown.org/works/26266345/chapters/65621236. Chapter 4: Esgrettio.
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10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Beli Mawr". Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beli\_Mawr. Accessed 13 June 2021.