Animal Deities

The animal
deities are gods of mortal invention. Animal deities have the most influence in
the lives or mortals, as the least powerful gods they are the most interested
in clawing their way up the hierarchy to gain power. Each animal has its own
god, but only some have attached themselves to tribes and taken on their
tribe’s characteristics.

With Lyaha’s
conquering of Norheim many lesser deities from smaller tribes have been
extinguished, as all their worshippers were killed or absorbed into larger
tribes. These gods still exist in a lesser form, often wandering the mortal
plain as mythic creatures with diminished purpose.

While one tribe
may be affiliated with one main animal deity, all of them are worshipped for
their attributes. For instance a mortal of the Dog tribe may pray to the god of agriculture and the sun god  for a good crop before praying to Kutya the dog-god for protection.

### Lyaha - Horse god of war.

Lyaha is
arguably the most powerful of the animal deities. She has aligned herself with
a war-like tribe of people who desire conquest. With conquest comes more
worship and power. The religion revolving around Lyaha is that conquest will
save the world from the god of Destruction ending all life. The more land
conquered, the more people saved from this fate. Once conquest ends,
Destruction will rain upon them all and wipe out Norheim. They believe the
Splitter is the harbinger of the 3rd God Lord, and thus all lands
must be taken over to weed out the Splitter, and kill them before it can begin.

 Lyaha has
machinations to conquer all Norheim, and become the 4th God Lord to
replace The End. She will not stop on her blazing war path and will do whatever
it takes to secure this goal.

### Kutya - Dog god of family and versatility

Due to the size
of the dog tribe she is the second most powerful god, and one of the few things
keeping Lyaha from attacking the people of the Dog Tribe. She is the protector
of family, not necessarily restricted to those related by blood. Her doctrines
are those of inclusivity and fairness. She is easily adaptable. The people of
the Dog Tribe live by these rules, to go with the flow, and to never stagnate,
despite the trapping of the Black Wind.

As dogs come in
many breeds, so do the people of the Dog Tribe. They don’t have one identity,
but many, and the people are proud of their heritage. From a few miles away,
one city may have a completely different accent and microculture than another.
It is their versatility that makes the Dog tribe strong.

### Iníon Na Tíre ,Wolf god of Hunting

A small tribe,
with a powerful God. It’s a mystery why Iníon Na Tíre is such a formidable God,
their only guess being that there are more people in the Wolf Tribe than
previously known about, or some unknown worshippers across the continent.

She’s a stoic
and secretive God, sometimes glimpsed stalking among her tribe, watching over
her people. She will only reveal herself to those whom she permits and she
guards her people and land with extreme ferocity. It is known that her howls
summon the aroura in the sky, and her song fills those who hear it with a
sublime sense of reverence if you’re good of heart, and a deathly grip of fear
if you are not.

It is said that
if you become lost in the thick forests of the Wolf Tribe, and you are separated
from your clan, she will appear, and teach you how to hunt as the she-wolf
teaches her cubs.

The Wolf people
have learned from her nobility, and quiet majesty. They don’t need showmanship
or loud declarations to prove their worth. An alpha knows they’re an alpha without
having to boast about it.

### Suvedra- Wardinggull  of warding stones

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A wardinggull
is a name given to a specific gull that makes its nests on the cliffs of the
Wardinggull tribe. They are large seabirds similar to a great black-backed
seagull. They are the primary transporters of the precious warding stones, created only in the Warding tribe. As
such, they are a worshipped animal, and a sign of good luck to many.

Suvedra herself
is loud, and obnoxious with her calls, but to the people of her tribe it is the
sound of safety and prosperity. She’s quite an active god, and can sometimes be
glimpsed circling above her tribe through the clouds.

### Beaver- Building

=== Snow lion -Pride  in heritage and
past ===