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Tare

Une Tare est une spécificité de personnage, préconçue, qui traduit un défaut, un trait négatif Roleplay, en un malus, désavantage, voire en une mécanique supplémentaire, sur les Roll et sur la Fiche Personnage. Son opposé est le Talent.

La liste des Tares disponibles est ici: Catégorie:Tares. La liste est ouverte aux propositions.

## Utilisation

Lorsqu'un personnage détient une Tare, il lui suffit de respecter ce qui est écrit dans sa description, retirant donc un certain score à ses Roll, l'empêchant d'accéder à certaines mécaniques de jeu, ou même avantageant son adversaire.

En compagnie d'un autre joueur, en particulier s'il ne connait pas les Tares de votre personnage, il sera demandé de citer le nom de la Tare activée avant d'exécuter son action et rajouter les malus.

## Obtention

### A la création de la Fiche Personnage

Lors de la création d'un personnage et de sa fiche, il est possible d'obtenir jusqu'à 3 Tares. Chaque Tare obtenue de cette façon permet d'obtenir en contrepartie des Fyropoints de création supplémentaires. La page Wiki de chaque Tare indique le nombre de Fyropoints qu'elle donne.

### En demandant la permission

Il n'y a pas d'avantage réel à ajouter une Tare à son personnage, mis à part pour les trois premières qui octroient des Fyropoints. Ainsi, vous êtes libres d'infliger des Tares à votre personnage au fur et à mesure, mais cela ne vous donnera rien de plus à partir de la quatrième. Cependant il est nécessaire que la Tare soit en accord avec votre personnage, qu'elle fasse écho au Roleplay de celui-ci.

En demandant à un Maître de Jeu, vous pouvez obtenir une Tare pour votre personnage, si celui-ci juge la Tare cohérente avec le reste du personnage.

### Lors d'un événement RP

Il se peut que certains événements RP ou grands Events laissent une marque sur votre personnage, en bien ou en mal.
Aglaurides

*Housemates of the Serpent*

**Origin:** Athens

The Aglaurides are the three daughters of Aglauros, a Nymph, and Cecrops, snake spirit and first king of Athens:

* Aglauros: “Dweller on Tilled Land”
* Herse: “Dewfall”
* Pandrosos: “All Bedewed” or “All Bedewing”

The eldest daughter shares her name with her mother. Aglaurides means “children of Aglauros,” emphasizing their maternal lineage and indicating that they were born before Athens was dedicated to Athena, the point when children first began to be named after their fathers. They are sometimes known as the Cecropids, after their father who was famed as the first to discover the secret of paternity and insist on monogamy, at least for women.

Cecrops was a devotee of Athena; the girls tended her shrine. Athena entrusted them with a round, closed casket, asking them to guard it vigilantly and forbidding them to ever open it or look within. You know how this fairy tale goes. For a while, the Aglaurides were obedient, but finally Aglauros became too curious and peeked inside. What she saw was either:

* A snake (possibly a *really* big snake)
* An infant guarded by a snake
* A human/snake composite: baby on top, snake below the waist; or a snake with a human face

Herse peeked, too. Both were instantly struck mad. They leaped suicidally from the high rock that would eventually become the Acropolis. (An alternative version has them chased off the rock by the snake that emerged from the basket.) It is unclear why daughters of a snake-man would react so negatively to what was contained within Athena’s basket; perhaps some details have been omitted. Allegedly the sisters still haunt the cliffs and have been witnessed dancing near Pan’s cave.

It is theorized that the Aglaurides sisters are goddesses who actually precede Athena in the area. Their family may have initially introduced veneration of Athena, who was then a snake goddess. The story of the girls’ suicide may refer to Athena’s transition to Olympian spirit and her banishing of the earlier facets of her personality and veneration.

**See Also:** Aglauros; Arachne; Athena; Erichtonios; Medusa; Pallas; Pan

## Information Sources

Encyclopedia of Spirits: The Ultimate Guide to the Magic of Fairies, Genies, Demons, Ghosts, Gods & Goddesses by Judika Illes
Allat

*The Female Divine; The Goddess*

**Also known as:** Al-Lat; Alilat; Allatu

**Origin:** Arabia

Allat is the feminine version of the name Allah. It may be a title, not a name. She is a pre-Islamic spirit who was once among the primary deities venerated at Mecca. Allat, Al Uzza, and Menat are the trinity of goddesses mentioned in the Koran. They are the subject of the so-called “satanic verses,” which originally allowed prayers of intercession to be directed to the three Pagan goddesses. The Prophet Muhammed eventually retracted those verses. The incident was the inspiration for Salman Rushdie’s controversial 1988 novel The Satanic Verses.

Allat is a spirit of abundance with dominion over human reproduction.

Allat was popular throughout Northern Arabia and in Syria. Her chief sanctuary was at Ta’if, near Mecca, where she was venerated in the form of a large, unhewn block of white granite. Women ritualistically circled her rock, naked, expecting Allat to hear and grant their petitions. Allat was venerated by the Nabataeans at Petra in the form of a four-sided stone, and by the people of Hatra, capital of the first Arab kingdom, now in Iraq. She may have had dominion over trade routes, protecting those who travelled them.

She was identified with Athena and Minerva, but Herodotus compared her to Aphrodite.

**Manifestation:** Allat appears in the guise of a beautiful, mature, fertile woman.

**Iconography:** On coins from the Roman province of Petraea, she appears as a robed woman holding a bundle of cinnamon sticks and standing beside a camel.

**Planet:** Sun

**Animal:** Camel

**Offerings:** Fruit and fragrance (incense, perfume)

**See Also:**Al Uzza; Aphrodite; Athena, Ereshkigal; Menat; Minerva

## Information Source

Encyclopedia of Spirits: The Ultimate Guide to the Magic of Fairies, Genies, Demons, Ghosts, Gods & Goddesses by Judika Illes
Céleste(Déesse)

Céleste est la Déesse principale de la religion Célestienne. Cette Grande Déesse associée au Ciel et plus largement à l'Univers est d'après les Célestiens à l'origine même du Monde, mais aussi des quatre Dieux du Cycle: Naci, Solar, Hybris, Stella, et du Seigneur Démon Amon.

## Représentation

Dans la majorité des représentations religieuses, les Célestiens semblent s'être mis d'accord pour décrire une grande femme aux airs maternels, doux mais rigoureux. Elle possède une longue chevelure bleu ciel et porte sur elle une très longue robe blanche bleutée, décorée de plumes et de diamants. De longs gants en soie lui sont confiés lorsqu'elle n'est pas dépeinte en plein travail, mais plutôt lorsqu'elle observe et communique avec son oeuvre.

Il lui arrive d'être simplement représentée par une plume très soignée, ou par un diamant pur, de couleur blanche ou bleue. Céleste laisse toujours une impression de douceur mêlée à une admiration forcée par sa beauté, sa bonté, sa justice.

## Fonction

Céleste est la créatrice de l'Univers et donc sa dirigeante. Il est dit qu'elle appartient à un Plan supérieur au nôtre, et qu'elle a donc pu créer le monde, la vie, et tout le reste, en sacrifiant une partie d'elle-même pour son oeuvre. Ayant d'abord matérialisé les Terres sur lesquelles vivre, elle a ensuite décidé de donner naissance à Naci, Solar, Hybris et Stella pour s'occuper de la Vie et assurer son bon fonctionnement.

Aujourd'hui elle continue d'étendre son Univers, petit à petit, jusqu'au fin fond des étoiles, pour un jour terminer son oeuvre complète. Elle garde évidemment un oeil sur Myyh et ses habitants, sa plus belle création, qu'elle aime par dessus tout, et veille à ce que l'Ordre règne dans son grand Royaume.

## Culte

Comme tous les dieux de Céleste, Céleste est vénérée par le biais de prières et d'offrandes. Étant donné son rôle et son labeur, il est coutume de lui adresser sa prière dans une Église pour que la parole lui parvienne. On invoque en général les autres Dieux pour prier quotidiennement, et on réserve une plus grande prière lors de la Messe de fin de semaine à l'Église.

Les Célestiens obéissent à Céleste en se référant aux textes sacrés de la Blanche Plume, un livre écrit par les Midivins qui ont retranscrit les messages des divinités destinés à tous les êtres de Myyh. Ils peuvent alors y étudier la Parole du Ciel et recevoir la Foi lors des Messes, y retrouver les commandements et les valeurs du Ciel qui permettent à l'âme de se sublimer.

## Divers

- En sachant que Céleste a donné d'elle-même pour créer la Vie sur Myyh, certains émettent la possibilité que d'autres endroits lointains, hors de portée, aient pu être bénis par le Ciel à leur tour. Cela permettrait alors de croire aux extra-terrestres.
Bean

(Phaseolus spp.)

Planet: Mercury

Element: Air

Energies: Money, sex

Lore:

Beans were a major part of the diets of many Mesoamerican cultures, including the Maya and the Aztecs. They’re still an important food throughout Latin America. Plutarch states that beans were given in sacrifice to Harpocrates (the Graeco-Roman deity) in the month of Mesore. Apollo was also offered beans in sacrifice. The Egyptian king Ramses III offered 11,998 jars of shelled beans to the deities on one occasion.

Several ancient religions forbade priests and priestesses to eat beans. The Romans offered beans to the dead at certain festivals. The Greeks and Romans also used beans for ballots: white beans for yes, black beans for no. Apollo was offered beans in sacrifice. Beans were long thought to promote sexual desire if eaten. The famous English herbalist Culpeper recommended them for this purpose, while a father of the Church, Saint Jerome, forbade nuns to eat beans because they “tickled the genitals.”

In England, insanity was thought to be the result of sleeping overnight in a bean field.

The white-flowered beans, however, have long been sacred to the Goddess and were revered by many peoples. Colonists learned the art of cooking Boston baked beans from American Indians.

Magical uses:

Add beans to diets designed to increase wealth. If you make your own baked beans, add a touch of ginger, maple syrup, and other money attracting foods during their preparation, and visualize as you mix and cook. Or, eat beans with the appropriate visualization to increase your interest in sexual activity. Hot chili with beans is a protective dish.
Anais

**Origin:** Haiti

**Classification:** Lwa

Among Vodouistes, the image of the Black Madonna of Czestochowa is understood to portray the lwa Ezili Dantor. If the Madonna is Ezili, then who is the baby in her arms? That baby is Anaïs, Ezili Dantor’s beloved daughter. Ezili lives, breathes, and, crucially, works for Anaïs. Just as they appear together in the image, so the two spirits may be venerated together and will happily share altar space. Propitiate Anaïs in order to get into Ezili’s good graces.

Anaïs serves as her mother’s mediator. Those who seek Ezili may address themselves to Anaïs requesting that she please deliver their messages to her mother. Give both lwa their own offerings. Anaïs is her mother’s translator and interpreter. According to some myths, Ezili can no longer speak, her tongue having been sliced out after the Haitian Revolution. She is only able to articulate sounds. Anaïs understands her mother perfectly and can provide communication services. Invoke Anaïs if you are having a hard time communicating with Ezili Dantor.

Ezili Dantor may also have other children, possibly as many as seven; however, Anaïs is the only consistent child. She, not any other of Ezili’s children, is identified as the child accompanying the Madonna in the icon of Czestochowa.

**Manifestation:** Anaïs appears as a child or a young woman.

**Iconography:** The image identified as the Christ Child in the icon of Czestochowa may be understood to represent Anaïs. (For those wishing to avoid Christian iconography, there are also many depictions of Ezili and Anaïs by modern Haitian artists.)

**Offerings:** Pineapples; piña coladas; Anaïs-Anaïs cologne (Ezili Freda’s favorite)

**See Also:** Anaisa Pyé; Black Madonna of Czestochowa; Ezili Dantor; Ezili Freda Dahomey

## Information Source

Encyclopedia of Spirits: The Ultimate Guide to the Magic of Fairies, Genies, Demons, Ghosts, Gods & Goddesses by Judika Illes
Alastor

Avenger

**Origin:** Greek

When is a blood feud sated? At what point is revenge sufficient? Alastor might say “never.” Alastor may be an individual spirit of vengeance or a class of avenging spirits. The term is sometimes used as an epithet for deities like Zeus and Nemesis in their roles as purveyors of justice. What began as justice spirits evolved into feared spirits of questionable intent associated with vendettas and blood feuds.

Alastor’s revenge isn’t just any revenge: it’s bloody, scary, out-of-control, raging revenge. Euripides’ Cassandra threatens Agamemnon by claiming the powers of an alastor (and as she is a shaman, this may be no idle threat). Shelley used the name for Alastor, or The Spirit of Solitude (1816); his first important work, the poem is a condemnation of self-centered idealism. The name Alastor is also borne by a son of Neleus and brother of Nestor, married to Harpalyce.

   Alastor is identified with the concept of children paying for the sins of their fathers, a common theme in Greek mythology. Although theoretically Alastor is a justice spirit, an alastor is also a feared possessing spirit that relentlessly drives its host to seek vengeance. The spirit may enjoy the bloodshed. (The clue is that the host displays obsessions and feels compelled to do what he or she does not wish to do or knows is wrong.) Psychic disharmony caused by the trauma of the original crime renders the individual vulnerable to the alastor. Thus when Orestes is advised by an oracle to avenge his father by murdering his mother, he initially questions whether this advice really came from Apollo or from an evil-intentioned alastor. By the Middle Ages, Alastor was identified as a Demon or a class of Demons.

Alastor: A vengeance demon named in Collin de Plancy’s Dictionnaire Infernal. In this text, de Plancy indicates that Alastor was known in the Zoroastrian tradition as the Executioner. Although the Zoroastrian connection is dubitable, in the tradition of the ancient Greeks, Alastor was indeed a spirit of vengeance. Zeus was known as Zeus Alastor whenever he assumed a vengeful form. In Waite’s presentation of the Grand Grimoire from his 1910 Book of Black Magic and Pacts, Alastor is described as Hell’s Commissioner of Public Works. He is also portrayed as an infernal judge. These attributions tie back to the work of Charles Berbiguier, a self-styled demonologist from the early nineteenth century.

**See Also:** Apollo; Demon; Erinyes; Nemesis; Zeus

## Information Source

Encyclopedia of Spirits: The Ultimate Guide to the Magic of Fairies, Genies, Demons, Ghosts, Gods & Goddesses by Judika Illes

Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend, Third Edition – Written by Anthony S. Mercatante & James R. Dow

The Dictionary of Demons written by Michelle Belanger
Almaqah

*Lord of the Horned Goats*

**Also known as:** Ilmuqah

**Origin:** Sabaean

Very little information survives regarding pre-Islamic spirits of Arabia, but Almaqah appears to have been the preeminent deity of the South Arabian kingdom of Saba, now in modern Yemen. He was also venerated in what is now Eritrea. The Sabaeans called themselves “Almaqah’s children.” Sabaean inscriptions invoking him date from the seventh century BCE. The great temple of Marib, in Yemen, sometimes called the Eighth Wonder of the Ancient World, seems to have been dedicated to him. (Archaeological evidence is still pending.) He seems to have dominion over precipitation, controlling storms, rain, and flooding. He is the guardian of irrigation, crucial to a desert nation.

**Planet:** Moon

**Sacred animals**: Bull, goat, ibex

**Attributes:** Cluster of lightning bolts and an S-shaped weapon

**Emblem**: He is represented by a geometric image of a circle rising above a crescent: this is usually interpreted as a sun over the crescent moon, however it could also be a full moon within cattle horns, similar to crowns of Hathor and Isis.

## Information Source

Encyclopedia of Spirits: The Ultimate Guide to the Magic of Fairies,
Genies, Demons, Ghosts, Gods & Goddesses by Judika Illes
Baron Kriminel

**Also known as**: Baron Criminel; Captain Zombi

**Classification**: Baron; Bizango; Centinela; Lwa

Justice awaits beyond the grave. Sometimes justice emerges from the grave. Baron Kriminel is a fierce spirit of justice. He is custodian of the graveyard, captain of the zombi squad. He leads an army of zombis.

Baron Kriminel is a headhunter. He wears a belt of severed heads and carries a sack filled with souls he has collected. Does he make you nervous? Then remember, he’s a force of justice: if you have no guilt, you need have no fear. Behave yourself; behave ethically and kindly and you will never meet him—unless you go looking for him, but that’s another story: he is also patron of criminals who invoke him for safety and success. Baron Kriminel is the Master Criminal but also the vigilante who enforces justice.

He’s accused of being a cannibal, which is not untrue but ignores the complexities of this mysterious, powerful spirit. Behave like a pig and be consumed like a pig. Baron Kriminel inflicts justice by transforming someone into a pig, which he then eats with no knife but only a fork and spoon, i.e., slowly and excruciatingly painfully. The fork and spoon are also symbolic of his aloof, unsympathetic nature: he eats like a colonial master from slavery days.

Dominican Vodou classifies Baron Kriminel as a centinela (sentinel or guardian). Place his image by your doors looking outward to protect against enemies and invasion.

Kriminel is classified among the Barons and the Petro or Bizango lwa. His close companions include Ezili Dantor, Marinette, Ti Jean Petro, and Simbi Andezo. He is a coldhearted, merciless spirit; if you find yourself in trouble with him, appeal to Ezili Dantor, who is most likely to save you, although Simbi Andezo may be helpful, too.

Baron Kriminel is syncretized to Saint Pancras or Saint Sebastian.

**Attributes**: Cross; fork (sometimes fork and spoon; the better to eat you with, my dear)

**Colours**: Black, red

**Animal**: Pig

**See also**: Barons; Bizango; Circe; Ezili Dantor; Marinette; Petro; Ti-Jean Petro; Simbi

## Information Source

Encyclopedia of Spirits: The Ultimate Guide to the Magic of Fairies, Genies, Demons, Ghosts, Gods & Goddesses by Judika Illes
Begtse

*Hidden Shirt of Mail*

**Also known as:** Begtsejen; Begtse Chen; Jamsing

**Origin:** Mongolia

Begtse once rode with Genghis Khan as Lord of War; now this fierce Mongolian deity protects the Dharma. Begtse, a pre-Buddhist Mongolian guardian spirit associated with Tantric traditions, tried to stop the third Dalai Lama from entering Mongolia in 1575. The Dalai Lama defeated Begtse, converted him to Buddhism, and transformed him into a Dharmapala, a defender of Buddhism. He is Mongolia’s guardian but venerated in Tibet, too. The fifth Dalai Lama appointed Begtse, protector of the Tibetan government. He also serves as personal protector of the Dalai Lamas.

**Manifestation:** He has three eyes, four fangs, and a perpetually wrathful countenance. He wears a crown of five skulls and a garland of freshly severed heads.

**Iconography:** Begtse is traditionally depicted standing atop a mountain in the middle of a lake formed from the blood of men and horses. (Mongolia is famed for its traditional horse culture.) Alternatively he tramples the corpses of men and horses, symbolic of victory. He may be portrayed holding an enemy’s heart, which he has personally yanked out.

**Attributes:** Scorpion-handled flaming sword; bow and arrow; banner featuring an impaled human head

**Home**: Begtse resides in a palace constructed entirely of bleached human bones atop a red, four-cornered copper mountain rising from a sea
of blood.

**Colour:** Red

**Metal**: Copper

**Spirit allies:** Begtse travels with an entourage of spirits. Another name for him is Jamsing, literally “brother-sister” because he is usually accompanied by his sister, Rigpay Lhamo, who may also be his consort. She rides at Begtse’s right side, while his other constant ally, Leken Marpo, rides at his left.

**Offerings:** Begtse is traditionally offered barley flour mixed with water, intended to represent human sacrifice; his libations are served in skull cups.

**See Also:** Avalokitesvara; Eight Dharma Protectors; Leken Marpo; Rigpay Lhamo

## Information Source

Encyclopedia of Spirits: The Ultimate Guide to the Magic of Fairies, Genies, Demons, Ghosts, Gods & Goddesses by Judika Illes
Ashvatthaman

**Pantheon**: Hindu

**Alignment**: Chaotic - Neutral

## Fate Lore

Anger, and fighting. He lined up with Karna at the Mahabharata, and was called the strongest Brahmin warrior. The personification of anger… In other words, Aśvatthāman.

**Height/Weight:** 188 cm, 81 kg

**Source:** Mahabharata

**Origin:** India
Anger, rage, keep fighting to the limit of his strength.

One of the heroes that appears in the Mahabharata. His father is the Brahmin hero Drona. In the great war sung in the epic, he like his father, stuck to Duryodhana’s side, and unfolded a lurid conflict with the five Pandava brothers together with Karna.

After all the influential men of his own army, including Karna, died, he broke his pledge as a warrior maddened with rage, and carried out a night assault. It is said he massacred thousands of people.

**『O Chakra, Stir Up my Raging Flames』**

**Rank:** A+

**Type:** Anti-Army Noble Phantasm

**Range:** 1~50

**Maximum number of targets:** 500 people

Sudarshan Chakra Yamaraj. Unusually, he made a weapon he didn’t possess in life, that he couldn’t possess, into a Noble Phantasm. He who has a huge chakram in his hand, at the time of being summoned as a Servant, freely manipulated this weapon, and continued engraving it in his memory as a warrior. In other words, all of his usage of the chakram is self-taught, an original that wasn’t taught by anyone.

Anyway, he’s solely angry. Angry for the unreasonable, angry for sadness, angry for pride. However, he swore not to hate. He always wished to be a person to raise an objection against the unreasonable world.

Blowing away any wise reason, no matter who he faces he’ll blow them away with composure if they don’t convince him. In a Holy Grail War, he’s the type of considering the compatibility with the Master extremely important. If the affinity is bad, he’ll even think on self-annihilation in the first battle.

**○ Personification of Rage: EX**

He whose half body houses Shiva, once his rage burns will never stop until he defeats his enemy.

**○ Gem of Mani: B** *(Chintamani)*

The jewel embedded in his forehead since he was born. With this, he was able to defend himself from demonic creatures and beasts. Also, he handed the stone over as a proof of surrender.

**○ Violation of the Chivalry Code: A**

The oath that was raised between warriors, in the Mahabharata, was continuously trampled. Vengeance called vengeance, and offense made offense proliferate. Ashwatthama, who was too furious, performed a forbidden night assault, and brought down the enemies.

**○ Warrior of the Emperor: A+** *(Maharatha)*

Something in which his anecdote as the best warrior appearing in the Mahabharata, extolled to be ranked equal with Karna and Arjuna. By combining it with **Violation of the Chivalry Code**, and **Personification of Rage**, he becomes more of a mad warrior than a Berserker.
Atargatis

**Also known as**: Dea Syria, “the Syrian goddess” (Rome); Derceto, “whale of Der” (Philistine)

**Origin:** Sumeria

Fish swimming in the Euphrates discovered an unusual egg floating on the river. They nudged it to shore with their noses. Once on dry land, the egg hatched and Atargatis emerged, in mermaid form.

Atargatis is intensely proud of her mermaid form. Atargatis is no little mermaid longing for legs: when she bore a daughter in the shape of a human, Atargatis was so surprised and dismayed that she killed her lover, the baby’s father. Transporting her newborn daughter, Semiramis, to the wilderness, she left her in the care of doves who fed and attended the baby. Some versions of this legend state that Atargatis then threw herself into a lake, transforming herself into the Great Fish Mother and since that time prefers to communicate with humans through fish.

Atargatis was widely venerated. Her primary shrine was a magnificent temple in Hierapolis, Syria, northeast of Aleppo near the Euphrates. It was the largest, richest temple in Syria and eventually plundered by Romans. Under her Philistine name, Derceto, she had a temple in Ashkelon, now modern Israel. Atargatis counted ancient Israelites among her devotees. She had sacred fish ponds in Crete and Cyprus and a small temple on the sacred island of Delos. There is much conjecture that the temple in Petra, now modern Jordan, belonged to her.

Syrian auxiliaries in the Roman army carried veneration of Atargatis throughout Europe, especially Spain. Inscriptions dedicated to her have been found in Northumberland and Yorkshire. She was a great favourite of Roman Emperor Nero.

Atargatis is petitioned for abundance, health, protection, fertility, safety, and virtually anything else one desires. Devotees traditionally refrain from eating doves and any kind of fish, including shellfish.

**Manifestation:** Atargatis wears a dolphin crown.

**Attribute:** A scepter topped with a dove

**Creatures:** Doves, snakes, fish, whales, dolphins, and other sea creatures. Atargatis’ sanctuaries featured sacred trees full of doves and ponds filled with sacred fish. Their gills and lips were pierced and they were decorated with gold ornaments. Fish function as Atargatis’ oracle and were hand-fed by her priestesses and priests.

**Place:** Syria, where she was sometimes the most prominent and beloved deity

**Offerings:** Votive offerings of gold and silver fish. Maintain an ornamental pond filled with beautiful, healthy fish. Feed pigeons: they’re doves, too. Contributing to the safety of sea creatures and their watery homes should gain her favour.

**See also:** Al-Uzza; Aphrodite; Asteria; Mari (2); Mermaids; Semiramis

## Information Source

Encyclopedia of Spirits: The Ultimate Guide to the Magic of Fairies, Genies, Demons, Ghosts, Gods & Goddesses by Judika Illes
Brag-Srin-Mo

**Origin:** Tibet

Brag-srin-mo is Tibet’s mother goddess and ancestress. She lived in the mountains where she became romantically involved with a monkey god. Their children became the Tibetan people. Post-Buddhism, Brag-srin-mo was identified as an avatar of Tara.

**See Also:** Avalokiteshvara; Tara (2)

## Information Source

Encyclopedia of Spirits: The Ultimate Guide to the Magic of Fairies, Genies, Demons, Ghosts, Gods & Goddesses by Judika Illes
Solar

Solar est le dieu Célestien associé au Jour. Il accompagne toutes les âmes sur le chemin de l'accomplissement et leur donne la force d'avancer à travers toutes les épreuves de la vie. Souvent en rivalité avec son confrère du Soir Hybris, il est la voix de la raison, de la justice, du courage, il est la lumière à suivre et inspire la motivation.

## Représentation

Solar revêt bien souvent l'apparence d'un grand homme imposant, dans sa trentaine d'années, dont la chevelure et la barbe blondes resplendissent. Ses traits sévères et pourtant bienveillants le dépeignent comme un Père, qui tend la main à ses enfants, couronne les persévérants, relève les défaits, guide les égarés. Habillé principalement de blanc, de rouge, de jaune, les artistes Célestiens attribuent à Solar une large gamme de vêtements nobles et ornés, parfois même des armures décorées.

Le concept de Solar est représenté par le soleil ou une grande source de lumière, qu'elle soit du ciel ou non. Il caractérise alors l'aspect saint, juste, puissant d'un objet ou d'une personne. Il peut aussi être représenté par une lanterne ou tout autre objet qui écarte les ténèbres afin d'offrir sa guidance aux âmes.

## Fonction

Solar a pour fonction de guider les âmes tout le long de leur vie, et principalement lors de leurs belles années de labeur et d'aventure. Il récupère les enfants de Naci et leur montre le chemin de la lumière, de la raison, de la justice, de la piété. Le dieu du Jour donne alors aux êtres la force et la motivation d'avancer, de remplir leur devoir, de devenir plus forts et plus spirituels, car le suivre c'est suivre le chemin d'une croissance à toute épreuve.

Il permet aux êtres de ne pas succomber entièrement à la folie d'Hybris et les aide à surmonter les défis que celui-ci sème sur le chemin. Cette rivalité avec le Dieu du Soir constitue un équilibre entre la Raison et la Passion que chaque être est condamné à expérimenter.

## Culte

Comme tous les dieux de Céleste, Solar est vénéré par le biais de prières et d'offrandes. On lui adresse une prière plus particulièrement au zénith, vers midi, avant de manger, mais rien n'empêche de lui faire des offrandes à l'Église ou de le prier à tout moment pour le remercier ou lui demander conseil.

Il est coutume d'offrir à Solar le fruit de son labeur, un feu de joie, de la monnaie ou de l'or. Les ateliers, les fermes, les guildes d'aventuriers possèdent bien souvent une représentation de Solar pour apporter motivation, force, et victoire.

Au solstice d'été, les Célestiens célèbrent la Fête du Soleil pour rendre hommage à Solar. Toute la journée ils ont l'occasion de participer à de grands repas et banquets résultants des récoltes, des compétitions sportives avec des prix divers, faire des prières et chants religieux jusqu'au soir.

## Divers

* Solar est facilement associé à la force et à l'aventure, apprécié des mercenaires, des forces armées et autres combattants. Par ailleurs, le clergé Célestien forme lui aussi des guerriers et paladins portant les couleurs et les valeurs du Dieu du Jour.
* Les agriculteurs s'appuient beaucoup sur Naci et Solar pour la prospérité de leurs récoltes.
Andraste

**Origin:** Celtic

Andraste is invoked for courage, luck, safety, and victory in battle. Her name may mean “invincible,” “unconquerable,” or “victory.” She is the goddess invoked by Boudica, the British warrior queen during her rebellion against Rome in 60 CE. Because of this rebellion, information survives regarding Andraste—albeit from the pens of Romans, enemies of her devotees.
Roman historian Dio Cassius (born circa 160 CE, died after 229, the publication date of his last book) spent over twenty-two years researching an eighty-volume history of Rome. He wrote that Boudica ritually released a hare to invoke Andraste when initiating her military campaigns. Dio Cassius describes the rites of Andraste as resembling those of Maenads, the female devotees of Dionysus. He did not intend this as a compliment. The comparison was given in the context of describing Boudica’s massacre of Roman women in London.

Dio Cassius was a biased reporter born long after Boudica’s revolt. It’s difficult to judge the accuracy of his statement: it is not even clear whether he means Andraste’s rites were truly similar to the Dionysian spiritual traditions of actual Maenads or if the word Maenad had degenerated into an insult word, signifying nothing but wild, bloodthirsty women.

Dio Cassius writes that following the sack of London, Boudica’s female prisoners were sacrificed in Andraste’s grove: victims’ breasts were cut off and stuffed into their mouths before they were vertically impaled on great skewers. (What happened to male prisoners—if there were any—is unclear.) Roman senator and historian Tacitus (circa 56 CE—circa 117 CE), who lived closer to Boudica’s time, also describes the scene but not in terms of sacrifices to Andraste. He suggests that Boudica and company were already aware of their fate and eventual defeat and so were exacting revenge in advance. The Romans identified the goddess Andraste with their own goddess, Victoria.

**Place**: The only thing truly known about Andraste’s rites is that she was venerated in a grove. If you seek her, this is the place to start.

**See Also:** Dionysus; Nike; Victoria

## Appearances in Modern Media

From Rage of BahamutFrom Reign of Dragons
## Information Source

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Genies, Demons, Ghosts, Gods & Goddesses by Judika Illes
Boldog Asszony

**Also known as:** Boldogaszony

**Origin:** Hungary

Boldog Asszony literally means “Happy Woman.” Asszony, translated as “woman,” possesses an extra nuance: Asszony indicates a relationship so close and intimate that, though not a physical blood relative, it is impossible to conceive of having a wedding or funeral without her. That’s the gist of Boldog Asszony, presiding spirit of life cycles, especially births and weddings.

Boldog Asszony grants fertility, oversees pregnancy, and supervises birth. It is traditional to honour her immediately after birth. An offering table is laid for her, and she must be formally thanked. She is, as her title indicates, a generally benevolent, patient goddess not given to the temper tantrums displayed by some Birth Fairies. If a family fails to honour her, it may take years for her displeasure to manifest: fail to thank Boldog Asszony at the birth of a baby, and that baby may never have a happy marriage. (The opportunity exists in the years in between to apologize and make amends.)

Boldog Asszony is a title, not a name, and it is now generally applied to the Virgin Mary, but the original Boldog Asszony was a goddess with dominion over joy, fertility, and abundance, among the primary deities of the Hungarian pantheon. Saint Gellert, who converted the Hungarians to Christianity in the eleventh century, wrote that the Church was associating Boldog Asszony with Mary and calling her the Queen of Hungary.

Boldog Asszony has seven daughters who bring good fortune. To differentiate her from her daughters, she is called Nagy Boldogaszony (“Big or Great Boldog Asszony”) while her daughters are Kis Boldogaszony (“Little Boldog Asszony”). She is intensely identified with Mary. Alternatively, she is identified with Saint Anne, while Little Boldog Asszony, reduced to one daughter, is identified with Anne’s daughter, Mary.

**Day**: Tuesday. (Do not do laundry or anything that pollutes or dirties water on her day.)

**Sacred day**: She is now associated with Christmas and with various harvest festivals throughout the year.

**Offerings:** Water, wine, pastries, dried and fresh fruit, Palinka (Hungarian fruit brandy)

**See Also:** Atete; Black Madonna; Birth Fairy; Szépasszony

## Information Source

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Amphitrite

*Loud Moaning*

**Origin:** Greek

Amphitrite (the third one who encircles, i.e., the sea) In Greek mythology, the great goddess is the mistress and owner of the Mediterranean, a sea goddess, daughter of Nereus and Doris (or Oceanus and Tethys); wife of Poseidon; mother of Albion, Benthesicyme, Charybdis, Rhode, and Triton. Poseidon saw her dancing with the Nereids on the isle of Naxos and raped her. He then wanted to marry her, making the relationship permanent. She fled to the western end of her territory, allegedly taking shelter with Atlas or Oceanus, who may be her father.
Delphin, a dolphin spirit, spied on her, revealing her hiding place to Poseidon, who begged her to marry him. Ultimately it was the dolphin who persuaded her to emerge. Homer does not call her Poseidon’s wife but a sea goddess who beats the billows against the rocks. Amphitrite had no separate worship or cult.

As her consort, Poseidon is King of the Sea. Their marriage is ambivalent. Like Zeus, Poseidon is perpetually unfaithful. Unlike Hera, Amphitrite takes this in stride. (In many ways, Amphitrite is the watery counterpart of Hera. Crabs are sacred to both goddesses.) Amphitrite does not spend much time on Olympus, preferring to stay in her own realm.

She was often portrayed with a net confining her hair, with crabs’ claws on the crown of her head, being carried by Tritons or by dolphins and other marine animals, or drawn by them in a chariot of shells. The Romans identified her with Salacia, their goddess of the salt waves. Amphitrite appears in Ovid’s Metamorphoses (book 1) and Keats’s Endymion (II.108) She appears in Poussin’s painting The Triumph of Neptune and Amphitrite.

Petition Amphitrite for safety on the sea, prosperity, abundance, and true love. She has powers of healing and fertility and access to all the treasures of the sea. She may be invoked to punish unfaithful and/or abusive spouses as well as rapists.

**Manifestation:** A beautiful woman with an elaborate hairdo. She may wear a hairnet and lavish jewellery (As befitting someone who spends most of her time in water, she doesn’t usually wear a lot of clothes.) She may sport horns in the form of crab claws and/or wear a crab headdress.

**Iconography:** Amphitrite often holds one hand in a pinching gesture, like a crab.

**Attribute:** Golden spindle

**Realm:** Amphitrite lives in a golden palace at the bottom of the sea.

**Sacred animals:** Technically all sea creatures but especially crustaceans, fish, seals, and dolphins; a crab serves as her messenger.

**Number:** 3

**See also:** Amymone; Ariadne; Atlas; Delphin; Hera; Nereid; Oceanus; Poseidon; Scylla; Triton; Zeus

## Appearances in Modern Media

From Rage of BahamutFrom Age of IshtariaFrom Blood Brothers
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Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend, Third Edition – Written by Anthony S. Mercatante & James R. Dow
Basa-Jaun

**Also known as**: Basajaun; *Homme de Bouc* (French: literally “Goat Man”)

**Origin:** Basque

Basa-Jaun lives high in the caves and forests of the Pyrenees between France and Spain. He enjoys the company of shepherds. At night, at least in the old days, he would join them at their fire, drink, eat, and talk with them. In exchange for politeness and generosity, he protects goats and sheep. Basa-Jaun is a trickster who enjoys pranks and practical jokes but is also credited as a primordial teacher, the one who first taught local people agricultural and iron-working skills. He is in Mari’s entourage.

**Manifestation:** He may be a shape-shifter; descriptions vary. He is compared to a faun or satyr, a horned goat-man spirit. Others describe him as resembling a Dwarf or brownie.

**Consort:** Basa-Andre

**Animals:** Goat, sheep

**Offerings**: He likes simple shepherd’s food, especially dairy products: cheese, clotted milk. Offer him a strong drink: he probably won’t refuse.

**See also:** Akerbeltz; Dwarf; Fawn; Mari

## Information Source

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Anat-Yaho

**Origin:** Jewish

Anat-Yaho is a path of Anat as the consort of Yaho, among the public names of the Jewish Supreme Creator. (YHWH is related, but not the same name. Yaho is not the ineffable name.) They shared temples in Egypt, particularly in Elephantine Island where there was a large Jewish military outpost in the fifth century BCE.

Anat-Yaho may be identical to Anat-Bethel, or they may be understood as distinct paths of Anat. (See t Although in the context of modern, conventional Judaism, many may consider talk of Anat as God’s consort controversial or subversive, it is worth noting that the Jewish temple in Egypt, in which they were openly and very publicly venerated together, paid dues to the main Temple in Jerusalem—and those dues were accepted! (Ancient records survive.)

**See Also:** Anat; Anat-Bethel; Asherah, Lady of the Sea; Hochma

## Information Source

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Anemoi

**Origin:** Greece

The Anemoi are Greek wind spirits. Brothers, they may manifest as actual winds or as winged men. Alternatively, they are horses kept in Aeolus’ stables. Most mythic sources describe Eos and Astraeus as their parents. (Some sources consider Astraeus to be another name for Aeolus.) The Anemoi are divided into two groups.

### ANEMOI MAJOR

* Boreas: North Wind
* Eurus: East Wind
* Notus: South Wind
* Zephyr: West Wind

### ANEMOI MINOR

* Apeliotes: Southeast Wind
* Kaikias: Northeast Wind
* Livos (Lips): Southwest wind
* Skiron (Skeiron): Northwest Wind

**See Also:** Aeolus; Astraeus; Boreas; Eos; Eurus; Notus; Zephyr

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Bethen

**Also known as:** The Beden

**Origin:** Germanic

The Bethen are a triad of female spirits associated with fertility, birth, and good fortune. They remedy childlessness, if desired. After a baby is born, the Bethen arrive to rock the cradle. They are associated with women’s mysteries, spinning, and weaving. They may be petitioned to reveal hidden treasure (material and intangible).

Bethen derives from a verb meaning “to pray.” They are associated with healing wells, sacred trees, and stones. Their name survives in German terms like Bethenbrunnen (Bethen wells) and Bethensteine (Bethen stones). Women sat on Bethen stones seeking their gift of fertility.

The Bethen were never forgotten, but by the late Middle Ages, their veneration was absorbed by local Christian practices. Some of their wells were renamed in honour of Saint Peter. Others became associated with witches. Their veneration was transferred to the Madonna as well as to a triad of Christian saints, coincidentally also called the Bethen.

**Colours:** Red, black, white

**Offerings:** An eleventh-century document describes women laying an offering table for the Bethen, complete with food, drink, and a knife for each spirit sister.

**See also:** Brigid; Birth Fairy

## Information Source

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Juggernaut

Juggernaut takes advantage of their highly defensive stat while at the same time having powerful offensive tools. However, they usually don't have much mobilites as their only weakness.They are capable of taking mulitple enemies at the same time and serve well as the front line for the team. Juggernaut wants to be one soaking the damage and act as a tank. The classes usually have a good amount of crowd controls to go along with their role.
Bath

A bath is in alchemy, a simmering heat that is part of the process of creating the Philosopher’s Stone. The bath is also called the Bain Marie, named after Maria Prophetessa, who is credited with developing the warming apparatus. The bath is related to Baptism.

In alchemical art, naked men and women, symbols of opposites, are shown together in a bath: Sol and Luna or the King and the Queen, representing the masculine and the feminine, the volatile and the ﬁxed, gold and silver, or mercury and sulphur. The bath is cleansing, perfecting, and purifying; the water is rejuvenating and redemptive.
Aeronwen

**Also known as:** Aeren; Aeron; Aerfen

**Origin:** Wales

Aeronwen, a goddess of fate, determines the outcomes of battles: she decides which side wins and which individuals survive. Aeronwen may be petitioned for safety on the battlefield. Little concrete information survives regarding Aeronwen. She may be the same spirit as the Welsh war goddess Agrona whose name derives from a root word for “carnage.” Aeronwen may or may not also be the same goddess as the Irish Morrigan.

**Colour:** Black

**Number**: 3

**Bird:** Raven

**Sacred site:** Glyndyfrdwy, Wales, where she had a shrine on the banks of the River Dee. The name of this location may be translated as “Black Water” or “Water of the Goddess.” Allegedly human sacrifices were offered to her: victims were drowned. Complaints by generations of churchmen affirm that the waters of Glyndyfrdwy were considered sacred long after the arrival of Christianity. In 1400, Welsh patriot Owain Glyndwr (Owen Glendower in English) chose Glyndyfrdwy as the location where he declared himself Prince of Wales, beginning a fourteen-year rebellion against English rule. Aeronwen may also be associated with the Aeron River.

**See Also:** Branwen; Henwen; Morrigan

## Information Source

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Blathnat

**Also known as**: Blathnait; Blathnet

**Origin:** Ireland

**Classification:** Tuatha Dé Danaan

Blathnat, the Flower Maiden, is Angus Og’s foster sister. She is a Fairy woman, a goddess, although this is rarely made explicit in the legends told of her. Versions vary: she may have eloped with the hero Cu Chulain, or she may have been kidnapped by him and/or his rival, Cu Roi. She may or may not have helped loot her father’s treasure/burial mound, and if she did, she may or may not have done so willingly.

The single consistent feature of the legends about her is that she betrays Cu Roi to Cu Chulain. Cu Roi is almost immortal: he can only be killed by his own sword. Delilah-like, Blathnat inveigles this secret from him and then slips the sword to Cu Chulain. She signals Cu Chulain to let him know when Cu Roi is vulnerable. (In some versions, he’s sleeping; in others, he’s in the bath.)

In some versions, she rides off happily with Cu Chulain following Cu Roi’s death. Alternatively she dies at the end of the story, killed by Cu Roi’s bard. Lugaid, son of Blathnat and Cu Roi, eventually avenged his father, slaying Cu Chulain.

**See also:** Angus Og; Blodeuwedd; Tuatha Dé Danaan

## Information Source

Encyclopedia of Spirits: The Ultimate Guide to the Magic of Fairies, Genies, Demons, Ghosts, Gods & Goddesses by Judika Illes