Selene
Selene is the goddess of beauty and it is said that any mortal who lays eyes on her will eventually pine away into death. Despite this, Selene has difficulty subduing her passion for mortal men and more than a few have fallen to her legendary beauty. Legends also tell the tale of how Selene fell for the rugged strength of Kratos and, with him, bore Erato, the god of love. Because she had dared to mate with a son of Dagon, however, Selene was condemned by Lord Ptharos to wed one who was immune to her beauty. After examining each of the gods, it was finally discovered that Podalirius, god of vegetation, was the only deity who could resist her charms. Lord Ptharos forced the two to wed, despite Selene’s heated objections to being married to one of the ugliest of gods. With Podalirius, Selene begat Drames, the goddess of fertility. Legends suggest that Selene has since begun to find true love with Podalirius and that even he has begun to fall in love with her, despite her infidelity.
Selene’s church tends to be of moderate size in most lands and works to help those with problems in their love-lives resolve those problems. Though she encourages her followers to participate in the sex act as often as possible, she prohibits prostitution as a debasement of the sex act.
As Alera the Alluring, Selene is the Duchess of Mystery of Enchantment and is prayed to for wisdom in using those spells. In the Danic Tradition, she is Sif, wife of Tor (an aspect of Gyges, God of Thunder) and a fertility goddess; in this aspect, her more hedonistic tendencies are subdued.
Selene |
Goddess of Beauty |
Descriptive Info |
Gender: Female |
Avatar: Alera the Alluring, Helene, Sif |
Consort(s): Podalirius (though she previously laid with Kratos) |
Allies: Betshaba, Goddess of Water (mother), Cebren, God of Music (brother); Clementia, Goddess of Mercy (sister); Drames, Goddess of Fertility (daughter); Erato, God of Love (son); Ophion, God of the Sun; Orchus, God of Luck; Phemos, God of Sport; Podalirius, God of Vegetation (husband and brother); Polydorus, God of Wild Beasts; Pothos, God of Vice; Taygete, Goddess of Childbirth; Thallos, God of Strength; and Thea, Goddess of Art (sister). |
Foes: Cardena, Goddess of Lust; Megarea, Goddess of Jealousy; Podarge, God of Destruction and Drowning; Ruminus, God of Disease; Stheno, God of Decay; Tethys, Goddess of Undeath; and Thryope, God of Age. |
Spiritual Info |
Rank: Major |
Nature: Chaotic |
Ethos: Agathocacological |
Major Influence: Beauty |
Minor Influence(s): Art, Enchantment, Love |
Doctrine
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Mission
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Geography
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History of the Church
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Organization
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Religious Practices
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