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Qaelestyah and Vashni: Goddesses of Air

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  No formal religious order exists for Qaelestyah and Vashni, Goddesses of Air.   Some communities build chimney-shrines for burning coals and incense as a form of worship.   Writers, gamblers and artists worship them. They are also attributed as Goddesses of Dreams. The usual iconic depiction for both Goddesses is a cloud in the shape of a woman.  Above is Qaelestyah.  Below is Vashni.  

Haedestryah: Goddess of the Beyond

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  There is no specific religious order for Haedestryah.   People entreat her to spare the lives of their loved ones or to send them back from her halls.   Prayer cycles are recited for someone close to death or recently deceased, asking Haedestryah for the person’s safe passage into her halls and for them to be cared for in the Beyond. Funeral rituals vary according to culture and religion.   Most rites include prayers and eulogies.   Many cultures prefer to send their deceased loved ones to the Beyond by means of a pyre.   Some cultures bury their dead and conduct rituals over the grave-site.   Ascended Masters and near-death experiencers describe her as an ethereal ghostly woman with pale skin and black hair.   She is said to wear black robes.

Vargenyah: Goddess of Fertility

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  No formal religious order exists for Vargenyah.   Agrimages often pray to her during the course of their work. Fertility rites are also conducted for those wishing to produce children.   These rituals involve the use of triatinate (a hallucinogen) and lengthy copulation sessions. Vargenyah is often depicted as a pregnant Sartorian woman.

Gedyon: God of Seas, Lakes and Rivers

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  Like most elemental deities, no formal religious order exists for Gedyon.   Agrimages often pray to him when they require rainfall for their cultivation work. Worship often involves reciting prayer cycles near a naturally occurring body of water.   In the absence of such, a bowl of water is used. Gedyon is often depicted as a muscular man with long waterfall hair and blue skin.

Nemoneh: Goddess of Seas, Lakes and Rivers

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Like most elemental deities, no formal religious order exists for Nemoneh.   Agrimages often pray to her when they require rainfall for their cultivation work. Worship often involves reciting prayer cycles near a naturally occurring body of water.   In the absence of such, a bowl of water is used. Nemoneh is often depicted as a graceful woman with long waterfall hair and blue skin.

Satori: God of Forests

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Like most elemental deities, no formal religious order exists for Satori.   Worshippers hug trees or dance around them and chant prayer cycles.   Some followers make woodland shrines where offerings of berries and seeds can be left. He is often depicted as a slender, green-skinned man with long hair made from vines and a body which resembles tree bark.

Rash-Kaan: God of Fire

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Like most elemental deities, no formal religious order exists for Ledni’s male counterpart.   Some followers of Ledni also worship Rash-Kaan.   Generally his worship is less prevalent than that of Ledni.   It is mainly the desert-dwelling Sartorians who worship Rash-Kaan and the other elemental deities.   Fire deity w orship consists of building fires and dancing around them while chanting prayer cycles.   Quiet private worship is also practised, along with gazing into the flames and trying to interpret the God’s messages. He is often depicted as a muscular man with flaming hair and wings and a body of molten lava.   Unlike Ledni, he is not strongly associated with volcanoes.