Yinien

The mischievous red fox goddess is worshipped in tandem with the warm brass dragon goddess Tikisia. Where there is the one, the other is not usually far off - Yinien creates the chaos that drives a good story, and Tikisia gathers the tales and relates them as all good stories should be. Tikisia tempers the playful fox’s desire for chaos, when they’re together anyways. When apart, the scattered red fox gambols about with a playful bent for causing trouble and playing jokes upon the unsuspecting masses. Sometimes she’ll play a prank upon a particular individual, but she often gets bored and loses focus, moving on to something else and leaving the poor subject left with the ramifications of the goddess’s whim. She is quite fond of playing games, but is prone to getting impatient with people if they don’t play along.   Yinien isn’t typically worshipped in an organized fashion, being that she is a goddess of chaotic individuality. However many travelers and individuals follow her in their own ways. She’s known mostly across the southern parts of the continent, through the medium of fairy tales and legends told to children. Her stories are also especially kept alive by devotees of Tikisia, who is dedicated to the preservation of tales. It is not uncommon to hear someone call upon a bard during a relaxing evening at the tavern for a popular tale of Yinien’s comedic exploits.   Notable tales of Yinien include the great pun battle between Yinien and an ever-changing cast of characters, a legend of how she and Tikisia escaped from an angry storm god after Yinien stole his thunder cloak, a fairy tale called Yinslipper about a mischievous little girl, and a tale of how she tricked the farm goddess Meuxthak into making sweet peppers instead taste spicy hot by dulling the goddess’ taste buds.   Most people would know Yinien from the folktales they were told as a child, and legends told by traveling bards, though there are occasionally shrines dedicated to her here and there. They are often piled with scraps of parchment, bark, or slips of wood inscribed with little jokes and puns.  

Yinslipper

A little girl is left in the woods by her grandmother for causing too much trouble playing pranks in the village. The girl wanders around bothering a bird, a squirrel, and then finally a fox with her teasing. However the fox plays along, offering to play a game where they each had three tries to come up with the best prank. Agreeing eagerly, the girl tries to play a prank on the bird and then the squirrel, but they’ve grown wise to her jokes and spoil it before she can get to the punchline. The fox also tries to play pranks on the bird and the squirrel, which is a rousing success. The girl almost gives up, but she decides to try just one more time. This time, she follows the fox around in secret and figures out what prank the fox is planning. Then she carefully plans her own joke that springboards off of the fox’s plan and turns it into her own joke. Upon the plan coming to fruition, the fox’s joke fails as it’s used to fuel the girl’s own prank. The fox is extremely amused, and gives the girl a pair of slippers. When the girl puts the slippers on, she suddenly finds herself back in her bedroom, startling her concerned parents. No matter how far she is brought into the woods or how distantly she wanders, the slippers bring her right back to her room. Sometimes if you’re very very lucky, you can find a flower that looks just like those slippers, which are known as Yinslipper.