Divine Queen
The Divine Queen is the most important goddess of the Church. She rules the Divine Kingdom alongside her husband, the Divine King and is also revered as the goddess of motherhood, fertility and the harvest. She is the matron of all women, particularly of mothers. Her priestesses are healers and midwives. Parents and farmers pray to her for her blessing and support.
In the church's iconography, the Divine Queen is often depicted as a slightly pudgy young woman, regal yet kind-looking, with a crown of leaves, flowers or ears of wheat. She is normally also surrounded by symbols of harvest such as fruit, vegetables, bushels of grain or farming equipment. To symbolize her matronage of fertility and motherhood, she is also usually depicted as pregnant.
The Divine Kingdom is populated mostly by the souls of the dead who ascended, but another large part of its population are the Divine King and Queen's offspring, a whole host of minor gods and goddesses. Over the millenia of their existance, the Divine Queen has given birth many, many times. Most of her progeny have stayed on their parent's side, though once upon a time, there was a rebellion, in the wake of which one of their daughters was permanently banished from the Divine Kingdom.
Her holy day is the harvest festival, celebrated in autumn, where a small portion of every farmer's harvest is given as an offering to the Divine Queen.
Every birthday is also considered a small festival in her honour, so it is expected that every person celebrates their birthday, even if it is just in a small way.
Getting on the Divine Queen's bad side is considered a very bad idea, as she is not above dealing out a bad harvest or a personal tragedy in return. This makes her anger arguably more dangerous than the Divine King's.
His rage is more so characterized by throwing general tantrums in the form of natural desasters like storms, floods or earthquakes, which are also tragic and devastating, but not usually quite as personal.
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