Anulia, Goddess of Dying and Death
The revered goddess of the bridge between life and death, The Eternal Goddess Anulia has long held a special place within the Eternal Pantheon despite not being one of the Seven Children of Aslyn. The Noraspelan practice of the anulum parax in particular holds her symbols and doctrines as centerpieces, and Anulian art and temples have proliferated since the foundation of Aslynthar.
It is a somewhat curious fact that Anulia, not Selas, God of the Blessed Sleep himself, is part of the Eternal Pantheon. Unlike many other deities of death, Anulia specifically presides over the passage from life to death and at times even the entering of new life at birth, strictly unconnected with the afterlife once the dead have fully separated from the world of the living. The Eternal Pantheon thus lacks a deity concerning the state of Death in its truest, most complete and inescapable sense, and Anulia serves as a bridge, a ferryman of sorts, unto the halls of Selas.
Divine Domains
Grave, Peace, Twilight
Artifacts
Lamp of St. Eleth
Divine Symbols & Sigils
A cloaked lamp
A midnight breeze
Tenets of Faith
The Blessed Sleep and the realms of Selas must never be disturbed; undeath and unnatural prolongation of life are perversions of the soul and offenses to their dignity.
The soul is sacred above all else, and preservation of its vivacity in life and its peace in restful death are to be nourished and ensured.
Prayer to Anulia, Guardian of the Dying
O Great Protector,
Silent Guardian of the Blessed Sleep,
Lidless Watcher of the Fallen,
Guide us out of Blindness and into Sight.
Cloaked in the One Truth,
Watch over us in our twilight hours,
And when our precious breath is quieted,
Lay down our weary souls and bring us into Rest Eternal.
Divine Classification
God
Church/Cult
Children
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