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==Identity== | ==Identity== | ||
;Name(s): | ;Name(s):Edesüva | ||
;Title(s) and Rank(s):<!--list of titles and ranks--> | ;Title(s) and Rank(s):<!--list of titles and ranks--> | ||
;Culture: | ;Culture:[[Kythan (culture)|Kythan]] | ||
;Profession: | ;Profession:Shield Maiden / Saint | ||
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
;Ethnicity: | ;Ethnicity:[[Kythan (people)|Kythan]] | ||
;Gender: | ;Gender:Female | ||
;Age: | ;Age:23 years old, (149 BG -- 126 BG) | ||
;Appearance | ;Appearance | ||
: | :In surviving early wood carvings and stone statues she is depicted as a tall slim warrior in armour, but in more recent paintings or tapestries she is depicted as a diminutive soft featured woman, and nursemaid. | ||
==Personality== | ==Personality== | ||
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==About== | ==About== | ||
;Home: | ;Home:[[Kemp Hylaböm (town)|Kemp Hylaböm]], [[Kythus]] | ||
;History: | ;History:Saint Edesüva the village saint of Kemp Hylaböm. In early oral tradition she was reported to be a shield maiden of the local clan about 126 BG. After losing her axe in battle, she fought only with her shield for another three hours, protecting the four young children of her ''liege-wife''. | ||
:Presently seen much less as a fierce warrior maiden fighting out of obligation and sworn oath, and more as a pious woman shielding the children with her own body out of moral rightness. She is considered a protector of children, and invoked to help fight childhood ailments, and watch over newborns in their early weeks. Worship of the the [[Twinned Goddess]] didn't reach Kythus before about 467 YG, so this transformation would have taken place over the last three and a half centuries. | |||
==Connections== | ==Connections== | ||
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[[Category:Deceased Person]] | [[Category:Deceased Person]] | ||
[[Category:Historic Person]] | [[Category:Historic Person]] | ||
[[Category:Mythic Person]] | [[Category:Mythic Person]] | ||
Revision as of 18:37, 21 June 2020
Identity
- Name(s)
- Edesüva
- Title(s) and Rank(s)
- Culture
- Kythan
- Profession
- Shield Maiden / Saint
Description
- Ethnicity
- Kythan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 23 years old, (149 BG -- 126 BG)
- Appearance
- In surviving early wood carvings and stone statues she is depicted as a tall slim warrior in armour, but in more recent paintings or tapestries she is depicted as a diminutive soft featured woman, and nursemaid.
Personality
About
- Home
- Kemp Hylaböm, Kythus
- History
- Saint Edesüva the village saint of Kemp Hylaböm. In early oral tradition she was reported to be a shield maiden of the local clan about 126 BG. After losing her axe in battle, she fought only with her shield for another three hours, protecting the four young children of her liege-wife.
- Presently seen much less as a fierce warrior maiden fighting out of obligation and sworn oath, and more as a pious woman shielding the children with her own body out of moral rightness. She is considered a protector of children, and invoked to help fight childhood ailments, and watch over newborns in their early weeks. Worship of the the Twinned Goddess didn't reach Kythus before about 467 YG, so this transformation would have taken place over the last three and a half centuries.
Connections
- Familial
- Personal
- Professional
