Edesüva

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Identity

Name(s)
Edesüva
Title(s) and Rank(s)
Culture
Kythan
Profession
Shield Maiden / Village 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.

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Stories

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