Narra (/Nah-ruh/)

"She Who Wills the World Awake"

The Sister-Stag

Narra is the deity of elements and cycles. Her followers include farmers, druids, and hedge witches, as well as those who admire her creations or seek sanctuary from the devastation of her disasters. They express their devotion to her by wearing crowns of horn or antlers. Narra is typically depicted as a mountain - most prominently Lone Peak Mountain - though she is also said to manifest as a white spirit-stag. Narra is particularly associated with the routine of waking, as she is said to rouse Fraeyr from her sleep every spring.
Narra's followers borrow the tradition of Fraeyr to call each other by natural names, though they use the names of rocks, geographical locations, or elemental terms and usually adopt a prefixal verb rather than an adjective. Natural wonders are considered to be Narra's holy sites, though small shrines are erected at even minor places of natural beauty by her followers to honor her.
Narra's wisdom is passed down through the Sister-Stag Melodies of The Fables. She is the lover and caretaker of Fraeyr and the daughter of Orovas. She is also said to be a close companion of Mahth, to whom she grants her boon so that he may fuel his forges.

The Four Rituals

Followers of Narra view the turning of the seasons as a particularly momentous event for which they hold major celebrations. The seasons are each associated with an element for which there is a standard ritual: spring with water, summer with fire, fall with earth, and winter with air. Though the exact length, timing, and details of each season's celebration varies by culture, the elemental ritual at its core does not. The four rituals are:

• Water: Revelers all bathe together, float flowers atop still waters and skip rocks between them, and drench their menhirs to cause them to erode and crack
• Fire: Revelers dance with sticks of fire (known as the flamedance), juggle and swallow flames, and destroy their menhirs after setting them alight
• Earth: Revelers walk atop sharp stone (known as the shardwalk), paint themselves with clay or ore residue, and menhirs constructed from dirt, stone, and soil
• Air: Revelers walk on suspended ropes or frozen ice (known as the skyweave), sing outside in the frost, and carve holes within their menhirs which whistle in the wind

In practice, only the most devout of Narra's followers adhere to the parts of her rituals involving menhirs. The tradition is largely considered outdated, though rural villages and large cities may have a singular menhir that is cared for by the community throughout the year.

Narra, the Sister-Stag

Deity of Cycles and Elements

Tenets

Penances	Strictures
⊕ Leave a gift of twig or bone at a place of natural beauty.	⊝ Do not break a natural cycle.
⊕ Make pilgrimage to a mountain, lake, or other wonder.	⊝ Do not sleep away the dawn.

Mandates

⊜ Tend to shrines wherever you find them. Never litter. Always participate in each season's rituals.