The Primordial Deities Myth in Faerin | World Anvil

The Primordial Deities

The primordial deities are the first divine powers born from the void of Chaos. The oldest known Pantheon is that of the primordial Triad of Heaven. the triad was the creators of the world, they separated the elemental maelstrom of Chaos and formed the known world. It should be noted that the three deities of the Triad are technically of unknown gender. Ancient texts that speak of them assigned them female pronouns most of the time, however, if they where hermaphrodites or agendered it is not fully documented.  

The Triad of Heaven

Eanna the Creator

  The first deity known, Eanna is the supreme Goddess and Prime Mover in Creation. Embodied by the heavens she is the first and most distant ancestor born from the primordial. She is the embodiment of the heavens and is believed to be the equatorial sky. It is Eanna that sorted the void of Choas and started to build the prime plane of our existence. When she separated the Water and Air from the Fire and Earth she created the other members of the Triad of Heaven. The Twins Aqra and Igra.  

Aqra the Designer

Born of the element of Water and Air when Eanna separated Fire and Earth from the elemental maelstrom. Aqra was a twin of Igra, however, she was the thinker and planner. She designed and created, charted and calculated the creation of the world, to be built by Igra. Aqra is the embodiment of the northern skies.  

Igra the Forger

Born of the element of Fire and Earth when Eanna separated Water and Air from the elemental maelstrom. Igra was a twin of Aqra, however, she was the one to roll up her sleeves and forge the world, building molding and created the items of the world designed by Aqra. Igra is the embodiment of the southern skies.  

Significant Events

Birth of the Elemental Goddesses

As the elemental maelstrom of infinity was tamed by Eanna. Aqra continued to divide the elements as she named and categorized them. Igra built the means to keep them from recombining, allowing them to store and harnessed these forces. The Prime Elements were further divided creating four new Goddesses one for each of the prime elements - Air, Earth, Fire, and Water; this would be the creation of the Elemental Pantheon. The Four Daughters of the Twins.  

Birth of the Titans

Read about how the division of the elements caused the need for the Traid of Heaven to create the elemental plains, the demi-plains, the semi-plains and quasi-plains. And in turn, the Titans and Titanesses to maintain them.

Eanna the Creator

Domains: Air, Arcana, Darkness, Earth, Fire, Knowledge, Law/Order, Light, Protection & Water.

Aqra the Designer

Domains: Air, Agriculture, Arcana, Chaos, Knowledge, Life, Tempest, and Water.

Igra the Forger

Domains: Chaos, Earth, Fire, Forge, Light, Nature, Protection, and Tempest.

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