Selûne
Selûne (pronounced: /sɛˈluːnɛ/ seh-LOON-eh or: /sɛˈluːneɪ/ seh-LOON-ay), also known as Our Lady of Silver, the Moonmaiden, and the Night White Lady, is the goddess of the moon in the Faerûnian pantheon. In the 14th and 15th centuries DR, she held the portfolios of the moon, stars, navigation, navigators, wanderers, questers, seekers, and non-evil lycanthropes.
In the time of ancient Netheril, when she was a greater goddess, she held the portfolios of the moon, moonlight, and stars; beauty and purity; love and marriage; navigation and navigators; tracking, wanderers, and seekers; diviners and dreams; good and neutral lycanthropes; and autumn. Hers was the moon's mysterious power, the heavenly force that governed the world's tides and a mother's reproductive cycles, caused lycanthropes to shift form, and drew one to the brink of madness, and back again. Her nature, appearance, and mood all changed in turn with the moon's phases.
She is also known as Bright Nydra in the Farsea Marshes; as Elah among the Bedine of Anauroch; and as Lucha, called She Who Guides, in the Shining Lands, where she is part of the faith of the Adama. Her name is shared by the moon of Toril, Selûne; it's unknown if the moon was named for the goddess or the goddess for the moon. Regardless, most Faerûnian humans believed the moon to be the goddess herself watching over the world and the lights that trailed behind it to be her tears, from both joy and sorrow.
"Let all on whom my light falls be welcome if they desire to be so. As the silver moon waxes and wanes, so too does all life. Trust in my radiance, and know that all love alive under my light shall know my blessing. Turn to the moon, and I will be your true guide."
| Titles | Adjectives | Aspects & Aliases | Portfolio | Domains |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Our Lady of Silver The Moonmaiden The Night White Lady She Who Guides Selûne Moonmother | Selûnite | Sehanine Moonbow Bright Nydra (Farsea Marshes) Elah (Bedine) Lucha (Shining Lands) | The Moon | Life Knowledge Twilight |
| Gender | Alignment | Symbol | Worshipers | Channel Divinity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feminine | Chaotic Good | Pair of eyes surrounded by seven stars | Astrologers Couples wanting a child Diviners Fortune tellers Illusionists Lychenthropes (Good or Neutral) Navigators Sailors Sages (some) Thieves (good) Women | Knowledge of the ages Preserve life Read thoughts Twilight sanctuary |
Description
Her many forms reflect the phases of the moon such as a beautiful dusky-skinned human woman with long limbs, lime-green eyes. and long, ivory-hued hair. An ethereal slender young girl with dark eye and hair and wearing white robes looking like dappled moonlight trailing moon dust and motes. A third is a matronly plump middle-aged woman with gray-streaked dark hair.
Personality
Like the cycles of the moon, she has many changing moods and natures. Her faithful, come from many walks of life, viewed her in countless different ways, and she reflects this.
Beliefs
She is believed to control the ebb and flow of the tides and to comfort those in need during the night. Her moon shins a light in the darkness, holding evil at bay. She infused her spirit with the moon, and there eternally watches over the world.
Worshipers
Her teachings of compassion and guidance appeal to all folk who live by the moonlit night sky, her faithful are a very diverse group including Sailors and navigators traveling by the stars pray for her to protect them from Umberlee , the Queen of the Depths.
Beliefs
According to Moonsea superstition, one who mocks her while aboard a ship will never complete their voyage. The sailors of Thentia took this very seriously. Furthermore, Thentians saw the whole Moonsea as sacred to the goddess. Another Moonsea legend holds that couples who come to Point Moonsea on the first night of Selûne's feast day and exchanged their vows will suffer no strife in their marriage.
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