Komombo

Komombo (IPA: /ko:m'o:mbo:/; sometimes Komembo /ko:m'ɛmbo:/ is a minor deity and the male aspect of the goddess Lacorré associated with rivers, lakes, adultery, larceny, robbery, sudden catastrophes, crocodiles, the protection of children, and male fertility. Once an independent entity and a prominent member of Temekanian pantheon, Komembo came to be understood as a manifestation of the goddess Lacorré specifically orientated towards inland societies. During the Mithril Era, worship of Komembo spread across Nioa and Hakoa with the expansion of the Temekanian Empire, which saw him as an integral part of their cosmological landscape. Today, Komembo is rarely worshipped by followers of the Heavenly Council, but retains a substantial number of believers in and among tropical societies across Holos.

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Divine Domains

Komombo is the god of rivers and lakes, adultery, larceny, robbery, deceitfulness, sudden catastrophe, as well as male fertility or virility and the protection of children. His Divine Domains are Life, Nature, and Trickery.
Komombo is primarily a male fertility god, a characterization that is made manifest in his association with rivers and lakes. In this role, he is seen as providing strength and status to his male supplicants and virility and a commitment to protect children to his female supplicants.
However, unlike many other deities worshipped by the Heavenly Council today, Komombo's motivations and alignment are quite fluid. He is also a god who embodies negative traits such as adultery, larceny, robbery, deceitfulness, and sudden catastrophe. These can be seen in his animal form and harbinger, the crocodile. Many worship Komombo expressly that they might be spared these misfortunes, making him an apotropaic figure.

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Divine Symbols & Sigils

Komombo's holy symbol is a blue Temekanian lotus flower fringed and a white or yellow crocodile tooth. Several variations of this motif exist, including a lotus flower fringed with crocodile teeth so as to appear like white petals around blue petals. A crocodile crowned in lotus flowers is also a popular choice. His divine colors are blue and white, sometimes with traces of yellow. This reflects his connection to Lacorré and her divine colors and symbols. The crocodile tooth often appears in phallic imagery as well to connotate Komombo's association with male virility.

Physical Description

General Physical Condition

Ancient Temekanian art and literature depict Komombo as a muscular dark-skinned mortal covered in dark green and gold scales and bearing the head of a crocodile. Komombo is described as weeping tears of golden blood, hence his frightening epithet.
In some paintings, he is proceeded with a banner or standard made of papyrus fronds and is attended to by eblis cranes. This interpretation of Komombo often appears where he is being associated with his more unsavory attributes such as larceny or adultery. 
When depicted as an advocated of the poor, Komombo wears a crown of blue Temekanian water lotuses. The flowers hold the sacred sun disk of Uriah. This is thought to represent Komombo's role as a deity that can intercede in the affairs of the king of the gods, and thus act as a connection between commoners and the elite. These flowers open at dawn and fall beneath the water at dusk and were an important part of Temekanian cosmology.

Divine Classification

Deity

Alignment

Chaotic Neutral

Symbol
Blue Temekanian lotus flower framed by white crocodile teeth
Female Aspect
Lacorré
Holy City
Tanis
Animal Harbinger
Crocodile
Hallowed Arms
Unknown
Known Epithets
The Weeper of Blood
The Crocodile God
Thousand Teeth
He Who Takes Women from Their Husbands
He Who Waits in the Reeds
The Lord of the Reeds
The Splashing One
Lord of the River and the Lake
Ferryman O’er Danger
Protector of Children
Whose Children are Safe in His Jaws
The Father of the Niru
He Who Unites
He Who Loves Robbery
Pointed of Teeth