Kona-Karr
Goddess of the wilds, fertility, and woodland beasts
Goddess of the wilds, let my children multiply so that they may be as numerous and prosper as your children do.
Kona-Karr represents all the good of nature: its fecundity, lushness, tenacity, and - for the humanoids who worship her - its giving and nourishment to them.
The natural world could be barren and unforgiving, but because Kona-Karr loves the people of Mercuria, she offers up more than they could ever hope to eat, and tends for the people the same as if they were her own children.
Unfortunately, Kona-Karr's giving is not unending. Those who exploit nature and do not give back to it (or respect it) can soon find their fields spoiling and their rivers bare. She is a stern parent when her gifts are not appreciated.
Divine Domains
Creation, Nature
Divine Symbols & Sigils
Black rabbit with green eyes; black locust blossoms; ripe berries; walnuts; a stripped green branch wrapped in ivy
Physical Description
Body Features
With dark skin, eyes, and hair as black as coal in black braids tied back from her face with leather, Kona-Karr is a beautiful woman of full figure and frame. Her form is athletic, but softened by motherhood.
Apparel & Accessories
Kona-Karr is typically depicted as wearing a white dress, leather sandals, a deep red cloak, and carrying branches of ripe berries, white rabbit furs, and fresh flowers on a leather belt about her waist.
Relationships
Relationship Reasoning
Kona-Karr and Ausa are both benevolent nature deities, with Kona-Karr bringing forth the earthen treasures that Ausa waters. They have a warm and congenial relationship, with most people who worship Ausa also worshiping Kona-Karr.
Relationship Reasoning
These two goddesses will always clash, as Politia's realms demand control and organization, whilst Kona-Karr's realms are all about freedom and wilderness.
Commonalities & Shared Interests
The two find some common ground in the aspects of farming and animal husbandry, but neither is wholly satisfied (Kona-Karr frustrated by the necessary restrictions on freedom, and Politia because nature cannot be fully tamed and controlled). Farmers tend to worship both: Politia for the crop rotations and continued safety of their buildings and farmland, and Kona-Karr to safeguard their animals and fields (particularly during calfing season and harvest time).
Commonalities & Shared Interests
Grund and Kona-Karr are often worshipped together as the givers of life, with Grund providing the fertile earth that Kona-Karr's seeds can grow in. Their couplings produce the many beasts and monstrosities that wander the wilderness, with the legend going that Grund's spent seed awakens the plants and fungi that also reside in the untamed places.
Divine Mother, Mother of the Wilds, The Black Hare
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