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Gods of Ithia Expanded: Eranthy the Homebody.

Eranthy: Goddess of Home, Hearth, Felines, and Safety. 

Known across the plane as Eranthy, The Housecat, The Hostess, The Mother’s Embrace, and The Homebody. 

Eranthy is a member of the Fated Crowns, The Gods of the Common, and The Gods of Mercy. 

Holy Books: The Book of Crowns. 

Eranthy is the Goddess of Home and the sensation of safety it brings. She is the daughter of Mealis and Paladar. 

Her Symbol is the Heated Hearth – A silhouette of a black cat curled before a burning fireplace. 

Eranthy when active on Ithia, is represented by the Black Cat a black stary cat that stands close by Siger. 

Eranthy is often curled up by her great hearth in her cozy home or at the great range where she makes home cooked meals for the wayward and scared children who find their way to her home. 

Eranthy maintains no artifacts. 

Eranthy is a small, cute goddess with cat ears, tail, and whiskers. A small button nose with soft white skin covered in black spots. She has sharp teeth, green cat pupiled eyes, and floor length black hair. She is not the vainglory beauty of many gods, she is home, safety, and love. She is your mother, your sister, your daughter.  

Eranthy is calm, caring, and compassionate. She is the loving mother, a child’s favorite toy, the blanket that fends off the monsters, the father who protects and provides. She is your favorite meal and a warm hearth after a cold miserable day. She grants her divine servants the power to create sanctuaries that cannot be perceived by beings with hostile intent, create food, water, and warmth. Speak with domesticated animals, feline shapeshifting, and the means to create charms to repel and ward off specific creatures. They are the most expert at warding and protection of a specific location. 

Eranthy is worshipped by most cultures though is often shunned by exiles and free spirits as a symbol of entrapment. Eranthy is in almost every household shrine though is forsaken in a few who faced abuse and felt a lack of protection earlier on in their lives. Eranthy is given sacrifices of wheat, flour, salt, spices, oil, scents, and jewelry.  

Eranthy’s Values.   

Pillars (Virtues)- Home, Family, Community, Safety. 

Columns (Vices)- Travel, Isolation, and Danger.  

Eranthy does not maintain any divine orders.  

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