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Name:

MELINNA, Lady Wife, the High Mother.

Sphere:

Women, Wives, Homes, Domesticity.

Predominant Areas:

Melinna is worshipped wherever wives are consecrated under law and wherever women dwell outside of thralldom.

Races:

Humans and halflings.

Description:

A modestly dressed middle-aged woman carrying a jar or urn.

Background:

This goddess is widely revered by women throughout Jerranq. Of course, she is primarily revered by those women who are married or who aspire to what are regarded as traditional female roles in many parts of Jerranq.

Alignment:

Lawful Good.

Favoured Weapon:

Staff.

Priestly Duties:

Priestesses are expected to bless homes and to preside over marriages, child births, naming ceremonies, and many other facets of daily life.

Other Limitations:

Priests of this deity must be female. They may only have sexual relations with a husband, and may never divorce. Adultery is considered an excommunicatable crime.

Domains:

Family, Community, Protection, Retribution, Home, Wrath.

Holy Symbol(s):

A strip of cloth with a female rune upon it.