Moon
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A moon is a celestial body that orbits a planet.[1]
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Known Moons
Castrovel
Golarion
Golarion has one grey crater-scarred moon.[3] The Moon always shows the same face to its planet causing much speculation about what actually is on the dark side of the Moon.[4]
Eox
Many objects orbit Eox, including:[5]
- The Sentinel: a orbiting city created to defend the planet in the time before the cataclysm, now used by bone sages
- The Thousand Moons: created by the ejected mass from the Facinora Basin, they form a ring of moonlets
Liavara
Liavara has many moons including:[6]
Bretheda
Bretheda gains its title, the Cradle, from its vast number of moons. Many of Bretheda's moons are inert rock, many are tiny and insignificant, but some are remarkable, such as:[7]
- Dykon, the crystalline moon
- Kalo-Mahoi, the aquatic, ice encrusted moon
- Marata[8]
- Thyst, the poisonous moon
- Varos, the volcanic moon
Other
- The moon above Jezelda's Abyssal realm called the Moonbog.
Lunar References in Religion
There are many associations with the moon, or moons in general, in religion.
Moon Subdomain
Only one deity is currently known to grant the Moon subdomain to his followers:
- Tsukiyo, the Tian Xia major god
Personification
- Desna is worshipped as "Mother Moon" by the matriarchal Centaurs of the Nomen tribe.[9]
- Groetus is a god portrayed as a sentient and cruel moonlet that looks down upon the Boneyard
- Haggakal
Title
- Jezelda is called Mistress of the Hungry Moon and Demon Lord of The Moon
- Tsukiyo is called the Prince of the Moon
- Tsukuyomi, the Azata Empyreal Lord, is known as Prince of the Moon
Portfolio
The following deities hold, or held, the Moon as one of their portfolios
- Acavna, see under Gods at Azlanti (human ethnicity)
- Jezelda
- Ketephys
- Tsukiyo
Holy Symbols
- Desna: Butterfly with star, sun, and moon symbols on its wings
- Fandarra: Crescent moon and night sky in shape of mountain
- Groetus: Full moon with faint image of a skull seen in the craters
- Jezelda: Full moon rising above a desolate moor
- Ketephys: Hawk on a silver crescent
- Tsukiyo: a jade crescent moon
Lunar Ceremonies
- Zon-Kuthon: see Eternal Kiss
Other Lunar References in Religion
- Jezelda has her home on the Abyss called the Moonbog (Misty Moonlit Moor of Frightened Human Victims)[10]
Other Lunar References
- see Lycanthrope
- One of the Shoanti tribes is called Lyrune-Quah (The Moon Clan): see Shoanti
References
- ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_satellite
- ↑ James L. Sutter. (2012). Distant Worlds, p. 11. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-403-0
- ↑ Erik Mona & Jason Bulmahn. (2008). Gazetteer, p. 18. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-077-3
- ↑ James L. Sutter. (2008). Into the Black.Children of the Void, p. 49. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-127-5
- ↑ James L. Sutter. (2012). Distant Worlds, p. 31. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-403-0
- ↑ James L. Sutter. (2008). Into the Black.Children of the Void, p. 51. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-127-5
- ↑ James L. Sutter. (2008). Into the Black.Children of the Void, p. 51. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-127-5
- ↑ James L. Sutter. (2012). Distant Worlds, p. 42. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-403-0
- ↑ Greg A. Vaughan. (2010). The Varnhold Vanishing.The Varnhold Vanishing, p. 33. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-234-0
- ↑ James Jacobs. (2009). Demon Lords of Golarion.Descent into Midnight, p. 59. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-131-2
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