Great Earth Goddess.
Manifestations in the World[]
- She is the spiritual part of the Earth.
Names and Images[]
- Known to the Dara Happans as Erlanda
- Known as Nalda?
- She is the Earth Queen, the Life-Giver, the Wife of Many, the Supporter of All and the Midwife of Time
- She has many other names
- She is depicted as a beautiful woman, bare-breasted or nude, wearing an ornate necklace of gems.
- She is barefoot and wears anklets.
- Snakes wind around her lower arms.
- She often carries grains or fruits.
Relationships[]
- Wife of Orlanth.
- Queen of the Earth Tribe.
- Daughter of Asrelia
- Grand-daughter of Gata the Empress Earth
- Sister of Maran and Esrola.
- Mother of Barntar with Orlanth.
- Mother of Aldrya and Konthasos with Flamal.
- Mother of Babeester Gor, Kylera, Natelna and Voria
- Mother of Eiritha with Hykim
- Her Runes are Earth which she holds, Life Rune and Harmony.
Myths and Deeds[]
- How Orlanth Met Ernalda
- She went to the court of the Emperor with the goddesses.
- She taught the goddesses how to calm the husbands of the Fire Tribe.
- She once received a Bullroarer as a gift from Orlanth
- Orlanth won Ernalda and slew Yelm after the Contests.
- She taught Orlanth that "There is always another way".
- She taught the Flax Dance and the Goose Dance to her people, got back Esrola from Angdartha.
- She is believed to have slept before the Great Darkness at what is now the Greenstone Temple
- During the Great Darkness, she slipped into the Underworld.
- She tricked Nontraya to believe she was dead, but "She sleeps, she is not dead".
- She lives in Daleel, the center of the Earth Realm.
Likes and Dislikes[]
- Her enemies include
Holy Days[]
Below is the holidays of the great goddess Ernalda:
- Flower Day
- Honoring Day
- Hearth Day
- Rest Day
- High Holiday
- Harvest Day
- Loom Blessing Day
- Shroud Day
- Queen Day
Worshippers[]
- Ernaldans are majority of the Heortling women.
- She is worshipped in the many Theyalan countries which abandoned the worship of Orlanth, including Esrolia and the lands of southern Peloria currently under the rule of the Lunar Empire.
History[]
- During the Dawn Age, she was considered to be the prize of contest between Yelm and Orlanth as the mother goddess of South Peloria.
- In the Lunar Empire, HonEel proved that She Who Waits is Ernalda.
Organization[]
- Her temples are in shapes similar to her Loom House.
- Her famous temples are:
Magics[]
- Ernalda is served by the following supernatural agents
- The Yavorlings
- The Harulings
- The Belnans
- The Esnans
- The Hedkorings
- The Banumbrolings
- The Gornans
- The Drimans
- She provides the following feats:
- The Peacemaker Feat
Temples[]
- Temple to Ernalda in Boldhome
- Temple to Ernalda at Janamal
- Temple to Ernalda on Vorda's Hill
- Temple to Ernalda at Clearwine