Matinia

Goddess of Birth

Matinia is the goddess of Birth and she is one of the five prime gods of Ascendes. As her title suggests, Matinia is responsible for creating new life. Actually Matinia does not directly create new life. Instead she recycles souls of the dead and passes them as new life force to Mundus and Ascendes. The presence of this life force then allows new life to be born on those two planes. On Acernos Morte god of Death takes care of creating this life force instead of Matinia. Also on Ascendes, Matinia takes care of collecting the souls of the dead.

Matinia is a peace loving, gentle and patient goddess. Her avatar is often portrayed as a motherly looking and curvy middle aged woman. Gods rarely take physical form and Matinia is not an exception. However, Matinia almost always takes physical form when she talks to her lords and ladies. Unlike Matinia, most gods prefer to telepathically communicate with their lords.

Her three sub gods represent Love, Lineage and Sex. Almost all ten prime gods have chosen their sub gods to represent facets of their nature. Gods usually use their sub gods to clarify their essential elements or elements that do not become apparent from their own title. One of the latter types of gods is Libera goddess of Freedom, more about her next week.

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