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DEITY OF: Less a god and more an eternal, otherworldly shepherd of the dead akin to Charon of Greek myth

ASSOCIATED WITH: The spirit, crossing over, monuments and memoria, purgation, exorcisms, undeath

SACRED PLANTS: Grand Wormwood, Catnip, Sage

SACRED STONES/GEMS: Howlite, Smoky Quartz, Jasper

SACRED ANIMALS: Vultures, Burying Beetles, Jackals, Domestic Cats

COLOURS: Black, White, Gold

FOOD: While there aren’t all that many delicacies that are commonplace as an offering, the shepherd is as voracious and indiscriminate of an eater as the carrion creatures that are sacred to him. During celebrations, it is said that he partakes under the guise of a mourner. If there is nothing left on the table at the end of feast held in a loved one’s honor, then you have surely been visited.

He also supposedly adores licorice.

SCENTS: Predominately the scents that conclude a funeral: ash, dirt, loam. The cloying presence of hot-burning fire. The heavy incense that plumes from a censer. 

ACCEPTED OFFERINGS/WAYS TO HONOUR:

It is asked that the living speak honestly of the dead. They are encouraged to share stories during ceremony, and urged to bury their kin with one of the tools with which that person made their livelihood. This item will offer the shepherd insight, allowing him to familiarize himself with the deceased prior to the long journey through limbo. Though he is a highly inquisitive entity, he is not terribly chatty, they say.

In the case of unrecognizable bodies, or bodies with no family to claim them, such as adventurers who die on the road, even a few words said into the wind on their behalf are believed to be enough to guide him unto them.

When confronting lost souls, exorcists and mediums sometimes wear their nails long or fasten their cloaks with a single gold rope or chain in order to appear in likeness to the shepherd.

TAGGED BY: @actualkomodo (Thanks!)

Sorry for not posting your submissions for so long.  :-(

I’ll queue backlogged submissions now to post like four times a day to catch up. 

Also, for anyone interested, to make up for going MIA on you guys, I’ll temporarily lower the price of my Intelligent SlimDown guide (on my homepage) to only $17 bucks - so if you’ve been thinking of getting it, now is the time! :-) 

Anyway, I hope you guys have been well. I’ve missed interacting with you all.

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