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Continue reading →: 30 DoA #18: Gender & Sexuality18. How does this deity stand in terms of gender and sexuality? (historical and/or UPG) I’m afraid that this is going to be a fairly short, fairly boring topic. Wayland presents as a cisgendered, heterosexual male in the lore, and in my own experience of him. I do not know…
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Continue reading →: 30 Doa #17: Interrelations17. How does this deity relate to other gods and other pantheons? Lore-wise, there’s not much to connect Wayland to other pantheons, other than the references to him being “greatest of elves” and then his associations with his swan wife (possible Aesir connection?). God-wise, he is named as the brother…
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Continue reading →: 30 DoA #16: Values16. How do you think this deity represents the values of their pantheon and cultural origins? Whew, well, if you’re going by the Nine Noble Virtues (a modern contrivance, but more than occasionally a useful one), Wayland hit just about every. Single. One. Because the graphic is pretty, we’ll be using…
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Continue reading →: 30 DoA #15: Mundane Practices15. Any mundane practices that are associated with this deity? Wayland appears to be a god who is happy to change with the times, at least according to my own UPG. Obviously blacksmiths are quite a bit more rare nowadays. Still, if there is a forge, I’d feel it likely…
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Continue reading →: 30 DoA #14: Modern Times14. Has worship of this deity changed in modern times? Another interesting question. Considering that we don’t really know how Wayland was honored in ancient times, any differences in worship between then and now is really anybody’s guess. That being said, coin is still left at his Smithy to this day, though…
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