Dyrian Pantheon
The has had its own pantheon since ancient times. Central Elthosian deities and are also sometimes prayed to in Dyria. Dyrian interaction with their gods is frequently transactional. A Dyrian might make an offering to a god and expect something in return. If something good unexpectedly happens, they might attribute it to a god's beneficence and make an offering.
Dyrians are polytheistic and their approach to religion is syncretic. Reverence of is popular among Dyrian nobility, although they do not engage in the same transactional approach with Valon.
The and their domains include:
Aethrios: the god of sky and sun, thunder and storms.
Aretia: the enlightened goddess of wisdom, war, and strategy.
Thalassos: the god of seas, waters, and sailors.
Hodegos: the guide of souls to the Empyrean.
Kallistra: the goddess of love, beauty, and desire.
Therianos: the god of the hunt and the wilderness.
Khalkeios: the god of fire and of crafting.
Karpaia: the goddess of harvest, earth and agriculture, routinely identified with the central Elthosian , or in more recent years, the River.
Eudaimon: the god of wine, festivity, and joy.
Angelos: the god of messages, travel, and commerce.
Pyrkaia: the goddess of hearth, home, civilisation, and justice.
Iatrikos: the god of healing and medicine, habitually identified with the central Elthosian Yatric, who some central Elthosians believe is an aspect of Adri, who is sometimes associated with River.
Paionios: the god of music, arts, and poetry.