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deities_vanir.lua
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-- _________ __ __
-- / _____// |_____________ _/ |______ ____ __ __ ______
-- \_____ \\ __\_ __ \__ \\ __\__ \ / ___\| | \/ ___/
-- / \| | | | \// __ \| | / __ \_/ /_/ > | /\___ \
-- /_______ /|__| |__| (____ /__| (____ /\___ /|____//____ >
-- \/ \/ \//_____/ \/
-- ______________________ ______________________
-- T H E W A R B E G I N S
-- Stratagus - A free fantasy real time strategy game engine
--
-- (c) Copyright 2015-2022 by Andrettin
--
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--
DefineDeity("gullveig", { -- Source: Kevin Crossley-Holland, "The Norse Myths", 1980, p. 7; Source: Carolyne Larrington, "The Norse Myths: A Guide to the Gods and Heroes", 2017, pp. 81-82.
Name = "Gullveig",
Pantheon = "vanir",
Homeworld = "vanaheim",
Civilizations = {"elf", "norse"}, -- Alaric Hall proposes that the Vanir are more or less identical with the elves, so it makes sense to make Gullveig an elven deity as well; Source: Alaric Hall, "The Meanings of Elf and Elves in Medieval England", 2004, p. 135.
Religions = {"paganism"},
Gender = "female",
Domains = {"blood"},
Description = "A gold-loving goddess, Gullveig was burned alive during a visit to the Aesir for her greed. Three times she was burned, and three times she was reborn. The Asgardian treatment of the goddess caused the Aesir-Vanir War. Gullveig is feared for her work of dark magic."
})
DefineDeity("nerthus", { -- same etymological root as Njord, likely originally the same deity; Source: Carolyne Larrington, "The Norse Myths: A Guide to the Gods and Heroes", 2017, pp. 44, 47.
Name = "Nerthus",
Pantheon = "vanir", -- since Njord is a part of the Vanir
Homeworld = "vanaheim",
Civilizations = {"elf", "suebi", "teuton"}, -- worshipped by the Langobards
Religions = {"paganism"},
Gender = "female",
Domains = {"earth"}, -- earth goddess
Description = "Nerthus is an earth goddess."
})
DefineDeity("eloh", { -- from Under the Burning Suns (Battle for Wesnoth)
Name = "Eloh",
Pantheon = "vanir", -- since she is an elven deity
Homeworld = "vanaheim",
Civilizations = {"elf"},
Religions = {"paganism"},
Gender = "female",
Major = true
})