Solara, the Goddess of the Sun
Solara, the feminine personification of the sun and the light as it spills from the heavens, is considered by the Ethetia and their descendants to be the mother of the cosmos, the origin of all of creation as she had provided her vitality to it. It is said by the legends of these Ethetia that she bore creation through the proliferation of a dream within her, and, in doing so, shed her light that scattered to become the stars. Furthermore, it is thought that all soul and life originates from the goddess as she is considered as the source of all being and, being the source of creation that would eventually become spoiled, she is oftentimes seen as a goddess whose life force was unmatched as she brought into existence all of mortality. The goddess of the sun and light is also associated with the feminine acts of childbirth, and she is thought to possess the traits of both a youthful and vivacious maiden and a fertile, bountiful mother. Thus, as she is the mother of all of the world, she is regarded as the bringer and giver of the divine law which the Ethetia propagated throughout their world, any act committed against her being seen as a transgression and accordingly, punished through her great power and wisdom.
Specifically among the Ethetia, she was regarded as the goddess of the heavens that had yet managed to imbue herself into them, either through accident or design. Thus, she is thought to have imparted her energies onto the mortal plane and to have given them their lives and soul as they thought of her as their divine mother. It is believed that it is Solara’s life force that runs through the veins of every one of the Ethetia, as her essence had become inherited and allowed for their gaze to extend beyond their world and into the cosmos. Furthermore, she is thought to have granted a paradisal state to the Ethetia in ancient times, having grown the bountiful and tropical jungles which the Ethetia inhabited in ancient times. The goddess is thought to have blessed the land, enabling the heavens to descend onto the world and sustaining it in that way. As the sustainer and creatrix of the world, she is also thought to be the mother of the pantheon that the Ethetia would come to recognize after the extermination of the Makhetia, having chosen those spirits who would become the Elohad as her heirs and enabling them to ascend as she had.
The Kataletia of the Grecydan Empire revere her in the form of their veneration of the sun as being the divine place where the Elohad reside and hold court over, and it is thought that she is one with the sun itself and exists in a state of slumber. As the Elohad, those beings who the Kataletia permit worship of exclusively through the formation of the Grecydan Empire, are thought to have inherited her gifts, it is furthermore thought that the Elohad exercise her will though representing a different facet of the original light and goddess. Accordingly, direct worship of the goddess has largely become rare and uncommon, as it is the Elohad which carry her powers as they had ascended and could descend into the world. Though this may be the case, it is found that in prayers condoned by religious officials, Solara’s name is mentioned often and revered, and these prayers having remained as an artifact of those times where Solara was worshipped and venerated.
The Eretia of Tradarda, as descendants of the Ethetia, believe Solara to be in a state of slumber, and it is through the collective might of all of the Kataletian Elohad that she may be awakened. Thus, as the Eretia do not worship the Elohad but instead, their elven masters, they believe Solara to be a goddess of the light that continuously fades from the world, the twilight of creation coming to fruition as the world has changed so drastically from the original vision of Solara’s. As a mystic people, however, they are harmonized also with divine spirits, though oftentimes, they instead worship powerful ancestor spirits of their elven predecessors as the Eretia are a mix of both elven and human blood, though with the elven being diluted. Thus, the Elohad are not their gods, and instead, they look to the stars as a form of divinity.