Ptomir

Spheres of Influence: Rain, Rivers, the Sea, Water, Change, Luck, Romance

Epithets: The Lifebringer, The Changing Tide, The Rushing Current, The Deep

Common Domains: Arcana, Life, Knowledge, Nature, Tempest, Trickery

Ptomir brings us that most life-giving of elements, water. He is the snow melt and gentle rains that nourish new growth in Sowing season. He is also the cold, cutting rain of Reaping. He is the merest trickle of a creek, the flooding river, and the sea itself. He takes many forms, periodically coupling with Dawa in the form of a giant sea hawk. Though Ptomir and Dawa have intimate encounters, neither consider these to come with any greater attachment. Dawa views her relationship with Purnoz in the same light. Purnoz, on the other hand, views Dawa as his mate and is possessive and jealous, prone to fly into a rage when he discovers Dawa with Ptomir. This is the cause of violent and destructive thunderstorms and typhoons. As a result, some regularly worship Dawa, Purnoz, and Ptomir together, as the Triad. As typhoon season approaches, most people make offerings to the Triad.

There are many who worship Ptomir separately from Dawa and Purnoz, especially those who dwell along rivers. Here, flooding may be needed for rice paddies or be a destructive force to fear. Many who raise crops or dwell in drought-prone areas pray to Ptomir for rains, while those who live in areas plagued by monsoon seasons may pray for the rains to end.

In his aspect as the God of Change, Ptomir is worshipped by those preparing for journeys or facing a new phase of life. This includes new jobs, new love, marriage, and parenthood but also includes a shift of perspective or a hitch in plans. Ptomir is the flowing current and the changing tide, representing embracing what comes rather than fighting it.

Ptomir also appears as various water and sea creatures, or in the humanoid form of Mir. 

Related Demigods & Intermediaries

Mir: As Mir, the deity engages in trysts with the lonely, abandoned, lost, and neglected; Mir’s gender varies, depending on the preferences of those the deity visits. Many sailors tell tales of their encounters with Mir, as do soldiers, miners, travellers, and many who have been taken from their native lands and cultures. Experiences with Mir are described in similar terms across the continents, as transformative and resulting in a sense of peace, acceptance, and revelation. Some write bawdy songs or plays depicting such encounters as lustful and solely sexual, whereas those who have actually met Mir may describe similar sexual exploits but consider them the smallest part of a much larger experience.

Katya:  The god of luck, Katya is worshiped by gamblers. Whalers, fishers, hunters, and trappers also pray to Katya. She is known as Felise by the Bowok.

Festivals & Offerings

Grenna: Grenna falls late in the rainy season, when flash floods and mudslides threaten, and is a time to make offerings to Ptomir, Aerta, Necatia, and Pashan.

Offerings: Offerings to Ptomir are made when travelling on or along the water, before major life changes, when luck is needed (Katya/Felise is especially invoked for games of chance), before and during typhoon and monsoon seasons, in times of drought or flood, and when crossing over water via a bridge or other means (some might even invoke Ptomir when stepping over a puddle).

Flora and Fauna

Flora: Cattail, Coconut, Cranberry, Kelp, Mangrove, Rice, Paperrush, Pitcher Plant, Water Apple, Water Lily, Water Vine

Fauna: Briarmouth, Gar, Gull, Dolphin, the eyes of any saltwater fish, Kraken, Perch, Pike, Sea Hawk, Trout, True Whale

Devotees