#erecura

[valkyries-things]

ERECURA // CELTIC GODDESS OF FERTILITY

“She was a goddess worshipped in ancient times, often thought to be Celtic in origin, mostly represented with the attributes of Proserpina and associated with the Roman underworld god Dis Pater, as on an altar from Sulzbach. Besides her chthonic symbols, she is often depicted with such attributes of fertility as the cornucopia and apple baskets. She is believed to be similar to Greek Hecate, while the two goddesses share similar names.”

[spyridonya]

 ... I love Dispater and his third wife, Erecura, so much.

Yes, they’re named after the roman depictions of Hades and Persephone. But Dispater has been used as a name for the Lord of the 2nd Layer of Hell since DnD 1e.

Paizo said, ‘Hey, let’s get him a wife.’ Okay, they gave him three wives. He married his first wife before the fall and lost her during it, he can’t remember her name, face, or fate, and it absolutely fucks him over.

ANYWAY. After his divorce from Feronia, who saw it more as a fling, a moral woman comes under his employment.

(This is where I’d show a picture you this bombastic moral, if Paizo actually had one.)

Meet Erecura. Instead of having an overbearing mother, Erecura is a priestess of Pharasma. Erecura ups and steals the secret of immortality from Pharasma and grants it to herself with the intention of sharing it to more morals, to make things fairer. Pharasma kicks Erecura down to Hell as a punishment before Erecura can do that and what happens?

 This woman who has ovaries of steel uses her prophetic talents to survive in Hell and gain the attention of several courts - even Asmodeus who fucking hates women in Pathfinder is all ‘ok, she’s cool’. She is hired by the court of Dis and eventually begins a casual affair with Dispater who is taken by her intelligence and grace under fire. She’s able to arrange a home for herself to decompress from hell’s bullshit for six months out of the year in her own palace, and then lives with her husband to help him out. And they genuinely love each other.

What’s more? Erecura is Lawful Neutral. She stole immortality because she thought it unjust the gods had it. She has several good aligned rangers who worship her because she endures in such a horrible place. She will not grant evil people powers.

You can be a Lawful Good Paladin to a power of Hell without using Feat Bullshittery.

And that’s why Erecura is amazing. The end.

[lechampdecitrouilles]

I am back for the Gaulish gods and goddesses - part 2 🤍🌿 !

[daarka]

Patron requests! 

Plus an LSD version of Syndri~

[hearthfirehandworks]

Erecura is a Celtic goddess worshipped in Gaul; her name is spelled several different ways including Aerecura and Herecura. She was sometimes depicted carrying a basket of fruit, a representation o…

[blackwattlenemeton]

Erecura (Aericura)

Erecura is a Gaulish goddess mostly known from first- to third-century inscriptions found along the Middle and Upper Rhine in Germany. Her name is also found with other spellings: Aericura, Aerecura, Aeracura, Eracura, Ericura, Ercura, Herecura and Herequra. The spelling does not seem dependent on region. Her name is likely to be either Celtic or Germanic; Beck (2009) believes Erecura is Germanic…

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[blackwattlenemeton]

Well I forgot about Samhain but I did incidentally spend the entire day researching and writing up a post about a deity I suspect is The Autumn Presence, so...accidental devotion, I suppose.

[silkravensssssss]

I just had to let the agreement with Erecura go, which is sad, but ultimately the right choice on her end.

We had a really hard time connecting, but we found common ground for some time and that was really nice.

Not all deity relations work out and that's okay.