N'xtun, Goddess of Life and Death
Many depictions of N'xtun show a large figure dressed in shadows, typically surrounded by various flora that are shown growing on the left and withering to the right. Her hands are usually shown open, with her arms reaching down as if to wrap those before her in a gentle embrace.
N'xtun is considered to be a creator of mortal lives, the birthplace of souls, and their final resting place. She can create new souls, and then she leads them to the dimensions of the living. From there, they pass into a dimension under the guidance of their guardian [Exdea or De'ex]. When their soul is old, or their body has passed, N'xtun returns for them and brings them back to where they came from.
Some cultures believe N'xtun to be two or even three separate deities, separating life and death into two domains. In many cultures, she is more often associated with death than she is with life. Even if those cultures accurately attribute their creation to her, many still refer to her as Lady Death.
While N'xtun has reign over the whole domain of death and the act of dying, in more recent teachings by larger and more modern groups, she is closer associated with gentle deaths and painless passings rather than death as a whole. Some have forgotten that Death is as kind as she is brutal.
In her domain of life, while she has the ability to do much, she does not, instead allowing others the chance to do so. She has been limited in the type of creation she is allowed to do to avoid pushing into Prie'amas domain. She creates new souls and allows others a second, third, fourth chance. Instead of creating new things, she simply allows what was once dead to return, forgotten and uprooted trees resprouting, long dead plants renewing despite frozen ground, little miracles of life returning from death.
Many pray to Lady Death to ask for a painless death for themselves or a loved one, or for themselves or a loved one to be spared. N'xtun may also be prayed to or worshipped to request safe passage through to the final resting place.
N'xtun is associated with crows, the wither, and wither flowers. Alliums are also associated with her in some cultures. In the End, she is associated with dragons and purple flames.
In the End, she is revered as Queen above all dieties. There, they call her ⟒⋏☌ (Déwh), or ⟒⋏☌-☌⍀⋔ (Déwh-Hegem), meaning Everything. In many End myths and stories, she is considered the mother of all life, the one who brought life to the world, and the one who will one day return all to where they belong. She is often depicted in the End alongside the dragons of old, occasionally even as a dragon herself.
In the Nether, among the piglins, she is called ⊖☗⊖❂⊚⊕ꕤ (Onodraighs), meaning The One Who Waits. She is seen as an inevitable end, who bestows great honor on teachers and warriors alike. In the Nether, Onodraighs is more often considered to be beneath or lower than ❂⎔⍝ (Drraud), the diety of Blood. The Ostraspen are considered a tragic curse from Drraud on any piglin, an endless path as a shade in the realm of the living, forever cut off from the Great Halls of Drraguhk, and Onodraighs collection. They are left behind as a husk unable to live yet unable to die.
N'xtun does not create the nether-folk. They are not passed on from her, though she does collect them. She considers them a gift and an apology, received from Kinïstra, and she cherishes them deeply.
N'xtun has many minor deities under her domain, though the most notable would be Cruor/Drraud, or more commonly, The Blood God (in the nether the piglins revere Drraud higher, but within the existing pantheon he works with and for N'xtun, not above her). Some mythos also depict her as coming behind an Angel of Death, an omen on the battlefield, oft depicted as an ethereal being with wings as dark as the void and a harrowing screech. It was said that behind the angel, Lady Death would always follow.