HearthMotherHearth Mother is the fertility spirit of the Votanki? and one of the Greater Spirits of Balazar. She found a child in the darkness that she raised and who was Foundchild, and by whom she bore a son called Votank. She showed the daughters of Votank the gift of fire at Fire Point?. The eldest female of the Clan Shamen of the clan is called the Grandmother and is the focus for the worship of Hearth Mother in the clan. If a clan ever reaches the point where it has no female shaman able to take the role of Grandmother, the clan will cease to exist, for it is Hearth Mother than binds the people together in clans. T The Grandmother is a member of the Clan Council, where she advises on where the clan should go for the best gathering. All females of the clan that are over the age of puberty and are not hunters or shamen take part in the Hearth Mother rituals every season. Each Sacred Time? they gain 1 point of spirit magic in the great festival. |