Grandmother Spider

Grandmother Spider
(Deity)
Titles	Nana Anadi The Weaver
Alignment	Neutral
Areas of Concern	Twilight Weaving Illusion Family
Worshipers	Anadi, people of Nurvatcha
Cleric Alignments (1E)	LG NG CG LN N CN LE NE CE
Domains (1E)	Charm, Community, Darkness, Luck, Trickery
Subdomains (1E)	Curse, Deception, Family, Fate, Night, Thievery
Cleric Alignments (2E)	LG NG CG LN N CN LE NE CE
Domains (2E)	Creation, fate, family, trickery Alternative: change, darkness
Favored Weapon	Net or bola
Symbol	Four-pointed hollow webbed diamond
Sacred Animal	Spider
Images of Grandmother Spider
Source: Faiths of Golarion, pg(s). 10–15

Grandmother Spider.

Grandmother Spider is known as a mythical figure in the Mwangi Expanse where she is thought to be a hoarder, and a tale about her is associated with bags of holding. The legend tells of a young man given a bag by Grandmother Spider in exchange for him using it to collect every animal in the jungle and bringing them to her web. He instead left with the bag, which the legend claims is the reason why spiders of the Expanse are so hostile to humans.

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Church

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Old Woman Makes the Stars

Written by the anadi cleric Raindrops-Sing-Her-Name Secha between the 2nd and 4th centuries AR, this epic poem features the opening line shared among all of the many stories of Grandmother Spider: "This I have heard, and heard once more, and so I think it true."

Holidays

First Rain

Celebrated on the first rainy day of each summer—because of Grandmother Spider's renowned hatred of rain—followers of Grandmother Spider celebrate indoors to entertain each other for hours.

Longwalk

The long, dark night of Nurvatcha's winter solstice is celebrated as a day of freedom, in part thanks to Grandmother Spider lengthening their cover of darkness in their escape.

References

Paizo published a major article about Grandmother Spider in Faiths of Golarion.

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