Vudravati

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Vudravati
(Deity)

Titles
The Peaceful Mother
The Sleeping Mother
Areas of Concern
Hospitality
Community
Nature
Diplomatic resolutions
Worshipers
Edicts
Be generous and forgiving, show respect for all beings and for nature, work to build peaceful communities
Anathema
Destroy natural coastlines, sow division through lies or rumors, stoke enmity between rivals
Sanctification (2E)
Can choose holy
Domains (2E)
Earth, family, protection, repose
Alternate: Healing, nature
Favored Weapon
Symbol
Necklace of beads
Sacred Animal
Sacred Colors
Green, blue, brown
Source: Divine Mysteries, pg(s). 161
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The nation of Vudra between the Obari and Embaral Oceans

Vudravati is a classic progenitor god, said to be the mother of all the Vudrani people.123

History

The Vudrani claim that the history of Vudra, and of Golarion as a whole, is told in the Mizravratta Brahmodya, dictated to the sage Balazastar by the goddess Likha. According to this account, as the goddess Vudravati walked across Golarion, she was courted by twin brothers Obari and Embaral. Though she took both as lovers, they fought so fiercely out of jealousy that Vudravati feared they would kill each other and wreak havoc across the world.

To separate them until they could reconcile, she lay between them and went to sleep, her body forming the land of Vudra. She birthed children of both Obari and Embaral while in this slumber,4 who are believed to be the Vudrani peoples of today. This account claims that Vudra has been in existence longer than Golarion's continents were in their current places. Most foreign scholars, however, dismiss such claims as exaggeration.123

It is through this tale, or perhaps truth, that Vudra takes its name, as well as the Obari and Embaral Oceans to the south and east, respectively.5 Vudravati herself is the land of Vudra, and more than mere land, water, and jungle: she is Vudra's physical embodiment, the sleeping mother who nurtures her children and keeps the land fertile and green.13

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Saif Ansari. Vudra, the Impossible Kingdoms” in Sixty Feet Under, 67. Paizo Inc., 2020
  2. 2.0 2.1 Saif Ansari. Vudra, the Impossible Kingdoms” in Sixty Feet Under, 69. Paizo Inc., 2020
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Misha Bushyager, et al. “Chapter 4: Exploring Divinities” in Divine Mysteries, 169. Paizo Inc., 2024
  4. Sixty Feet Under specifically asserts that Vudravati bore children while sleeping. Divine Mysteries does not use this language in articles about Obari, Embaral, and Vudravati, and instead suggests that the Mizravratta Brahmodya states that the people of Vudra "emerged from her body". PathfinderWiki assumes no conflict between the works, but the difference in language remains notable.
  5. Saif Ansari. Vudra, the Impossible Kingdoms” in Sixty Feet Under, 68. Paizo Inc., 2020