Déine ap Gáeth, the Snow Queen of the Áes Camáir is the goddess of winter and storms. She is the fourth of Camáir’s five children.
She lives on remote, snow-capped mountain peaks in a palace made of ice that is shrouded in perpetual fog. She is generally depicted with white hair and pale skin, dressed in garments that are silver and white with ice-blue accents. Though she is sometimes shown clad in all-white furs, she is more often shown wearing light clothing more appropriate for the summer for someone not immune to the cold as she is. She is seen as aloof and though certainly not evil, at least somewhat indifferent to the effects of harsh winters.
She is accompanied by Nathairsioc, a draconic spirit of wind and ice who is about the size of a large cat. She is also the mother of the Four Winds, whose father is believed to be a powerful elemental creature from the Plane of Air, perhaps the raw element of air itself, maybe even The Féth itself. The Four Winds are considered to be demigods, serve as messengers of the gods and occasionally as liaisons between the gods and mortals.
The Festival of Déine ap Gáeth, or Fayluh Déine, begins on the Winter Solstice. In the Common Calendar, it also now marks the beginning of the new year.
Family
Mother: Camáir
Children: Children with Lir ap Tríath: Bráenna ap Túirenn. Children of Ordae Ruíri: Airgdide Gérat, the Silver Knight. Demigod children of the elemental forces of air: Anair ap Gáeth, the East Wind; Faitse ap Gáeth, the South Wind; Íarus ap Gáeth, the West Wind; and Túaiscert ap Gáeth, the North Wind.
Domains
Tempest, Grave, Twilight. Alternate Domain: Ice
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