God of hunting and skinchanging, revered for his fierceness and cunning. The King of Insanity appeals to the darker side of the Cat-Men, who chafe at the strictures of sanity and responsibility. In myth she is tied into the origins of Khajiiti out of Aldmeri stock. Patron of Khajiiti magicians, respected rather than feared for her sometime trickery. The most famous burglar in Elsweyr's history, Rajhin is said to have stolen a tattoo from the neck of Empress Kintyra as she slept. Rajhin grew up in the Black Kiergo section of Senchal. Thief and trickster god, the Purring Liar, much beloved of Khajiiti storytellers. Khajiiti version of Magnus, the god of the sun and sorcery, popular with Khajiiti magicians (though less so than Azurah). He has also lent his name to the Baandari Pedlars, the traveling Khajiiti merchant tribe.Īdditional Deities with Significant Khajiiti Cults:
In this aspect, Baan Dar becomes the cleverness or desperate genius of the long-suffering Khajiit, whose last-minute plans always upset the machinations of their (Elven or Human) enemies. In Elsweyr he is more important, and is regarded as the Pariah. In most regions, Baan Dar is a marginal deity, a trickster spirit of thieves and beggars. He is also associated with rain, a phenomenon said not to occur before the removal of Lorkhaj's divine spark. In some legends, he is the first to agree to Lorkhaj's plan to invent the mortal plane, and provides the space for its creation in the void. Khenarthi is the strongest of the Sky spirits. In early Aldmeri legends, S'rendarr is the apologist of Men. S'rendarr's sphere includes compassion, charity, and justice. Originally a fertility goddess, the Khajiit associate her with Nir of the "Anuad," the female principle of the cosmos.
In Khajiiti religion, Jone and Jode are aspects of the Lunar Lattice, or ja-Kha'jay.
Together, the moons represent duality, fate, and luck. Jone and Jode (Little Moon God and Big Moon God): The Riddle'Thar is more a set of guidelines by which to live than a single entity, but some of his avatars like to appear as humble messengers of the gods. The cosmic order deity of the Khajiit, the Riddle'Thar was revealed to Elsweyr by the prophet Rid-Thar-ri'Datta, the Mane. He is depicted as a fearsome dragon, a creature the Khajiit say "is just a real big cat." He repelled an early Aldmeri pogrom of Pelinal Whitestrake during mythic times. His worship was co-opted during the establishment of the Riddle'Thar, and he still enjoys immense popularity in Elsweyr's wasteland regions. A variation on the Altmeri Auri-El, and thus an Akatosh-as-culture-hero for the earliest Khajiit. By Brother Mikhael Karkuxor of the Imperial CollegeĪs fits their heterodoxy of form, the Khajiit worship many gods, and few confine themselves to the Imperial Eight.
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