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| Naidún | |
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Kingship, Heroism, War | |
| Venerated in | Dehirtadh, Mírntæadh |
| Major cult center | Madhintulan |
| Gender | Male |
| Ethnic group | Adoun |
| Genealogy | |
| Parents |
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| Offspring | Udín the Strong, Nerían the Beautiful |
| Dynasty | House of Naidún |
Naidún was a demigod-king of the Adoun three thousand years before the Great Migration. He was born of the god Arodnán and an unknown mother; chroniclers most often ignored his mother, but during the reign of Brísa of the Lance, High Queen of the Kingdom of Dehir, it became common to invent a name for Naidún's mother and attribute to her many great deeds. During the days of the Kalduorian Empire, Naidún became an important ancestor god of the House of Dhamast-dohor, as it tied the Name-Kings to the House of Naidún and their Mannish heritage.
Cult
Naidún is widely worshiped throughout Dehirtadh and Mírntæadh, and his cult has benefited immensely from the Aztalorian Empire, whose wise emperors encouraged ancestor worship as part of their efforts to make the Men of Dehir into an urban and civilized people. The greatest patron of Naidún's worship is Emperor Sûokausaz tûr dran Thûotrûri, whose august and godlike reign has led the world into prosperity.
Worship of Naidún is natural and varies greatly. He is known by many variations of his name; Nidán, Nírdenn, and Nedír are only a few of his many names, and his parents also change according to the people who worship him. He has been variously declared a son of Dhamast-dohor and Amazikor; in the League of Oræ it is tradition to revere Naidún as having been an emanation of Eramgol, and not as the son of a god. The purest form of his worship, as it was done in the days of the Adoun, is found among the Mírnish who, having never surrendered their ways, have maintained Naidún's original rituals since before the Great Migration.
Kalduorian Ancestor Worship
Kalduorians traditionally worshiped Naidún as having been the son of Arodnán, but over time Arodnán was forgotten and replaced by Dhamast-dohor; the Brotherhood of Loremasters had recorded this change as it occurred, and there exists no indication that it was a purposed change. Kalduorians, having attached themselves to Dhamast-dohor and declared themselves more Anchulaín than Man, had inclined themselves toward supposing that their ancestors had always possessed some trace of Anchulaín.
Naidún name was not hard for those who spoke Kaldic to pronounce as it ought to be, so it transpired that his name has remained the same even to this day, preserved by the Sisterhood of Grammarians and the Kalduorian inclination toward proper speech. Although his name was the same, his rituals changed drastically; Human sacrifice fell out of favor and horses are now considered his favored sacrifice. He was increasingly worshiped in the manner of the Anchulaín, not in the manner of the Adoun, and so the Kalduorians came to worship him as a sort of manifestation of the royal dynasty...