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| description = '''Larethian''' is a book on the deity [[Deities|Corellon Larethian]], the elf god of art and magic.
| description = '''Larethian''' is a book on the deity [[Deities|Corellon Larethian]], the elf god of art and magic.

Revision as of 22:13, 17 June 2024

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Larethian is a book on the deity Corellon Larethian, the elf god of art and magic.

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This book is redolent with the enticing smell of paper and ink.

Properties

  • Books
  • Rarity: Common
  •  Weight: 0.5 kg / 1 lb
  • Price: 14 gp


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[The introduction to Larethian by Palmer Junisugga reads:]


It is no exaggeration to say that Corellon Larethian is the primary figure in the pantheon of elves. It is said that his tears mingled with those of Sehanine Moonbow actually created elves[sic].


As in all myths the physiological reverse oblation (God gives to his people) is interesting. The elven people are not formed from Corellon's hip bone, his throat, his testicles. Instead they arise from an expression of sorrow. Some scholars frame them, then, as an antidote to his pain (Corellon was, at the time, experiencing loss and feelings of betrayal).


More traditional thinking (and here I quote the elven sage Aephir Loquellan) places elves, 'as sad as a species can be.'


This rings truer for me. Life, after all, deposits its fair share of difficulties on those burdened with living it, and elves endure a long, long time...