Wildspeak Article - Gods: Zirczekaja

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Zirczekaja (pron. Zer-cheh-KAY-jah)

Depicted As

- A lithe, wiry young man - pre-adolescent, or adolescent - often quite short, with short hair. Significantly virile.
- Wolverine
- Badger

Other Names

none.

Symbols

Great, empty Fields and Pastures.
Grey and Black Soil.
Black Wood.
Walnut.
The Phallus.
Empty spaces.
Dog (domestic).
Wolverine.
Badger.
Sable.

Presides Over

Zirczekaja presides over the underworlds, primarily the flat plateaus and the empty spaces off the paths. He also conducts a 'hunt' in the underworlds similar to the ones that Lesavny conducts in the middleworlds.

Zirczekaja also presides over death states, mutilation, sacrifice and dismemberment. He is not - however - a war god. He is associated with the loss of innocence.

Connections to Other Deities and Folklore

Zirczekaja has been presented as a friend of Lesavny in some of the folklores. He has also been associated with Vavale, as a wolverine or hound that comes to visit her with tidings from the underworlds. He has also been indicated in a story depicting the rape of Vasilia, as her rapist.

Times of Honour

- Times of stillness (no wind, etc.)

Places of Honour

- Plateaus and plains
- Fields
- Salt lakes
- The underworld

Offerings

- Animals (animal sacrifice)
- Blood (given through cutting)
- Knives and Blades
- Salt
- Pain and Ritual Flagellation
- Immediate and Visceral Sex