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Thlepis
The Simurgh
Pantheon	Fountainheads
Portfolio	Artistry Labor Beauty
Edicts	Work diligently Create art Improve your craft
Anathema	Despoil creations Appropriate others hard work Idle
Gender	Female
Sacred Animal	Hart

Thlepis (/flɛpɪs/, "FLEH-piss") was a major goddess of art, craftsmanship and the notion that good work is measured in the sweat of the artisans brow.

Description

Thlepises most common depiction was as a three-legged, three-headed bird of prey. In this guise each of her talons carried a different artifact symbolizing labor: A hatchet, a crook and a rake. In her other guises she was the shadow of a swan on the surface of the moon or a woman with the head of an ibis.

History

Thlepis was wed to Gibb. According to legendary accounts, Thlepis crafted the hart and hind out of clay and bone as wedding gifts for their betrothal.

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 == Description ==
-{{this}}s most common depiction was as a three-legged, three-headed bird of prey. Each of her talons carries a different artifact: A hatchet, a crook and a rake. In her other guises she is the shadow of a swan on the surface of the moon or a woman with the head of an ibis.
+{{this}}es most common depiction was as a three-legged, three-headed bird of prey. In this guise each of her talons carried a different artifact symbolizing labor: A hatchet, a crook and a rake. In her other guises she was the shadow of a swan on the surface of the moon or a woman with the head of an ibis.
 == History ==
-{{this}} originally served as a minor patron goddess of certain nesting animals. After wedding [[Gibb]] she was promoted to a major deity of civilization.
+{{this}} was wed to [[Gibb]]. According to legendary accounts, Thlepis crafted the hart and hind out of clay and bone as wedding gifts for their betrothal.