Thlepis
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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.