Anath Raema
| Titles | Savage Huntress[3b] |
| Status | Active |
| Type | Elf God[1] Cytharai[4a] |
| Domains | Hunting[3b] Jealousy[1][3b] |
| Relatives | Khaine (brother)[3b] |
| Affiliation | Dark Elves[3b] |
| Followers | Clar Karond[3a] |
Anath Raema, the Savage Huntress is an Elvish deity, the sister of Khaine, and holds the position of being the goddess of the savage hunt. [3b]
It is believed that she instilled the joy of chasing and killing victims to the Dark Elves with the identity of their prey not being of importance. Instead, the blood thirsty goddess enjoys the thrill of the hunt with any living being prey to her. [3b]
She is said to hold a belt with the hands and heads of the hunters that called upon her aid but never thanked her for her assistance. Anath Raema is said to have made advances to Kurnous only to be spurned by him which is why she is also seen as the patron of jealous lovers who hunts down those that have wronged her followers.[1] [3b]
History
She became jealous of the father of Dragons Draugnir spending his time at the court of Asuryan and hunted him down and killed him. [2]
Worship
Morathi had statues of her and the other Cytharai created for the great square in Anlec showing her with a bow in one hand and the head of a Elf in the other and showing her belt of hands and heads. [4a]
The Dark Elf city of Clar Karond has many shrines to the goddess, even outnumbering those of Khaine and it is she who the armies of the city call upon when they go to war. In addition, in Naggaroth one of the four seasons of the year is named in her honour - Savagery. [3a]
Sources
- 1: Warhammer Armies: Dark Elves (7th Edition), pg. 58
- 2: Uniforms & Heraldry of the High Elves, Dragons of Caledor, pg. 44
- 3: Warhammer Armies: Dark Elves (8th Edition)
- 4: The Sundering (anthology) (Time of Legends edition): Malekith (Novel) by Gav Thorpe]]
- 4a: Twenty: The Battle of Anlec, pg. 226
