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name=Xanag|
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home=[[Prime Material Plane]]|
power=Lesser|
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portfolio=Metals, Beauty|
domains=Creation, Domination, Earth, Fire|
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'''Xanag''' is the [[Touv]] goddess of Metals and Beauty. She represents the bounty of the earth transformed by fire (that is o say, metals) and the beauty of things made from it. Her holy symbol is a circle with seven lines radiating from it. 

==Description==
Xanag is depicted as a Touv woman seemingly made of gold, surrounded by a radiant light. She is indifferent to questions of morality and easily distracted by the superficial.

==Relationships==
Xanag is the daughter of [[Nola]] and [[Uvot]], combining her father Uvot's affinity with the land's bounty with the radiant light of her mother the sun. Xanag mated with stormy [[Vogan]] and birthed [[Kundo]], god of noise, music, and the hardiness of building. 

==Realm==
According to [[Sean K. Reynolds]]' "Scarlet Brotherhood FAQ," the Touv gods are spirits who dwell on [[Oerth]] itself rather than on other planes of existence.

==Dogma==
Xanag is indifferent to good and evil, valuing beauty, art, romance, and the superficial.

==Worshipers==
===Clergy===
Xanag's priests are workers of metal, or at least appreciate fine and beautiful craftsmanship. They teach metalsmithing and jewelry-making. Poets and lovers pray to Xanag, and priests of Xanag preside over marriage ceremonies. Their favored weapon is the short sword, and they may also wield the atl-atl, dagger, and spear. On ceremonial occasions they wear a gold helm that exposes the face but covers the cheekbones. 

==Myths and legends==
===The creation of the Handmaiden===
It is said that Kundo, god of building, created the aquamarine moon the Touv call [[Celene (Kule)|Koxanag]] to honor his mother, as well as another moon, [[Luna|Konola]], to honor his grandmother Nola. [[Katay]] remarked on how the two moons spun, and recorded their movements on a great wheel given to him by Xanag. 

===Berna and Xanag===
[[Meyanok]] sent his young forth to corrupt the elder gods. The misdeeds of [[Vara]] and [[Damaran]] will be discussed in their individual entries, but [[Berna]], goddess of vendettas, was sent to torment Xanag, the goddess of metals and beauty. However, when confronted with the loveliness of her great-grandmother's second daughter, Berna paused with amazement. Berna realized that even she, the personification of all hatred, could not hate so beautiful a creature, and she threw herself at Xanag's feet, offering to kill herself to atone for her unworthy emotions. Xanag took pity on her strange grand-niece, and gave her a heart made from red gold. This heart transformed Berna from a spirit of dark passion to one that represented all powerful emotions, as well as the emotion of forgiveness. This enabled Berna to finally forgive herself.

==Bibliography==
*Conforti, Steven, ed. ''Living Greyhawk Official Listing of Deities for Use in the Campaign,'' version 2.0. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2005. Available online:[http://www.wizards.com/rpga/downloads/LG_Deities.zip]

*[[Reynolds, Sean K]]. ''[[The Scarlet Brotherhood]]''. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 1999.

[[Category:Gods of craftsmanship]]
[[Category:Gods of love and beauty]]
[[Category:Touv deities]]