Editing Rava

{{Infobox Deity
|Name = Rava
|Symbol = 
|Aliases = Ariadne, Rava, Gear Goddess, Clockwork Oracle, Mother of Industry, Spinner of Fate, Matron of Weavers
|Alignment = Lawful
|Divine Rank = Deity
|Pantheon = [[Midgard]], Minoan, Greek
|Portfolio = Artifice, Clockwork, Constructs, Contracts, Fate, Invention, Knowledge, Magic, Prophecy, Trade, Travel
|Domains = 
|Home Plane = 
|Worshippers = [[alchemist|alchemists]], [[artificer|artificers]], [[cleric|clerics]], [[Gearforged]], jewelers, lawyers, merchants, scholars, scribes, [[paladin|paladins]], weavers, [[wizard|wizards]]
|Favoured Weapon = 
}}
Per preeminent mythologist Karl Kerényi et al., in the Minoan subset of Greek mythology Ariadne was a mother goddess of weaving and labyrinths who upon absorption into the mainland portion of Greco-Roman mythology was demoted to mortal status but retained her deific name ''Ariadne'' meaning "Most Holy". 

The [[Midgard]] [[d20 System|d20]] setting for [[D&D]] etc. restored Ariadne to her status as a Minoan-Greek goddess; in that setting the goddess Ariadne usually goes by the name ''Rava'', the Spinner of Fate and the Clockwork Oracle.  Rava’s physical form has six-arms, and in her iconography she is frequently depicted weaving/spinning; her holy symbol is a spider and a gear.  

Rava is the patron deity of the [[clockpunk]] city of Zobeck in the central Cross Roads region of the [[Midgard]] [[D20 System|D20]] setting, where priests of Rava traditionally take ''Ravovik'' as their surname.  

Rava's artificers created the [[Gearforged]] race, and she is the primary deity worshiped among them.  [[Cleric|Clerics]] of Rava can become an upgraded version of a Gearforged known as "Goddess-Forged".

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LaLeggendaCretese.webp|Ariadne and the Cretan labyrinth
Ariadne-ThomasBaker.jpg|Minoan maidens signaled "unmarried" via bare-breastedness; no joke.
</gallery>

== External Links ==
* https://koboldpress.com/welcome-to-midgard-rava-ariadne

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[[Category:Greek Mythology]]
[[Category:Midgard]]