Luvas
Luvas is the Moigthe god of wealth and intrigue. He is known for having knowledge which is most useful at critical times. They who manage and acquire wealth honor him as do those who steal it. Luvas is husband to Uki (Dáunau). His parents are Farra (Parkia) and the god of death (Orclanx). Luvas is compared to Threy and Orkybanth in the other pantheons of the Gwenyan People. The Moigthe depict him as a middle-aged, handsome man with dark hair just starting to grey. Some legends ascribe his knowledge to his wife, Uki, goddess of prophecy. Luvas is the father of the Durrhaunvian Triad. Luvas has arbitrated disputes between the god Tuvach (Thwar) and the god Landruth (Parkulliam). He is sometimes regarded as half-brother to Tuvach and Landruth.
According to legend, Luvas dwells in a great and long, high-timbered house, called Ifferadindala (Iffer 'house' + dindala 'steep roof'), that often exists in the other realm between the world of mortals and the world of gods. For this reason, the house has occasion to appear to mortals in unexpected places and mortals have dined with Luvas unwittingly. In his house, Luvas entertains a great household that includes his many visiting daughters and sons, and his magical servants. This house is *not* the house of his wife Uki and she has no customary power over this house in keeping with Ancient Moigthe practice. In many legends, the house is portrayed as a brothel and Luvas as wealthy and decadent. Luvas is a powerful wizard and necromancer, but always keeps his powers secret and never boasts of them to other wizards.
Luvas has a magical he-goat, called Iugo, that Luvas and members of his household can ride as a means of conveyance. Iugo is as great in size as a pony and a deep, deep grey color. In some legends, Luvas must find an alternative means of transportation as his god, Iugo is copulating with she-goats in the country in which Ifferadindala finds itself. In other legends, the god Rhion (Rhio) and his household are banqueted as guests at Ifferadindala with much wine and music. The bull of the sun is thought sometimes to sleep at night at Ifferadindala and live among the gods during the day.
Luvas is the father of Isfalath by a mortal woman.
The bard Luvasirgwer is named after this god, his name meaning perhaps 'horn of Luvas.'
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