Sedna

The Mother of the Sea

Domain: Sea, Hunt & Sustenance
Alignment: True Neutral
Element: Water
Relics of Power: Hair of the Depths

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The People

People

Native American peoples

Region

North America

Period

pre-colonial – present

These spirits and deities were worshipped by the many Native peoples of North America, from the Lakota to the Navajo and Iroquois. Their beliefs bind humans to the Great Spirit, to totem animals, and to balance with the land. Passed down orally, they survive in the Indigenous nations that endured colonization.

The Sun Dance gathered the Plains nations in fasting and sacrifice around the sacred tree. The Hopi dance with the kachinas, masked spirits of the rains, and the sacred pipe seals prayers and treaties — ceremonies still alive in today's nations.

The Sacred Scrolls

Sedna is the mistress of the sea and of the sea animals in the Inuit mythology of the Arctic. Sovereign of the seals, walruses and whales that sustain the hunters, she dwells at the frozen bottom of the ocean. On her mood depends plenty or famine: when offended, she binds the game in her hair and deprives men of food. As The Mother of the Sea, this deity occupies a position of supreme prestige in the nativos pantheon. Their domains over Sea, Hunt & Sustenance reflect ancestral cosmic order maintained across millennia. In classical iconography, they are depicted with an aura of unshakeable majesty and sacred attributes that inspired reverence in emperors and peasants alike. Their influence extended beyond earthly boundaries, governing fates and harmony between the visible and invisible worlds. For ancient devotees, contemplating their essence was to understand the very fundamental forces of nature and human existence.

Sacred Symbols

The seal, the icy waves, the severed fingers and the black hair

Divine Lineage

Daughter of a mortal father; mistress of the creatures of the Arctic depths.

The Legendary Myth

Inuit tradition tells that Sedna was cast into the sea by her own father during a storm, to lighten the boat. When she clung to the side, he cut off her fingers, which sank and became the seals, the walruses and the whal…

Legends & Deeds

A celebrated secondary legend preserved in the oral traditions of the nativos recounts the journey when Sedna intervened directly in the lives of mortals.