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=== Etymology === | === Etymology === | ||
His most common name, ''Lowyrn'', is very securely theorised to have come from [[Proto-Namuno-Ethian language|Proto-Namuno-Ethian]] ''*Logʰr̥nm̥h₁s'', whence also [[Ascon language|Ascon]] Lagernen, [[Manth language|Manth]] Løgyrnym and [[Ragham]] | His most common name, ''Lowyrn'', is very securely theorised to have come from [[Proto-Namuno-Ethian language|Proto-Namuno-Ethian]] ''*Logʰr̥nm̥h₁s'', whence also [[Ascon language|Ascon]] Lagernen, [[Manth language|Manth]] Løgyrnym and [[Ragham]] Lagrą, formed by the roots ''*logʰ-'' "to entangle" and ''*ron'' "to enjoy, celebrate," and thus roughly translatable as "joyful entangler," or "joyful trickster." | ||
''Bidwein'' instead derives from ''*Bitwenes'', which is theorised to have been the name of a different god in [[Proto-Namuno-Ethian mythology]], meaning "grasping one," although a better translation could be "maddening one" (from ''*boyt-'' "to touch, to turn mad"). | ''Bidwein'' instead derives from ''*Bitwenes'', which is theorised to have been the name of a different god in [[Proto-Namuno-Ethian mythology]], meaning "grasping one," although a better translation could be "maddening one" (from ''*boyt-'' "to touch, to turn mad"). | ||
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| Lowyrn | |
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| Member of the Roffian Gods | |
 Lowyrn digitally recreated from a 440 BNB manuscript | |
| Abode | Rowff Holl |
| Symbol | Wine, the Blue Wanderer |
| Genealogy | |
| Parents | Afan (creator), Llul (material) |
| Siblings | Hysdoniol (created from the same material) |
| Consort | Ffion, Afan (at times) |
Lowyrn or Bidwein is the Mesdrist god of distilled beverages, fruits, visions, religious trances, celebrations, festivals, joy, madness, the blue wandering star and patron of riadarths. One of the more popular deities apart from the supreme gods Lwfan and Afan, his devotees, the Bidwenian cult, are well known for organising massive celebrations in his honour. He's most commonly depicted wearing and using the mythical blue gold or llulael, a material that, much like himself, generated from the corpse of the dead Llul, one of two primordial lights that illuminated the early cosmos.
Name
Etymology
His most common name, Lowyrn, is very securely theorised to have come from Proto-Namuno-Ethian *Logʰr̥nm̥h₁s, whence also Ascon Lagernen, Manth Løgyrnym and Ragham Lagrą, formed by the roots *logʰ- "to entangle" and *ron "to enjoy, celebrate," and thus roughly translatable as "joyful entangler," or "joyful trickster."
Bidwein instead derives from *Bitwenes, which is theorised to have been the name of a different god in Proto-Namuno-Ethian mythology, meaning "grasping one," although a better translation could be "maddening one" (from *boyt- "to touch, to turn mad").
Epithets
Epithets of Lowyrn include:
- Jórmilt (EPh: Iōrmildios) "the drunken one."
- Llulth (EPh: Λulθos) "made from Llul," in reference to his origin as part of the body of Llul.
- Hymberaidd (Synberaðis) "unresentful" or "unangered," in reference to his tendentially amenable disposition.
- Boed (Boytynt) "mad, crazy," in reference to his drunkenness.