Followers: Induthi
Main countries of worship: Elys, Aberia
Nduthet places a high value on the natural order of things, and each thing is believed to have a god who rules over it. The gods have their own ways, and prayer is a combination between asking for the gods favor and asking for divine prophecy to avoid situations where one would come into conflict with a god.
Keket is the supreme goddess-queen, seen as the mother of all creation. She has four forms. In her sunrise form, she is a pregnant woman who carries a walking stick made from rays of sunlight. In her midday form, her most common, she is a lioness who wears the sun as a crown. In her sunset form, she is an old woman with a bowed back, carrying the sphere of the sun. In her night form, she wears a cloak to obscure her brightness and passes through the night world unseen.
Auset is the supreme chaos, the ruler of shadows and evil. She is portrayed as either a beautiful woman or a black and blue drake with a spear at the end of her tail. It is her footsteps that create earthquakes and bring ruin to civilizations. She is often seen as a trickster who has the power to influence people to cause war. Her name means chaos-creature.
Ta-apet is Keket's secretary and advisor, as well as the god of order and law. He takes only the form of a sukhet man, often in posession of a scroll or writing utensil.
Akela is the goddess of hunting and storms, and a shapeshifting deity who most often takes the form of a leopard or a hawk, but sometimes takes the form of a hyena or painted dog as well. She is a loner who is isolated from the other deities because she is also a watch-keeper and a warden for the deities and for humanity. She is Auset's first enemy, her name meaning chaos-warden.
Meri is the hyena deity of transitions and magic, who in its human form takes the appearance of an androgynous person with two horns. They are one of the few androgynous deities, and they are the deity of intersex people as well.
Isinet and Isibet are twin deities, one female and one male, of craftspeople. They can take the form of baboons, and they are symbolized by two crossed sticks or tools.
Sen-keu is the god of the hearth, and is represented as a human or a flame. He is symbolized by one red eye, representing the embers of a fire. He is a protector deity as well, and his name is often invoked to prevent theft or destruction. He is one of the few deities who is prayed to directly for assistance.
Ti is the god of healing and water, and is represented by an open lotus flower. He can take the form of an ibis, and is often also seen as a protector of rivers, and is usually portrayed alongside his wife, Ser-enet.
Aani is the god of mischief and love, and is portrayed as a gazelle with a green heart between his horns. He is seen as a tricksy god who enjoys pulling people into his schemes.
Ser-enet is the goddess of agriculture and water, and is often paired with Ti. She takes the form of a sukhet woman or a hippo.
There are also a number of minor deities that accompany the major deities. Keb and Khert-se are followers of Akela, and her first defenders. Keb the vulture god is the king of scavengers, and Khert-se is the goddess of poisonous animals. Khert-se is sometimes seen as being under Akela's watchful eye because Auset can posess her creatures easily. Merte is under Auset, and symbolizes illness and death, the opposite of Ti. Heset, the scarab goddess of funerals and mourning, and Kita, the feline goddess of music, are under Meri's guidance.
Nduthet places an emphasis on the divine feminine as creatrix and the divine masculine as helper. There is also a strong emphasis on divination as the way to recieve messages. Direct contact is typically sought by the mortal, rather than the divine, though in some cases the gods interfere with human behaviors.
Divination is done in one of two ways: Casting stones or sticks, which are used for minor or short-time events; and astrology, which is used for determining long-term events, major events, and beginnings of things.
Rituals are based around sunrise and sunset, the two times when Keket appears at eye level with her creation and is also the weakest and most approachable in her power.