Sky

Ouranos, the most playful of the deities, is often depicted as being lighthearted and joyous, though she has a darkness hidden within her. Alongside Gaia, she is the mother of the twelve original titans of myth, connecting directly to the creation of the world at large. Her oldest children are Oceanus and Tethys, who make up the singular Ocean Titan, as they are twins who often play upon each other's connections to water.

Ouranos is protected by her watery children, as they envelope her and Gaia in their gentle grips, and although she is often aloof and distracted when speaking with her earthly children, she has been known to appear every so often in a story or two of old.

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"'From the dangers of discord, after Chaos had completed his task of creation, two new forms came into being side by side. A small caracal made of cloud and color wrapped around and earthen shape. Heaven, in all her glory, had come to put a stop to Chaos's reign.'"Some time after Chaos's creations came into being, Ouranos and her lover, Gaia, appeared from the vast nothingness to create the world as we know it. The brooding anger of Chaos and his descendants was tempered, momentarily. The dimness was brightened by the blues and purples of the Heavens, and while Ouranos was not the main perpetrator against the beings of Chaos, she and Gaia did not hold back against the mischievous Gods.

For over a millennia, Chaos had created his quite sanctuary, only to have it disrupted by the inseparable sky and earth. Where he had been a creature of solitude, Sky was not. She and Gaia are, and always will be, inseparable, joined spiritually by their creation and by their natures, as you cannot have heaven without the earth beneath you.

Where Chaos shaped from nothing, Earth and Sky created together, building creatures of the clouds and waters within them and using the heart of the soil on Gaia's pelt to drive life into their beings. Twelve children arose under their carefully crafted paws, nursed with care by the motherly nature of Earth who was bothered little by Sky's lack of attention to them. They shared a soul and Gaia knew that it was in Sky's nature to be distant.

She is considered to be the largest adversary to Chaos and his tricks, as she does not like to play games with darkness. As a creature that exhibits both night and day, the sun and stars, and holds all of those gods in her pelt, she is displeased that they are not her own children. She is often depicted as being the one goddess who steps in in times of trouble to stop Chaos in his tracks.

Worship
Sky is one of the few Gods to actively be recognized and openly worshiped by a singular faction within the Maze, boasting a close connection to the felines of the Veridian State. It is thought that she stands as their patron, and often visits the felines of the state in their slumber, watching over them quietly as they continue to journey upon her lover underneath her pelt.

The Veridian State celebrates Sky in many ways, though the biggest celebration of her contributions is in July, known as Panathena.

Otherwise, the felines of the Veridian State and others who worship this goddess will most often lay out contributions in high places, specifically focusing on gifting her birds and feathers and other items that remind them of the Sky. It is considered lucky to find feathers unattached to birds and a sign of good will from Sky herself.

Lore
The Sky has multiple iterations of herself, most of them telling tales of a Goddess who is too vast and too large to keep up with her own duties, forcing the Sun and Moon to complete most of her daily tasks and caring for the light and warmth of the world below. Most believe her to be free of care and too immature to take issue with these specific gods, despite the fact that she is often contradicted to be a valiant fighter against Chaos.

When mortal life began to take root in the world around her, she disappeared from the world at large for an unknown reason. Most felines believe it is because she was too immature to care while others argue that she may have gone to keep Chaos at bay. Both sides of the story often contradict one another and it's not entirely certain which one true.

She is closest to Gaia, who's soul is twined with hers. They both are often depicted as lovers, with the Sky constantly chasing after the Earth in an attempt to embrace her fully. They both have successfully raised many litters of gods and goddesses together, though Sky is not the responsible parent of the two.

The Water Gods, Tethys and Oceanus, are her closest children. The two twins often are depicted as the same God, wrapping his watery paws protectively around his mother.

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