Salt

Salt is the deity of travel and loss.

Salt is one of the Gods of the Sea, one of the three gods not introduced through the arrival of new cultures.

Salt is often personified as the sea itself. It is cruel and unpredictable, yet often must be faced. Those who have lost much, particularly companions and loved ones, often ask Salt for solace, so that it may share their grief and ease their burden. Those who would cast their possessions aside without a second thought are said to gain Salt’s ire, and receive its curse: a promise that soon they will lose something, or someone, that they truly care about.

Sailors have heard the tales of Salt’s travel of ages past, where Salt, then a powerful ruler, gave up their life to explore the world. Salt wept for what it had left behind, turning the pure ocean water saline, but kept itself safe on its travels. Sailors emulate this, tossing their most prized possessions overboard in dire situations in hopes that Salt will sympathize and keep them safe, or whispering unknown truths to the wind so that they may be heard.

Shrines to Salt are spherical in shape. Made of any material, they roll when placed on uneven ground, seeking to travel as Salt did. You might lose it like this, but Salt would understand, and grieve with you.