Her favored servitors, those of the highborne, she brought to the twin towns to reside.”Īlthough relatively little is revealed about Elune's true origins and background outside of mythology, Elune is known to be the sister of the Winter Queen of Ardenweald. Though there were many towns and places of habitation constructed upon the lakeshore, Ameth'Aran and Bashal'Aran were the foremost, having the touch of Azshara, the Kaldorei's beloved queen, in their creation. Upon the shores of the Well did the children of the stars, favoured of Elune, build their homes, even as their gaze was trained ever skyward, into the moonlit night. To all was known that Elune, light of the eternal twilight, aspect and goddess of the moon, dwelt within its waters at such time that she rested from her works. “Long had the children of the stars dwelled upon the banks of the shimmering waters of the Eternal Well. Elune is one of the few true deities of Azeroth, but the mythology surrounding her suggests that her true identity has not yet been fully understood. In tauren culture, she is known as Mu'sha (or simply Moon), the left eye of the Earth Mother, with the right eye being the sun, An'she. Reverence for Elune is not limited to the night elves, however. She is associated with the larger of the planet's two moons, the White Lady, and is considered to be the mother of Cenarius, the forest lord and patron god of all druids. On Azeroth, she is best known as the primary goddess of the night elves, whom she considers her "favored children". Elune is worshipped by several mortal cultures throughout the Great Dark Beyond, on both Azeroth and other planets. Together, they embody the balance of the great cycle of Life and Death. Her sister and counterpart is the Winter Queen, one of the Eternal Ones of Death. “When others receive life and energy from you, you too shall receive life and energy from me.”Įlune is a moon goddess of the cosmic realm of Life.
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