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Elune
Elune is the revered moon goddess of Azeroth, worshipped primarily by the night elves as their benevolent protector and mother of the forest demigod Cenarius. Associated with the larger moon, the White Lady, she governs peace, healing, and lunar fury across the world. In tauren myth, she is honored as Mu'sha, the gentle left eye of the Earth Mother.
The White Lady
Elune is one of the few true deities acknowledged across Azeroth, bound inseparably to the night sky and the larger of the world's two moons, the White Lady. While never appearing in a physical form on the world, night elven artisans portray her as a kaldorei of transcendent grace, bathed in luminescence with alabaster skin, silver hair, and eyes of pure moonlight. Ancient legends among the kaldorei claim she once rested in the depths of the Well of Eternity during the daylight hours, whispering wisdom to the early night elves.
The Sisters and the Forest
Night elven spiritual and civil life is anchored in devotion to Elune through the Sisterhood of Elune, an ancient matriarchal priesthood led by High Priestess Tyrande Whisperwind. The Sisters invoke Elune's grace to mend lethal wounds, but they can also channel her radiant wrath to call down searing starlight upon their enemies. Her divine union with the Great White Stag, Malorne, produced Cenarius, binding Elune's heavenly mysteries directly to the druidic traditions that tend the wildlands of Kalimdor.
Aspects and Names
Though renowned for peace, harmony, and tranquil restoration, Elune is not a gentle pacifist. As the Night Warrior, she acts as a fierce patron of battle who gathers the spirits of fallen heroes from the field and places them in the heavens to ride across the night as stars. Beyond the kaldorei, the nomadic tauren know her as Mu'sha, the radiant left eye of the Earth Mother, who illuminates the night and guides wandering hunters alongside her fiery twin brother, An'she the sun.
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