Luenor

Luenor (loo-en-or), also known as xxxx, is a god of agriculture in Huenarnoan religion. Most modern depictions have him have the body of a man and the head of a ground sloth, usually scantily clad and with Karlabon, a pronged spear converted to a scythe. He is amongst the most venerated deities in modern Huenarno, especially among rural communities.

Unique among the other popular deities of Huenarnoan religion, Luenor rarely appears in myths in prominent roles, with only one lengthy tale, The Fall of Rorier, casts him as a main character. In it, the formerly boastful Luenor is brought low by the war with the fallen god Rorier. Afterwards, he retires to a farmstead and vows to never take a life again. He uses his powers to help those in need, though never in combat.

Mythology
While he sometimes appears in other myths, the only one where Luenor takes an active role is The Fall of Rorier. Most versions of the story introduce him as a warrior with the strength of 20 men, though the exact number can range from ten to a hundred. When Rorier goes silent after his corruption, the gods send Luenor and his retinue to reestablish contact with him. Along the way, he runs into a spider who warns him that if he continues on his current path, he will "harvest corn and milk ujox", tasks associated with the lower class women. He scoffs and continues on his path. The next night, Luenor gets tricked by an evil sorcerer into killing his own men. Once he realizes what he's done, he falls into a blind rage and tears through everything in his path, killing a small village in the process, before seeing a child cry over their mother's corpse. When the child sees him, she begs for him to spare him, thinking he is a demon.

History
The idea of a war god becoming an agricultural god seemingly predates the modern idea of Luenor. A fragmentary tablet found in the ancient city of Kitack describes "Plumar, who, defeating the great beast Janoh [a possible precursor to Hanot], took up the mantle of the Master of the Farmstead; and, upon his land, he grow beans and maize and squash; and he cut down weeds with the force of ten men with the great blade Naerotal . . ." The tablet dates to about 1600 BCE, several centuries before the first evidence of domestic ground sloths in the region. With the tablet lacking a clear description, it is unknown if Plumar was a direct predecessor to Luenor, or merely a source of imspiration.