Viridis

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This is in a series of articles about oral traditions, tales, folk practices, and folklore.

topics cult1 of Anrel, Viridis (or Viridus) is the personification of all virid life, particularly its invasive, deceptive and threatening nature. His antithesis is the Green Man.

Viridis is not a god in the Anrelian Pantheon as he is a figure of folklore than religion. Viridis is the chaotic force opposing green life and human civilisation, rather than a deity in his own right, although antecedents are found in the pantheons of some prehistoric societies.

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Anrel [ANN-rel], or the Anrel Isles, is the most northerly island group in the Natorn Archipelago. It consists of three major islands and numerous smaller ones. The largest, colloquially if infrequently called Mainland, is divided between the kingdoms of Trésard and Narette. The island, Viridis is rarely represented in folklore or art, but is occasionally pictured as a monster with huge eyes and a gaping mouth, holding succulent-looking but poisonous fruit in its hand, spreading virid spor with the other.

In modern times he is often associated with the The Nameless, related to the virid taboo in Anrel culture.