Gaua Heriotza

Goddess of Night and Death

Night Goddess, Gaua

Often appears as a robust female figure with a dress of stars. She can also appear as just a female outline with stars instead of features

the anthropomorphic deity is about 5'8"

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She cools off the earth at night to keep the earth in balance. Otherwise, the Day Star God would burn everything. She keeps the souls of the dead as stars within her.

She always diminishes in the sunlight

Most people have an outdoor space with a flat rock to hold candles that they light at night in honour of the goddess. People light candles on graves. There are also temples that hold services just after sunset, most Gaua temples have a circular opening in the roof to observe her while worshipping.

When a person is dying the family gathers around and wears stars on their clothing and jewelry and light candles as they wait for the goddess to come to take their loved one.

She comes to guide people into the afterlife.