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The Golden Cow is a cow goddess worshipped by theRatarkans, mirroring the importance of cows in their culture. The Golden Cow is said to dictate over the Ratarkans' success in harvest and prosperity. Frequent offers are made to the deity by slaughtering cows to please her.

Beliefs[]

The Ratarkans acknowledge the existence of other supernatural beings or spirits besides the Golden Cow, but it would be incorrect to describe them as polytheistic. Rather, Ratarkan religious beliefs are best described as "henotheism" - the belief in and worship of a single deity (the Golden Cow), but accepting the existence of other deities who may or may not be worshipped. These other deities may only have power in specific localities. For example, the Ratarkans do not revere or worship the Great Stallion, the deity of the Dothraki who live farther to the west in the Dothraki Sea. However, they do not deny that the Great Stallion may exist, they just think its power is only strongest in Vaes Dothrak, and even then, that the Golden Cow is assuredly a stronger god than the Great Stallion, in all times and places.

The Ratarkans believe that the Golden Cow influences the success and luck of the Ratarkan peoples. Should one tribe anger the Cow, their harvest will grow poor and their livestock will die of hunger. However, should another tribe please the Cow, there will be plenty of food and the livestock will grow old and strong. In order to please their deity, the Ratarkans often slaughter a single cow from their livestock in hopes of pleasing the goddess.

In Ratarkan belief, the stars are the many teats of the cow goddess and in times of luck, milk from the goddess will rain from above and make the grounds fertile. Technically speaking, the Ratarkans see the monsoon downpours of the Highlands as blessings from the goddess, to hope for a prosperous harvest.

Children are considered "blessings from the Golden Cow".

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