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Unut (NSFW)

If it is one thing that the Egyptians are known for, it is certainly their plethora of animal deities. Among one of the many is none other than Unut but who is she and what did she do? Unut goes by many names. This includes Wenut, Wenet, and Unnut. Not much was originally known about her but as time and fascination towards her continued so did the attempt to learn more of her. It is interesting to know that originally she started off as a snake goddess. How and why she became a hare goddess is a mystery but there are statues of her as the famed hare goddess. Unut was founded by the cult of Thoth in Ancient Egypt. Originally an entire Nome or district was named after the Hare goddess herself and was even known as the Nome of Wenet or the District of the Hare. She originally served as a messenger for the god Thoth. This made her often referenced as Wenet the Swift One. It is important to know that Unut is a hare goddess and not a rabbit goddess although it is very easy to mistaken the term usage. The Desert Hare or known as the Cape Hare was a popular choice for a deity in Egypt. Only predators such as the Cheetah could even catch the fast moving Hare with the ambush predators even having any hope of trying to ambush them for a meal. They live in the open instead of dug out barrows and they give very little scent to discourage hungry predators. Females typically give birth to one to three babies in up to four liters per year. Babies are born with their eyes open. This is no where compared to the rabbits that live in other places around the world. However, in all aspects, to the Egyptians she was a popular choice. Speed and swiftness was the defense against the forces of darkness and Unut was seen as a defender against evil. Her speed made her hard to hit or attack allowing her to deliver her messages safely without ever getting caught. Her husband was Wenenu whom some think maybe the god Osiris or Ra. In Tales of Heroes, Unut has a unique history and an important one as well. She is the Goddess of Speed, the Goddess of the Harvest, and the Goddess of Fertility. This all makes sense since the hare could be found in a garden and still reproduce well to the Egyptians. Her natural fast speed was just icing on the cake. Her husband was Wenenu and she was among the many deities out there. She lived a quiet life with her husband for the many thousands of years while occasionally have a child here and there. One of her surviving sons would later go in a famous race against a certain tortoise in the famed Tortoise and the Hare story. It is also rumored that some of her other children would also appear in various other stories that we all know well. This alone would have made her famous but there is more. The time came when the destructive force known as Cataclysm would try to wipe out all life in the Solar System. With the dwindling numbers, ultimately even Unut was chosen to go and fight against the creature. She participated in the last wave led by Ryujin before the Lintarsha Crystal was activated. While some of the deities managed to get away safely, the shock wave from Cataclysm's death created a magical concussive force that hit the last wave of deities. This resulted in casualties and injuries that would cause everything from wounds, broken limbs, and memory loss. The memory loss alone was probably the worst injury of them all and it was not often that the Coalition of Deities had to launch extensive searches for their fallen comrades. Despite all the efforts, Unut was never found and eventually assumed dead. What happened though was that Unut came crashing down to Earth landing in the Sahara Desert. With her memory loss, she had no idea who she was and what she was. As she walked around the desert for some time she would slowly have bits and pieces of her memory come back to her. Eventually she would encounter and see humans for the first time since her memory loss and the event was frightening to her. With poor memory, her natural fearful instincts took over and she had no idea if humans were intent to bring harm to her or not. She would travel further North and try to find a place to live in solitude away from all human contact. As time progressed so did War. World War 2 expanded to all parts of the globe. The war in North Africa would ultimately tie the Allies and Axis Nations against each other and the desert turned into a battleground. Libya was controlled by the Italians and natural resources such as oil was needed for the war effort. It was not surprising that the Italian soldier Danilo Gabrile would watch as his unit would get ambushed by the Allies. Being the only survivor, he manged to escape safely from the battlefield. For two days he wondered in the endless expanse of desert trying to find help and regroup with other fellow comrades. Starving, lack of water, and near death, he found a cave somewhere deep in the desert. Who he found would shock him. He accidentally had discovered Unut living alone in her well established cave. In no position to do anything, he collapsed under her pawed feet. Sympathetic, Unut would care for the ailing soldier. They did not understand each other's words at first but she nursed him back to health. Eventually able to get back on his feet, Gabrile wanted to rejoin the war effort again but the hare goddess would have none of it. She would not allow the man to leave for telling the other's about her would at least in her opinion mean her inevitable capture or possible harm. It wasn't to say that Gabrile had much going for him back at home. The Italians were losing the war and there were rumors traveling around that the Italians were getting eager to revolt against the fascist leader Mussolini. He had no real home to go back to and no wife waiting for him. Unut on the other hand felt a growing attachment towards the soldier. Loneliness after her memory loss was always there and Gabriele was a natural remedy for this. They had everything for each other and their love and romance was inevitable. It is not surprising that Unut has gained more attention as time progresses. Children's cartoons often depict characters of an animal anthro like aspect that makes them unique and distinguishable among the youth but it is far more than that. Rabbits and Hares tend to represent not just a more innocent quality to them compared to other animals but also a fertility and sexual nature. Rabbits are known to reproduce in large numbers, have very soft fur, and seem cute/adorable to many individuals. It is not surprising that our media from anime, movies, and even to the adult industry (such as the Playboy bunnies), often use rabbits as a sexual and even a fertility symbol. In ancient times the goddess Ostara would help inspire the concept of the Easter Bunny and other places around the world would also view hares in great respect. Other deities such as Eros and Aphrodite that are god and goddesses of love and sex, have a hare with them. It is not surprising that Gabriele found a place at Unut's side. Her cave and home was extensive. Her ability to grow foods as a harvest goddess allowed her to properly feed her human companion and lover. She even had the ability to use her magic as a Fertility Goddess to help impregnate herself. Fertility magic is such a wonderful power to have. After some fun in the bedchambers and a little bit of magic, the natural process of life could begin in her. As her memories would occasionally show her, she knew she was capable of becoming a mother, she informed Gabriele that she was able to produce children with him. It was his wish to become a father. He came from a large family as it was and to him, he had no issue having kids with her. She wanted to become a mother and that was how it would be. There are numerous advantages to reproducing with a deity. Not only does your genes get passed along but your lover never ages. Your children can be happy to know that they will never age. This alone is something that people can never ignore. It is natural to want to see your legacy continue far in the future as mankind continues to evolve and change around you. Maybe a child will grow to become a god, maybe the child will live an ordinary life, maybe the child will grow up to do great things. There is no bounds to the possibilities this can bring. As seen here, this is but the first of many children the goddess will bring to the world. Just like the statue that depicts her, she holds her staff. Nuzzled to her breast is her first newborn. With the fact that deities never age, one major benefit is that you can have children at any time. It is not uncommon for some deities to stay with their lovers even if the human mortal is 90 years old. To them, the enjoyment of being together and enjoying the time together was important. Human men can obviously still keep making babies even at such a ripe age. Unut over a course of forty years continued to produce child after child with Gabriele. The cave even though spacious was always in the need to be expanded. The cave turned into a nursery, a school, and a den for the family. Unut kept herself at a good pace of producing babies, taking care of them, and raising them to adulthood sometimes even having twins in the process of each pregnancy. The legacy of Unut is something that cannot be ignored in Tales of Heroes. In 2005, Gabriele's time of life was coming to an end. Life and time naturally passed for the human as he lay with his lover beside him. Never aging a day, Unut kissed him one last time as she listened to his final wishes. He wanted her and the large family that he made with her to go out and venture to the world and find other people to be with. He also wanted her to grow his favorite tree in the desert that she was more than capable of to mark the area where he passed away. With one final breath he kissed her on the lips as his heart fell still. Honoring his wish, Unut ventured above ground with her grown up children as she used her magic to grow the same tree that Gabriele grew up with in his backyard when he was a child. She watched as the tree grew to its full length and the children stayed for hours to honor their father. The magic drew the attention of the Coalition of Deities as they sent a team to investigate the magical disturbance and discovered Unut and her family. Her rediscovery was another cause for celebration. Not only was she found alive but she had a large family in tow with her as well. At a time when the Coalition of Deities was trying to replace their lost numbers, even Unut's presence was more than welcome. Many of the children that were adults would travel to different destinations in their new human forms given by the other deities. It wasn't a completely adventurous time period for Unut. The Coalition of Deities helped completely restore her memory and she was shocked at everything that she did and was even embarrassed somewhat. Not only did she live as a different woman but she also produced a large family with the man. Sadly, Wenenu her former husband, never survived the battle with Cataclysm and she was left missing both her original husband and the man she was with during the 20th century. This however does not mean that she was left alone though. She still had a large family of her own now and as the saying goes "Time heals all wounds." Maybe she will take a husband once again in the future. In the end, Unut produced up to 43 children (23 girls and 20 boys) with the human mortal. She almost beat Ammit in the amount of children she brought into the world with just one man alone. Some of the adult hares even displayed the ability to use magic and new and unique abilities. Most of the male hares born from Unut and Gabiele would go and join the massive dens of the Yuki family as husbands to the Yuki rats. The need for husbands from the Yuki rats was a hungry maw that could never be completely quenched. The female hares born would either come and assist the Yuki or venture to places around the Earth to live with the human mortals, become wives to them, offer whatever assistance to the Coalition of Deities that they could, and even become mothers themselves. Maybe one day you will be traveling down the road to meet a woman who seems to be both Egyptian and European descent. Maybe she will speak with an Italian accent to you. Maybe she might be more than she appears to be. Perhaps it is only until you reach the bedchambers together that you will truly get to know him or her before you realize that you are talking to one of the many children of Gabriele and Unut.