Lake Como
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Como is a lake in Svetla. In Caďinorian mythology, it is the birthplace of the gods. It was also particularly holy to the Meťaiun, who found all lakes numinous, and it’s reasonable to assume that the Caďinorian invaders adopted this attitude and even the worship of particular divinities.
Pagans believe that once you have bathed in the sacred waters you are more visible to the gods, and thus more likely to receive favors, blessings, and visions. (You must go there, however; bottled Como water will not do. And there are admonitory tales of evildoers who, having brought themselves to the gods’ notice, were immediately drowned.)
The lake is ringed with monastic communities, pious nobles’ mansions, oracles, hermits’ huts, and facilities to receive and exploit pagans. The inns are some of the best places in the Plain for hearing good stories from all over.
Como or Komuγ is also the name of one of the first Meťaiun kingdoms (c. -1150), though it was later absorbed by Okiami.
Etymology: Caď.Comus, Cuêzi Comex, from Meť. Komuγ, prob. ‘god-place’; cf. Keb. kem ‘god’. Keb. Komuh.
