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{{Short description|Proto-Indo-European god of the wind}}
The [[Fiction|fictional]] character '''Vecna''' ({{IPA-en|ˈvɛk nɑː}} {{respell|VEK|nah}}<ref>[[Frank Mentzer|Mentzer, Frank]]. "Ay pronunseeAY shun gyd" ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]'' #93 (TSR, 1985)</ref>) has been named as one of the greatest [[villain]]s in the ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' [[roleplaying game]].<ref>{{cite journal| last = Bulmahn| first = Jason| coauthors = James Jacobs, Mike McArtor, Erik Mona, F. Wesley Schneider, Todd Stewart, Jeremy Walker| title = 1d20 Villains: D&D's Most Wanted; Preferably Dead| journal = [[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]| volume = 32(4)| issue = 359| pages = 54–69| publisher = Pazio | date = September, 2007 }}</ref><ref name="TOR">{{cite web|last=Callahan|first=Tim|title=Advanced Readings in D&D: Jack Vance|work=TOR.com|publisher=Tor Books|accessdate=3 October 2013|url=http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/07/advanced-readings-in-dad-jack-vance|language=english}}</ref>
{{Infobox deity
| type = Indo-European
| caption = [[Vayu]], Vedic god of the wind, shown upon his antelope [[vahana]].
| image = Vayu_Deva.jpg
| hinduism_equivalent = [[Vayu]]
| equivalent1_type = Zoroastrian
| equivalent1 = [[Vayu-Vata]]
| greek_equivalent = [[Anemoi]]
| roman_equivalent = [[Venti (mythology)|Venti]]
| equivalent2_type = Baltic
| equivalent2 = {{ill|Vėjas|lt|Vėjas (mitologija)}}
| name = H₂weh₁-yú
}}
'''H₂weh₁-yú''' is the reconstructed word for wind in [[Proto-Indo-European language|Proto-Indo-European]].


The deification of the wind is attested in most Indo-European traditions. The root ''*h₂weh₁'' ("to blow") is at the origin of the two words for the wind: ''*H₂weh₁-yú-'' and ''*H₂w(e)h₁-nt-''.{{snf|Mallory|Adams|2006|page=129}}{{Sfn|West|2007|p=263–264}} The deity is indeed often depicted as a couple in the [[Indo-Iranians|Indo-Iranian]] tradition. [[Vayu-Vata|Vayu-Vāta]] is a dual divinity in the ''[[Avesta]]'', Vāta being associated with the stormy winds and described as coming from everywhere ("from below, from above, from in front, from behind"). Similarly, the Vedic [[Vayu|Vāyu]], the lord of the winds, is connected in the ''[[Vedas]]'' with [[Indra]]—the king of [[Svarga]] Loka (also called Indraloka)—while the other deity Vāta represents a more violent sort of wind and is instead associated with [[Parjanya]]—the god of rain and thunder.{{Sfn|West|2007|p=263–264}} Other [[Cognate|cognates]] include Hitt. ''huwant-'', Lith. ''vėjas'', [[Tocharian languages|Toch. B]] ''yente'', Lat. ''uentus'', [[Proto-Germanic language|Ger.]] ''*windaz,'' or Welsh ''gwynt.''{{Sfn|West|2007|p=263–264}} The Slavic [[Viy (story)#Viy|Viy]] is another possible equivalent entity.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://journal.fi/store/article/view/43990/11044|title=Indo-Iranian Vayu and Gogolean Viy: an old hypothesis revisited|first1=Yaroslav |last1=Vassilkov}}</ref>
Originally from the ''[[World of Greyhawk]]'' [[campaign setting]], Vecna was described as a powerful wizard who became a [[Lich (Dungeons & Dragons)|lich]].<ref name = "TOR"/>


He is hypothesized to have been linked to life and death through adding and taking breath from people.<ref name=":0" />
Even after he achieved godhood<ref name="TOR" />


== Etymology ==
[[Brian Blume]] invented two artifacts he called the [[Hand of Vecna|Hand]] and [[Eye of Vecna]].<ref>''Gygax: "Brian blume ''(sic)'' was the creator of the Eye and Hand of Vecna, and nary a detail of those items did he ever reveal to me—beyond what appeared in print."''{{cite web | title = Gary Gygax: Q & A (Part I, Page 13) | publisher = EN World | date = September 16, 2002 | url = http://www.enworld.org/forum/archive-threads/22566-q-gary-gygax-part-i-13.html#post371202 | accessdate =August 28, 2009}}</ref>
The name H₂weh₁-yú is derived from the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European root *h₂weh₁-, meaning "to blow" or "to breathe".{{snf|Mallory|Adams|2006|page=129}}{{Sfn|West|2007|p=263–264}}


== See also ==
The name Vecna was an anagram of [[Jack Vance]],<ref>[http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/4alum/20090121 D&D Alumni: Open Grave]</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.greyhawkonline.com/grodog/gh_anagrams.html |title=Gygax's Greyhawk Anagrams, Puns, and Homages |publisher=Greyhawkonline.com |date= |accessdate=June 12, 2009}}</ref><ref name = "TOR"/> the fantasy author whose "fire-and-forget" magic system is used in ''Dungeons & Dragons''.<ref> {{cite web | last = Rogers | first = Simon | title = Remembering Jack Vance | publisher = Pelgrane Press | date = 2013-05-13 | url = http://www.pelgranepress.com/?p=11669 | accessdate = 2013-10-05}}</ref>


* [[Wind]]
According to Shannon Appelcline, the adventure ''[[Die, Vecna, Die!]]'' "touched upon the oldest locales and the most ancient myths of the ''D&D'' game" by playing the Eye and Hand of Vecna against the cambion demigod Iuz.<ref name="designers">{{Cite book|author=Shannon Appelcline|title=Designers & Dragons|publisher=Mongoose Publishing|year=2011| isbn= 978-1-907702-58-7|page=284}}</ref>


<!--== Notes ==
The Hand of Vecna has also made it's return for this edition of the game.<ref name="GDR">{{cite web|last=Baichtal|first=John|title=GeekDad Review: D&D 4th Edition (part 3 of 3)|url=http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2008/09/geekdad-review-13/|publisher=Wired|accessdate=3 October 2013}}</ref>
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==References==
{{Reflist}}


==Sources==
*{{Cite book|last1=Mallory|first1=James P.|title=The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World|date=2006|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tF5wAAAAIAAJ|location=Oxford, England|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-929668-2|last2=Adams|first2=Douglas Q.}}
*{{Cite book|last=West|first=Martin L.|author-link=Martin Litchfield West|title=Indo-European Poetry and Myth|date=2007|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Oxford, England|isbn=978-0-19-928075-9|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZXrJA_5LKlYC}}
{{Indo European Mythology}}


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===''Hand'' and ''Eye of Vecna''===
[[:Category:Wind deities]]
is a high-valued and very dangerous magical [[Magic item (Dungeons & Dragons)#Artifacts|artifact]].<ref name="GDR"/> The Hand of Vecna is considered a classic artifact in Dungeons & Dragons.<ref name="GDR"/>
[[:Category:Reconstructed words]]

[[:Category:Proto-Indo-European gods]]

===''Head of Vecna''===
The ''Head of Vecna'' was a hoax that one adventuring party played on another in a campaign run by [[game master]] Mark Steuer. One of the groups tricked the other into going on a quest for the ''Head of Vecna'', a hoax [[Magic item (Dungeons & Dragons)#Artifacts|artifact]] that was supposedly similar to his ''Hand'' and ''Eye'', but was simply an ordinary severed head. The hoax takes advantage of the fact that the ''Eye'' and ''Hand'' require a person to remove their own eye or hand and replace it with the artifact to function. The characters involved in the story reasoned that they needed to decapitate themselves to gain the powers of the Head of Vecna, and several members of the group actually fought over which character would get to have his head cut off and replaced. After the third character died, the joke was revealed.<ref>[http://www.sjgames.com/ill/1996/ill-dec96.html ''Daily Illuminator'', December 6, 1996]</ref>

The ''Head of Vecna'' was later referred to by Morte, a floating skull in ''[[Planescape: Torment]]'', when discussing his lack of a body

Familiarity with the ''Head of Vecna'' was cited as an example characteristic of an avid role-playing gamer by writer David M. Ewalt.<ref>{{cite book
| first=David M. | last=Ewalt | year=2013 | title=Of Dice and Men | publisher=Scribner | page=1 | isbn=978-1-4516-4052-6 }}</ref>

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==References==
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Latest revision as of 13:36, 16 August 2023

H₂weh₁-yú
Vayu, Vedic god of the wind, shown upon his antelope vahana.
Equivalents
GreekAnemoi
HinduVayu
RomanVenti
ZoroastrianVayu-Vata
BalticVėjas [lt]

H₂weh₁-yú is the reconstructed word for wind in Proto-Indo-European.

The deification of the wind is attested in most Indo-European traditions. The root *h₂weh₁ ("to blow") is at the origin of the two words for the wind: *H₂weh₁-yú- and *H₂w(e)h₁-nt-.[1][2] The deity is indeed often depicted as a couple in the Indo-Iranian tradition. Vayu-Vāta is a dual divinity in the Avesta, Vāta being associated with the stormy winds and described as coming from everywhere ("from below, from above, from in front, from behind"). Similarly, the Vedic Vāyu, the lord of the winds, is connected in the Vedas with Indra—the king of Svarga Loka (also called Indraloka)—while the other deity Vāta represents a more violent sort of wind and is instead associated with Parjanya—the god of rain and thunder.[2] Other cognates include Hitt. huwant-, Lith. vėjas, Toch. B yente, Lat. uentus, Ger. *windaz, or Welsh gwynt.[2] The Slavic Viy is another possible equivalent entity.[3]

He is hypothesized to have been linked to life and death through adding and taking breath from people.[3]

Etymology

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The name H₂weh₁-yú is derived from the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European root *h₂weh₁-, meaning "to blow" or "to breathe".[1][2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Mallory & Adams 2006, p. 129.
  2. ^ a b c d West 2007, p. 263–264.
  3. ^ a b Vassilkov, Yaroslav. "Indo-Iranian Vayu and Gogolean Viy: an old hypothesis revisited".

Sources

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