Rind's Gifts
Offerings to the Lady of Ice
Rind aids women who have been raped or abused, or who need to break away from batterers. Her followers will often give small stone hearts to women in these situations who need to do what is right. However, she is a frost-giantess, and as such she is not a loving, indulgent mother. While she will give protection from, and work for justice for, women in these situations, she has no patience with those who continue to be weak even when given the chance to be strong. She also has no patience for those who take pleasure or comfort from their victimhood, or who bear false charges. It is best only to call upon her aid with clear vision about what has happened, and whether the individual in question is fully ready to work on becoming stronger and more self-sufficient.
Rind is also a powerful sorceress, and her area is the study of Time - how it moves, how to stop a moment and then roll it onward again. It is how she was able to bear her son in a day - that "day" may have been twenty years long, but she was able to step out of time. While she does not teach these gifts to everyone, or even most people, she can give advice on how to find one's way through time, if this is something that is necessary to one's work.
To ask for Rind's protection or aid, freeze some beautiful flower or fruit in ice, and lay it out in a wild place for her. If it is done during the colder months, this is all to the better.
