**WARNING**: The following depictions have not yet had a chance to become canonical. **Yirha** are any manner of benevolent spiritual creatures in any [[:kavkem]] [[:kavkem:mythology]] based on //[[:kavkem:mythology:Taaravahr]]// (which is to say, all that are worth mentioning). While their exact nature varies, there is some common, shared imagery: ===== Birds ===== Kavkema assume birds were once intelligent (or still are, albeit in some unfathomable way). In some stories, they take the form of the trope of 'Ancients', forming a civilisation from before kavkema began to hold onto their history, or having a civilisation in another world parallel to the visible one (in //[[:kavkem:mythology:Ne͡imakanaas̈]]// and //[[:kavkem:mythology:Tkanala'ned]]//). Birds that are not aggressive to kavkema are generally simply referred to as **itavesa** (from //ita// (friend) and //vesa// (birds)). They are considered to be enlightened beings more often than not and thus frequently form the basis of kavkem decisions in which direction to next travel (vaguely analogous to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augury|augury]] in ancient Rome) - the birds are presumed to either be more knowledgeable about safe locations or, at the very least, better able to //see// which locations are safe. Birds that //are// aggressive to kavkema (such as [[:yerralejon|yerralejona]]) are not considered Yirha. They are either considered mere animals, perhaps devolved from their more enlightened kin, Tarnished (in //[[:kavkem:mythology:Nitish Ynas]]//) or otherwise corrupted from flying too close to Mekiva and its nexus of kiikama, or [[:kavkem:mythology:kiikam|kiikama]] making a poor imitation of Yirha. ===== Vadukama ===== **Vadukama** are a counterpart to the [[:kavkem:mythology:kiikam|Kaanakava]], sharing their rough kavkem form but having benevolent intentions. ==== Nurture Spirits ==== Nuture spirits (**Ediemana**, from //ediem// (one who caresses) and //aman// (care)) are friendly, selectively tangible and especially soft-feathered spirits that caress and snuggle lonely kavkema in the wild. Occasionally, they are known to taking a liking to the one or other kavkem, following them around. Their motivation is twofold: One is to experience the [[:kavkem:society:sexuality|(physical) joy of companionship]] - the other is to nurture the resulting hatchlings, which they are extremely fond of. It is latter trait that often lets kavkema exasperatedly consider Ediemana friendly //pests//, as they are known to make even principled kavkema stray from the philosophy of anti-natalism, as the Ediemana do not stop to consider the consequences of their obsessions. They unmistakably mean well, though, so they are classed as Yirha all the same - and the belief in their existence and the dreams of them have made many kavkem lives more bearable than they otherwise might have been.