The spring bath is a deep, natural pool of crisp and clear spring water. It is surrounded by rose bushes on all sides except a northern and southern opening, which lead out of the enclosure of roses.
the spring bath, Outside Temple
squirrel
deity
It is my duty as a higher being to help lesser ones along the path. Guide them like a shepherd with his flock. Compassion, love and light are my creed.
Goodness, there's no need to - ach, you've gotten water in my eye.  Do calm down, there. The great god speaks!  The Lord of all Squirreldom has spoken!  What a joyous day! Ooh... oh my.  This is why I just *don't* like to make an appearance.  There now, don't get too excited or your heart will stop. *Freezes*  Okay, I promise to be good.  Oh, and could you also kill all the humans?  They chase us away from acorns, and shoot arrows at us for sport. Ah well, you see, I am not only the deity of Squirrels, but also of Small Ponds and Springs.  And while humans can sometimes make a mess of things, they can also be quite, erm, "hand"y in cleaning things up if they go wrong.  Every creature has its place. But they cut down the forests!  They drain ponds for fields!  They pollute the springs with their poop!  Maybe you are not the Acorn Lord as I once thought? Yes, this is true.  But squirrels sometimes get overfond of eating acorns, and then the trees whose roots purify the waters do not grow in as profuse numbers as they once did.  Should I, also, get rid of the squirrels as well? Squirrels have terrible memories, we only remember 1/3rd of what we squirrel away for winter, and the rest makes new forests grow which we fertilize with our nutritious squirrel poops! Nevertheless, the Deity of the Dryads has spoken to me most firmly on the matter, and it only through my intervention that their very roots do not strangle you where you stand! Mean God!  I smite you with my fists of squirrely rage! Fie on thee, squirrel! I curse you by removing your tail, and confounding you that you and your kind may never remember where you buried your nuts! Noooo, not my nuts!  I need those to live!