Roman war goddess

Usage examples of bellona.

He and Bellona lived deep within the forest, isolated and alone, just the two of them.

That night, the night before his birthday, Bellona remained inside the hut, keeping watch.

He gave them to Bellona, who dunked them in one of the two bowls that she had filled with water.

He had learned, long ago, that Bellona had little patience for questions.

He was conscious of the sound because he knew Bellona was conscious of it.

He saw blue eyes that were fearless, for Bellona had taught him that fear was something he must master.

And though Bellona hid his beast's legs beneath long woolen breeches and a long woolen tunic and hid his clawed feet inside leather boots, she could not hide the fact that he did not walk as did other children.

The one time he broke that rule, ventured too far away, so that he was late coming back, Bellona whipped him with a willow branch, then made him stand in the middle of the room all night.

Last fall, Ven had been certain that the bear would return to claim it and he had prepared himself to defend it, for under Bellona's tutelage he was already a deft hand with a small bow.

Alone, safe and protected by the darkness, he could close his eyes and watch the colors, touch them, handle them, shape them, as Bellona shaped the arrowheads or planed the arrow's shaft.

He used the colors to form an image of his mother, Melisande, giving her his face, for Bellona had told him last year on his birthday that he had his mother's face.

As he and Bellona talked with words, the other mind talked with colors.

The moment Bellona saw him, she would suspect something had happened and she would ask questions he did not want to answer.

Ven returned to their tent and, when Bellona asked him where he had been, he told her or started to tell her.

No one else ever ventured on this trail, for Bellona did not tolerate visitors and, indeed, she had built their dwelling so deep in the forest that only the most dogged visitor could have found them.