Moon of the Sea by pandemonium_213

Chapter 1: Sea-Blessing

The wave broke, its foam slipping across the white sand to wash over her bare feet. She clutched the infant to her breast and bent to dip her hand into the sea. With dripping fingers, she caressed her child’s head, leaving diamonds of water caught in a net of baby-soft down. The other women chanted the prayer to the sea goddess, while one of their number kept watch to ensure that no men would discover them in this protected cove where they invoked Uinen and Rána.

“Isilmë,” the woman whispered, kissing her baby’s soft forehead. “My moon of the sea.”

Chapter End Notes

Rána - "the Wanderer" - is the primitive Quenya word for the moon.