The dual nature of Derketo is death and fertility, and as such she is often paired with the most powerful deity of the kingdom she is associated with. Drink a little of that juice, or spill it on your flesh, and you'd be dead before you could tumble to the foot of this crag.ĭerketo was originally worshipped in Shem, but was quickly adopted in Stygia and the Black Kingdoms further south. That's what the black people of Kush call the Apples of Derketa. A viscous, foul smelling fluid collected from arthropods
