She is a strict but devoted mother to the orsimer, and there have been many occasions in history where through force of willpower, she has manifested on Tamriel to defend her children. Astarte is partnered (orcs and reachfolk have no equivalent of legal marriage) with both Trinimac and Malacath in the orsimer pantheon, and they form the triad of orc faith. Awed and loved by the orsimer and later the reachfolk, and hated and feared by the dunmer, she became a force to be reckoned with, with the aid of no greater god. She became Astarte, goddess of vengeance and savage protection of her people. She and their people who had been cursed by the Boethian devils were driven out of Summerset, settling wherever they could. What happened next according to Orsimer and Dunmeri mythos: After the death of Trinimac, Ame-no-Astarte brought him back to life with nothing but the sheer force of her fury and willpower.
(In terms of IRL equivalents, think of how the Greeks would often call Persephone “Kore” so as to not invoke her wrath) Carthenn is partnered with Lí Lén in most shared mythology, and they are depicted as the parents of Namaídhe, Rhiannon, The Veiled Lady, and The Woodland Man. Aoibdhreth was the name Carthenn went by during her time as a Blood-Sister (handmaid) to Aoibdhall. She is known by two names - one which is deemed safe to speak Carthenn, and one which is deemed unsafe to speak, unless you wish to invite disaster and suffering to your tribe Aoibdhreth. Some tribes devote themselves to her worship in attempt to turn her destructive gaze away from them. This interpretation was aided by the centuries of Nordic oppression, with the Nords seeing Kyne as their mother goddess reinforcing the Reachfolk’s antagonistic interpretation of her. Adopting the antagonistic altmeri interpretation, Carthenn is attributed for causing natural disasters such as floods, landslides, and torrential storms, and for this reason is generally prayed against and/or to gain her favour.
Carthenn (for whom the River Karth, as well as Markarth, is named after) is a goddess to be feared, not adored. Goddess of the Sky, Water, and Weather, Carthenn was brought to the pantheon by the elves of High Rock.
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