Vael is associated with the destroyer/earth goddess of the myth of the Birth of the Seven Sisters, and is seen as a "dead goddess", incapable of answering prayers. She is seen as the mother of the Seven Sisters, and, according to many myths, murdered by Bael, the creator/sky god, and responsible for urging the Sisters to rebel against and kill their father. Even though Vael is regarded as "dead", she is sometimes referred to as being responsible for earthquakes, and in some outlying provinces, she is still worshipped as an earth goddess, sometimes taking on a duality of her own in being responsible for both life and death.