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* The major Eldritch religion is known as Amacrucia and involves the worship of male and female divinities in two roles: as guardians of mystery, and as intimate intercessors. The Lord and Lady are the mystery; the God and Goddess are the intercessors. For that reason, males swear by "God and Lady" while females refer to the "Goddess and Lord." Each sex is assumed to be intimate with their sex's deity, and to have access to the other sex's divinity only as a mystery, not as a known quantity.
* The major Eldritch religion is known as Amacrucia and involves the worship of male and female divinities in two roles: as guardians of mystery, and as intimate intercessors. The Lord and Lady are the mystery; the God and Goddess are the intercessors. For that reason, males swear by "God and Lady" while females refer to the "Goddess and Lord." Each sex is assumed to be intimate with their sex's deity, and to have access to the other sex's divinity only as a mystery, not as a known quantity.
* '''Catechism'''
* '''Catechism'''
: The part of the catechism that is cited most often is a commandment to serve life.  
: The part of the catechism that is cited most often is the commandment to serve life.  
::So long as there is breath in me, I will serve life -- serve life -- serve life. <ref name="PG">''[[Princes' Game Series |Princes' Game]]''</ref>
::So long as there is breath in me, I will serve life -- serve life -- serve life. (Said by [[Jahir]].) <ref>''[[Some Things Transcend (Fiction) |Some Things Transcend]]'', chapter 7</ref>
::With every breath in me, I will serve life. <ref name="PG" />
::With every breath in me, I will serve life. (Said by [[Lisinthir]].) <ref>''[[Some Things Transcend (Fiction) |Some Things Transcend]]'', chapter 9</ref>
::To heal is to serve life. <ref name="PG" />
::To heal is to serve life. (Said by [[Jahir]].) <ref>''[[In Extremis (Fiction) |In Extremis]]'', chapter 18</ref>
::"It is what they all want, isn't it? To be useful? Why, even the catechism commands it. We serve life!" -- [[Bethsaida]] <ref>''[[Farmer's Crown (Fiction)|Farmer's Crown]]''</ref>
::"It is what they all want, isn't it? To be useful? Why, even the catechism commands it. We serve life!" -- [[Bethsaida]] <ref>''[[Farmer's Crown (Fiction)|Farmer's Crown]]'', chapter 25</ref>
: Other tenets:
: Other tenets:
:: Lying is wrong. <ref name="Sunrise">''[[In the Court of Dragons (Fiction) |In the Court of Dragons]]'', "The Color of the Sky at Sunrise"</ref>
:: Lying is wrong. (Said by [[Juzie]].) <ref name="Sunrise">''[[In the Court of Dragons (Fiction) |In the Court of Dragons]]'', "The Color of the Sky at Sunrise"</ref>
:: To listen is the beginning and end of wisdom. <ref name="Sunrise" />
:: To listen is the beginning and end of wisdom. (Said by [[Solanth Catha Galare |Solanth]].) <ref name="Sunrise" />
:: To find offense where none is offered is violence against the God and Lady. <ref>''[[Her Instruments Series |Her Instruments]]''</ref>
:: To find offense where none is offered is violence against the God and Lady. (Said by [[Talthien Sura Eddings |Talthien]].) <ref>''[[A Rose Point Holiday (Fiction) |A Rose Point Holiday]]'', chapter 10</ref>
:: All that is allotted to us as mortals is a glimpse of the truth. Any other belief is doctrinal error. <ref>''[[Healer's Wedding (Fiction) |Healer's Wedding]]''</ref>
:: All that is allotted to us as mortals is a glimpse of the truth. Any other belief is doctrinal error. (Said by [[Liolesa]].) <ref>''[[Healer's Wedding (Fiction) |Healer's Wedding]]'', chapter 15</ref>
* [[Eldritch Holidays]]
* [[Eldritch Holidays]]


Revision as of 01:47, 23 December 2020

A page to collect religious stuff.

Aera

Deities[1]

  • Taleyira (the Warrior-Wife)
  • Seyela (the Warrior-Maiden)
  • Edera'yn (a trickster god)

Alliance General

Fleet

  • Has a volunteer chaplain corps, which can handle many (but not all) issues.[2]
  • When funerals are performed, if the volunteer chaplain crew is not sufficient, officiating falls to the captain.[2]

Asanii

  • Oaths and sayings: "Balance,"[3][4], "NiiAna,"[5][4] "Sun's backside,"[6] "Sun and Stars",[4], "Sungods,"[7] "Sun and Moon"[8]
  • Worship Nii and Ana; their religion focuses on the sun and moon, and polarities and moving between them.[9]

Chatcaava

"We once worshipped gods outside ourselves, but now that we have traded our idols for self-worship, we cannot change."[10]

Living Air

One of the major religions of the Chatcaava. An ancient worship tradition, newly revived.

Ideals

Old Chatcaavan religious texts refer to a time when "the Living Air held all the things to come in its invisible, ineffable body. Those things existed in a state of Perfection—holy, pure, and consistent. All things that exist were said to be memories of those Perfections made manifest... imperfect themselves, copies that aspired to their origin. A thing that is close to that Perfect version of itself has Beauty. [...] We do not have many sacred words anymore."[10]

See also Chatcaavan Language.

Members / Clergy

Ciracaana

Lifehawk Tribe

D-Per

  • The God in the Stream

Eldritch

  • The major Eldritch religion is known as Amacrucia and involves the worship of male and female divinities in two roles: as guardians of mystery, and as intimate intercessors. The Lord and Lady are the mystery; the God and Goddess are the intercessors. For that reason, males swear by "God and Lady" while females refer to the "Goddess and Lord." Each sex is assumed to be intimate with their sex's deity, and to have access to the other sex's divinity only as a mystery, not as a known quantity.
  • Catechism
The part of the catechism that is cited most often is the commandment to serve life.
So long as there is breath in me, I will serve life -- serve life -- serve life. (Said by Jahir.) [11]
With every breath in me, I will serve life. (Said by Lisinthir.) [12]
To heal is to serve life. (Said by Jahir.) [13]
"It is what they all want, isn't it? To be useful? Why, even the catechism commands it. We serve life!" -- Bethsaida [14]
Other tenets:
Lying is wrong. (Said by Juzie.) [15]
To listen is the beginning and end of wisdom. (Said by Solanth.) [15]
To find offense where none is offered is violence against the God and Lady. (Said by Talthien.) [16]
All that is allotted to us as mortals is a glimpse of the truth. Any other belief is doctrinal error. (Said by Liolesa.) [17]

Faulfenza

See Faulfenzair Religion.

Glaseah

See Glaseahn Religion.

Harat-Shar

See Harat-Shariin Religions.

Hinichi

  • Many Hinichi have adapted Christianity to their needs. There are various Hinichi Christian sects:
    • sathet: a more liberal mountain sect [18]
    • pruscha: a stricter mountain sect [18]

Karaka'A

  • Oaths and sayings: "Bast and An,"[19], "Bast and An above,"[20] "Thank God and Her Partner,"[21], "Twenty midnight hells"[22]

Malarai

  • Naem-fili, avatar of the Malrai. Depicted in the Pantheon deck with teary eyes.

Phoenix

The Banners of an Eye-Trained Phoenix

The Eye of the Center of the Void is the Phoenixae major religion, which is almost more of a philosophy. It states that the object of every Phoenix's life is What Must Be Done, a mission granted to them by the Eye in the Center of the Void. The Eye sends them to this life (their only life) to discover this purpose and fulfill it; only this way can a Phoenix, on death, take his or her place with the Eye in The Where Beyond Chaos. Failure results in Dissolution; Phoenix believe that the remains of one's soul are used to craft the next people who will attempt that mission.

Only communion with the Eye reveals one's life mission, and this communion can only be sustained via detachment, so that one can see clearly; they call this detachment Stillness. People who are awash in emotion and attachment are clouded and cannot see or be seen by the Eye.

Because What Must Be Done evolves based on one's success at its pursuit, a Phoenix practices detachment as a matter of course. Most people credit the famed Phoenixae serenity to this practice.

(Stuff on Eye-Training here)

Seersa

Most Seersa worship the Speaker-Singer.

  • Oaths and sayings: "Speaker-Singer"[21], references to "silent hells"[23]

This is a separate Seersan religion, which worships four elemental sisters: Mist, Earth, Lava, and... Ocean, I think.

  • Rispa is the Mist Sister.[6]

Tam-illee

  • Naming practices (FoundNames)
  • Iley, the Laughing God

References

  1. ↑ Claws and Starships, "Rosettes and Ribbons"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sword of the Alliance, chapter 18
  3. ↑ Alysha's Fall, "Blood Money"
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Sword of the Alliance, Chapter 1
  5. ↑ Alysha's Fall, "Steel"
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Alysha's Fall, "Two Uniforms"
  7. ↑ Sword of the Alliance, Chapter 5
  8. ↑ Sword of the Alliance, Chapter 13
  9. ↑ Pelted Guidebook
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Even the Wingless, Part Two
  11. ↑ Some Things Transcend, chapter 7
  12. ↑ Some Things Transcend, chapter 9
  13. ↑ In Extremis, chapter 18
  14. ↑ Farmer's Crown, chapter 25
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 In the Court of Dragons, "The Color of the Sky at Sunrise"
  16. ↑ A Rose Point Holiday, chapter 10
  17. ↑ Healer's Wedding, chapter 15
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Claws and Starships , "Butterfly"
  19. ↑ Sword of the Alliance, Chapter 9
  20. ↑ Second, Chapter 11
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 Second, Chapter 10
  22. ↑ Second, Chapter 2
  23. ↑ Mindtouch, Chapter 4
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