Re: Conreligion

Here is an excerpt dealing with the religion of the T=F4lte, (the Feorran
speakers);

Religion shapes the world view of the T=F4lte in every dimension and
aspect. The T=F4lte believe that the world is a giant disc,
surrounded by oceans. At the center of the disc, lies Gauku, the
malevolant god who created all the world. Gauku is a god of
the cold, the ice and the snow. He created animals to worship and praise
him, allowing them only such warmth as they could
carry inside themselve. Because Gauku was a jealous god, he also created
Meorre, the spirit of the sun and L=EBlkin, the spirit
of the moon. Together they were to roam the skies and ensure that all
animals everywhere worshipped and praised only
Gauku. Meorre decided that he too would like to be praised and
worshipped, so in secret he took some of the animals, some
say they were Emperor Penguins, some say they were seals, and took away
their fur and blubber. He taught them how to
cover themselves with animal skins to be warm outside, how to build
shelters, and how to make fire. Since he was responsible
for all of this, he alone would be deserving of their praise. All humans
are descended from these Ur-people.=20

Gauku remains jealous and continually strives to sieze back the humans,
to punish them with cold, ice, and wind. Only by
building their small fires, by entering into the sacred sweat lodges,
and by praising Meorre, is Gauku kept from a complete
victory. Gauku only takes the humans now when they die for all dead
animals and people go to dwell with him.=20

The world around the T=F4lte is filled with spirits and demons of the ice=
,
snow, wind, the sea, and for the various animals. Spirits,
which are mostly animals, are considered to be neutral, the demons,
which are mostly natural forces, are malevolent and are
agents of Gauku. Shamans work to please spirits and to neutralize or
ward off the demons.=20

--=20
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