prayer forms (was Re: conlang website)

>Message: 25
>    Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 16:24:31 +0200
>    From: Irina Rempt <ira@...>
>Subject: Re: conlang website
>
>On Mon, 16 Oct 2000, Yoon Ha Lee wrote:
>
> > ObConLang: Prayer forms, if any, if your conlangs?
>
>There are some set prayers to most gods, the best-known being the
>Four Invocations, a prayer to Timoine, Anshen, Mizran and Naigha
>enumerating their attributes and invoking them to help with whatever
>one is undertaking (a ritual, an important piece of work, or merely
>the normal occupations of the day).
>
>It's also usual to pray to a chosen god in silence, in one's own
>words (or thoughts without words); praying aloud is reserved for
>temple services and other common meetings, or calling on a god in an
>emergency.
>
>    Irina
The Islanders, due to their cosmology, generally do not pray to La'rkhe, the
Creator. La'rkhe does receive the occassional prayer of thanks. There is a
memorial service at the beginning of planting time for Tha'krakhe, the
Companion, at which the High Priest oft he Island (who does not believe that
the Companion never died) presides. Then there are the fishermen's patron
saints, Ghauiddero'tra'khe (f) (Guarding Queen), daughter of
Maraddeghauidrakhe (f) (Sand/Shore Guard) and Dhamma'hele'rakhe (m) (Earth
Master), and Gwaimma'padrakhe (m) (Sea Bird). When they bragged that they
were as happy a couple as La'rkhe and Tha'krakhe, he drowned at sea and she
threw herself off a cliff. Now they protect fishermen from the dangers of
the coast, such as sandbars, in exchange for gifts and prayers. The
Classical Lahabic names are Ghauidro'tra'kh, Mardeghauidrakh, Dhama'le'rkh,
and Gwaima'padrakh. All these names (even Dhama'le'rkh) are common
fisherfolk names, and the participants of the story may well have existed,
some Islandic scholars' opinions about its symbolism notwithstanding. The
supplication of Ghauidro'trakh and Gwaima'padrakh recieved a tremendous
boost at the  Islanders' contact with other islands, and the cult spread to
Maradia as Da[?]idro'torth and Dama'padorth, and to Halnia. The landlocked
Ke'ra, however, reject the cult.
I don't know yet if any other group on the Island has similar 'patron
saints'. I'll scour my Graves' _Greek Myths_ for more possibilities.
Bonus Question: Which myth did I use for the proceding message?
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