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Re: Constructed Religions

From:Arek Bellagio <zadar@...>
Date:Thursday, December 31, 1998, 6:06
Al 13:06 30/12/1998 +0100, desulise:

 I began to wonder, why
>didn't anyone direct the topic towards constructed religions >pertaining to their respective conlangs instead of arguing over >something completely off-topic?
(snip) Actually, in conjunction with Zadri, I did. When I had created a Zadri that could pretty much stand on its own without major developmental needs, I set forth to create a civilization, as in customs, a planet, cities, food... culture.. and eventually religion. I dont want to go into much detail, but it's based on the Zodiac calender, but with alterations: The Zadaran year contains 10 months, so I used only ten Zodiac 'gods'. There are 11 'gods' in total; 10 zodiac calendar 'gods' and 1 'supreme' god. Basically it comes down to that you'd pray to your 'month god' for simple things, like a good day, a good harvest, etc. That month god would basically serve as a messenger to the 'supreme god' and relay your prayers. If you had a dire emergency.. as in.. your imminent death, then you'd pray to the supreme god directly. It's a little more trickier in that, because the Zadaran culture is very scientific and the religious aspect (especially with a polydeitic religion) is mostly afectatious.. but its basically based in ancient roots, as in the Zodiac is based in ancient roots in our society. I haven't worked out the ancients of it, but it's pretty 'realistic' to say that at one time the Zadaran society believed multiple gods reigned over various conditions, as believed by the ancient Egyptians and Greeks. Because the Zadaran society is highly influenced by these cultures, I chose a religion similar to the cultures (as opposed to say.. another..) OH! For those of your conlangers who've developed a society with your language (and eventually a religion thereof:) have you, if you've reflected your consocieties on natsocieties, have your equally based any religions on those of the society on which you base? In conclusion, ~Arek - zadar@wco.com "The pessimist stomps and curses the wind. The optimist whines, but keeps saying how everything can be better. The realist adjusts the sails and doesn't complain." - Kyle Voiles ....Zephyr in the sky at night, I wonder: do my tears of mourning sink beneath the sun?....