Gods
From Legonia
| Gods | |
|---|---|
| |
| Allmighty beings | |
| Data | |
| Size | endless |
| Lifespan | immortal |
| Behaviour | inculculable |
| Language | unknown |
| Religion | unknown |
| Region | God's sphere |
| Specials | allmightiness |
| Familiars | |
| Demongods | |
Gods are propably the most powerful beeings in the world of Legonia. Although their existence isn't prooven, all beliefs and sources explaining them with same basic characteristics. So, a god is supposed to be an immortal, amorphous beeing that can rule over all kinds of natural laws and are neutral to all other races. But gods must be separated from demons or demongods, who are defined by beeing evil.
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Myths and theories
- See also: Religion
In most religions, gods are seen as existing living individuals, who live in their own sphere, the god's sphere, but can act in Legonia, too. In the southern polytheism, it's normal that gods contact lower races, visit Legonia in material form (e.g. animals) or interact directly with our environment. They're also able to fight each other or beget childs. This type of god can own good and bad characteristics like all humans but have superior power over nature and people. In this interpretation of god-being, their only natural opponents aside themselves are the evil demongods. In other cultures, gods were just the creators of the world and don't interact as person. So, the big something for example is mostly just an imagination of a creation's force, that once set the rules of the world. For atheists and scientists, gods aren't alive. They're seen as people-invented or rather as terms for all-time existed nature forces. Depending on religion and church, the hierarchy can variate and there's no universal pantheon. Some gods have their origins in different cultures, appear in several incarnations and meanings or are unique to a group. Also, most gods aren't bound to a specific race. Mentionable, all religions seem to point one specific god as first and creator of the world. In most cultures this godfather is known as The big something. All other gods are its children due to creation myth.
Popular gods
The most popular gods and their use in different cultures:
Airos
Mostly used in the Ark'tohlian pantheon. God of air and wind, mind, free thoughts, fantasy, science and magic. Airos is also symbol for revolutions for some enslaved tribes, so his religion is limited by the heptarchy. Only one temple exists in the whole empire. At same time, sorcerors, alchemists and wisdom-hungry people likes him. After the tale, Airos is a nephew of Arkos, but the rest of the family is unkown because not part of the pantheon. His idol is a stone eagle and sometimes a shield with eagle symbol
Arkos/Arkando
Arkos in ark'tohl pantheon
Main god, master of desert, fire, sky, war, life, masculinity and passion. Religion says, he’s the direct son of the big something and first male lifeform. He created the Ark’tohl desert to test the human’s power and will. Whorships can be found in most castes and races of the south, because he has many meanings. His idol is a red stone pillar with 3 torches, symbolizing the desert(landscape), the sun(sky) and fire(life/strength).
Arkando in amazon mythology
The Big Something
The first god,the entity which created the World.
- See also: Creation myth
In nearly all myths, there was an endless nothing at begin of time, which got so bored that a new beeing had split from it, the big something. Every religion has its own incarnation and meaning of it. In polytheism, the big something created Arkos/Arkando as first male and Venari/Vendra as first female beeing. In some churches, the big something is a still acting individual guarding the people, in other it doesn't care for the present. In northern states, it's the main god while the southern world doesn't give it high importance. People of Peng Cheng honours it as mother of Peng.
Other names are:
- The first One (Elves)
- The holy fire (Dwarves)
- Father and Mother of Peng (Peng Cheng)
- The big lie (Demonologists; Blood Wraith)
Jangalis
Jangalis origin is probably in the southern jungles but today, this male god is mainly praised in the ark'tohlian pantheon. God of jungle, nature, animals, hunt, farming and travel. His idol is a base of jewels with a dinosaur statue. In the villages upside the desert he’s praised more than from the desert riders. Especially farmers love him, but also dinosaur riders. As patron of travellers and adventurers, jangalis is part of many fairy tales for children. Rumors says, Jangalis is able to visit the world in every animal form.
Nereus
Nereus is mentioned as son of Okeanos sometimes. On the western continent he's not very popular but it's told that his father gave him an own land to rule. He was jealous that Okeanos ruled over so many lifeforms and decided to create his own race: The mysterious Nereids are the daughters and sons of Nereus.
Okeanos
Okeanos in ark'tohl pantheon
God of seas and water. Okeanos is son of Arkos and Venari and only brother of Onyxo, who is still part of the pantheon. Because the pantheon limited the amount of gods, no more familiars are mentioned. For the desert tribes, he’s an important god, so every oasis has a shrine blessing him. The only temples can be found in the ports at the bay of Ark’tohl. Because shipping is small in the Emirates, the cult is only lived by some fishermen. His idol consists of a blue painted base and 2 fish statues.
Okeanos in other mythologies
Ther're several related creatures and supernatural appearances of Okeanos, especially in ocean-related cultures. So, there's the belief, that Okeanos would be main god of all water creatures and possible underwater kingdoms told in old tales. The seamen in Middle Kingdom fear a giant mythic storm in the Azuran Ocean called " The Okeon ", in some viking myths, Okeon is also the name of a giant water dragon, who can eat whole islands. Different than in ark'tohlian religion, Okeanos is descriped as father in some tales. His son should be the god Nereus.
Onyxo
God of mountains, ore, crafting, treasures and trade. Onyxo is one of the sons of Arkos and Venaris. Because most of his brothers aren’t part of the ark'tohl pantheon, he guards different topics. On one side, he holds the world crust and earth resources together, on the other he’s patron of financial poverty, because the emirate’s treasures are filled by diamonds and other jewels from slave mines. Arkos devided the ownership of the land for 2 of his sons and kept the sky and the desert for himself. Onyxo get the hard parts, the lands, his brother Okeanos the fluid ones, the oceans. His idol is a green crystal statue.
Thorun
God of death, disease, curses and sleep. Thorun is shown mainly as skeletonstatue made of marble. Older idols are made of bones. He’s not familiar with Arkos, so it can be assumed, that he came from a different culture of a jungle tribe. Nearly everyone fears him, altought he’s neutral as lord of the death realm and isn’t a god of destruction or evil. The myths say, he’s holding the balance between old and new, good and evil, living and dead world. If you want to contact or bless any ghosts, you have to beg for his help first. The Thorun belief is only spread in southern cultures e.g. the Ark'tohl pantheon
Venari/Vendra
Venari in ark'tohl pantheon
Godess of fertility, family, home, peace, femality and friendship. Venari is the sister of Arkos and first female lifeform. Praised mainly by women and children. The everyday life of a family is leaded by prayings to her. At festivals and meetings with foreigners she’s mentioned often. Her idol is a glass cylinder with crystal and 2 rolling arms.
Vendra in amazon mythology
She's shown mostly as tall, strong but also attractive woman with long, blond hairs in beautiful clothes, in some shrines, a very long snake surrounds her covering her naked body. Main characteristics are power, intelligence and compassion.
Others
The heptarchy of Skorpion Emirates destroyed the original cultures of many enslaved races. So only specific gods were choosen for the new pantheon. The many missing ones, for example sons of Arkos and his brothers and sisters got forgotten in time. In free tribes of the jungle some are still alive. In the jungle and desert you can find ruins of old temples at closer look. Also, ther're many other gods in undiscovered parts of the world like the eastern continent.
