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
Basicly all gods are related with each other on some ways but while legends changed and historic evidences got lost, not all origins of every god can be clearly specified to a pantheon or religion. In conclusion, some gods in different religions are referring to a conjoint beeing.
Gods of Ark'tohl Pantheon
Gods in Amazon Mythology
Gods in Insaani Pantheon
Other gods
Ox Venari Onyxo Nepht'uhl Thorun Guardash Naja Nereus Norae Onyxo Ox Thar Saard Xo Ra
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)
Nepht'uhl
One of the 3 important main gods in insaani mythology. God of disease, caducity, guardian of souls, non-sexual love and patron of the bereaved.
Born from the big something itself, he belongs to the first level of his pantheon and is one of the strongest gods. Nepht'uhl owns the same function as Thorun in the ark'tohlian pantheon but while the insaani religion has another view on afterlife, it's still different. Shown as undead jackal body, often with open breast cage, Nepht'uhl guides the souls of dead people to the godly tribunal, where the immortal soul of the first pharao, Nepht'uhl and Norae decides the next circle of life (goodies become rich-born, baddies reborn as worms).
So, Nepht'uhl's aspect of deathgod is more a guardian of world's order. Opposite to him, the Demongod Rag'nar'uhl stands for chaos and desperation.
Nereus
Nereus is mentioned as son of Okeanos and Naja 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.
In the insaani pantheon he was the first god of the 3rd level so his power is limited but still bigger than from his half-brothers. For the insaani he's god of continental waters, peaceful sea life and patron of fishers and shipmen.
Norae
Insaani godess of birth, life, reformation and patron of mothers and children.
Norae is one of the 3 main god-like beeings choosen by the big something in insaani mythology and belongs to the 1st level of their pantheon. She was a main force in creation of most lifeforms on Legonia and born Okeanos, Naja, Saard, Xo Ra and in some tales also the first pharao of the old empire. As mother of life and nature she's praised in many ways and cults, but lesser known on the western continent, where Venari or the big something took her rule. Images of Norae show a woman about 40 years with long black hair and a goblet, where she holds the spring of life.
As her demongod-opponent sometimes Orphelia, in other sources Chimaertra are pointed. This confusion could be one trace that possibly Venari is just Norae's incarnation on the western continent. But if so, Chimaertra and Orphelia are two names for the same demongod as well.
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. Onyxo also created the golden cage as prison for the demongodMagmaros
Ox
Insaani god of sky, air, adventure and fantasy.
Ox is one of 3 parts of the personality of Xo Ra, so Xo Ra was the only god besides the big something who was able to create own followers without a partner. Ox is described as open minded god, more like a child searching for adventure and new experiences. His ambassadors are all kind of birds. He's guarding the creative people, especially book authors and fictional artists. In most images he's shown as bird-creature.
Saard
Insaani god of passion, love, sexuality. Patron of the lovers and fathers.
Son of Norae and Nepht'uhl and part of the 2nd level in the insaani pantheon. Saard has officially 2 sons, Guardash and Thar but it's said that he impregnated many mortal beings and elemental ghosts so a lot of inofficial half-god beings are Saard's children. His true love (if assumed that he doesn't love every female being like the same) is Naja. Because Naja betrayed her husband Okeanos, Okeanos and Saard are opponents. So if Okeanos stands for water, Saard's element would be the fire. This fact gives him many similarities with the ark'tohlian god Arkos. Saard has many images but in most of them he's naked. His evil aspects left him and formed the demongod Sado.
Thar
Insaani god of war and honour. Patron of warriors.
Son of Naja and Saard and part of the 3rd level of the insaani pantheon. Thar inhertited the passion of his father but not the calmness of his mother, so his lust for action can never be filled. Early he found joy of violence and so he became the god of honorable war.
Thar is also known in Therian myths and still often used in Castallanian architecture and arts.
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. As his opposite the demongod Nekron is assumed.
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. The demongodess Orphelia is seen as opposite of Venari.
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.
Xo Ra
God of Knowlegde, science and creativity. Master and inventor of spoken and written language. Xo Ra is son of Nepht'uhl and Norae and belongs to the second level in the Insaani pantheon.
By trying to bring the chaos of the world a law while the forgotten 200 years he managed to split the sky from earth. Since then his intelligence and arrogance has grew up continousily. At some point, before the ancient war between demongods and gods has started, he was in danger to become crazy. To safe himself and the world from his dangerous knowlegde, he split himself apart into 3 personalities. Xo Ra is still known as guardian of science and creativity, his other incarnations, Ox and Ar are sharing sky and earth with their nature-born powers. Rumours say, that his crazy mind never really healed but formed into an own personality, the demongod ArOxRaXo.
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. Not gods per definition are god-like ambassadors of the big something like pharaos, kalifs and the prophet Sal'nah.
