Ara-ador alut
Structure
An-imal- the high priest.
An-ima-local priests.
Mythology & Lore
In the begining there was water sand and starlight(wind.) and when the three touched from them came three forms connected by strings around there wrists. the three are the Amat-amur But their forming created the first heat the great sun snake the orbits the diskus.
together the Three made people out of water sand and starlight.But Ar-hasput was jelous of the people and the great streams they drank from so he breaked his life into the great rocks from the north forming them in his image to create the dragons. In order to protect the people the three covered the waters with sand entrusting only the people to know where the secret places the water could be found were. But the desert was hard to navigate even for the people so the three watch over them in order to keep them safe and accept sacrifices freely give which allow them to reach up from where they are hidden protecting the rivers to those who offer them.
WAter offered when one was lost could show a person to the oasis and other offerings could teach a person to follow the star paths or to know when sandstorm comes.
Divine Origins
The Var-Demal created the religion as an explanation for the deserts processes and to create gods to suplement to when times became difficult.
Rituals
The central ritual is the giving of water for blessings. often with ritual songs. The giving of anything but particularly water which is the word for life brings back the blessings offered. Additionally prayers and smoked herbs to Ar-atush for guidence through the desert. Sacrifices of meats to aram-lei'te for protection from sandstorms. Water offerings are mostly made to arak-hatorCosmological Views
In the beginning, the world of people was made of lots of water with paths between but this bounty drew in dangers (dragons and other humans) and so the people prayed to the gods for protection and together the gods built a great sandstorm that hid away all the waters. And So the people prayed and struggled in the sand and one day they ran out of water and so thanking the gods for their blessings they offered the last of the water back to the desert and the winds blew driving the people until they found the oasis. from there the people kept records of the secret water spots offered by the gods for their people alone.
Tenets of Faith
See Transitive
That the desert changes but that it remembers the shape of what came before and therefore we too remember those who came before.
That those blessed with powers from the gods to shape the desert must use it to protect and guide those who follow.
that water is sacred and must be treated with respect and reverence.
Sharing with others is the highest good particularly sharing at a cost to self.
To be hospitable to strangers.
To respect the King the leader of the people blessed by the gods to ensure that they never lose the paths through the desert.
Ethics
Hospitality is king the giving to anyone who comes to the settlement must be offered hospitality even at the expense of the one offering.
That to harm any member of the tribe is to be stricken from it and driven out into the sands.if an outcast can wander for 40 without aid the gods have pardoned them.
To treat water with a reverence and to not use it wantonly, to offer a small amount of the first drawn water to the gods.
Worship
Offered water to the desert along with the correct phrase Water=power
Hands dipped in water before meals.
Ritual sacrifice at the harvests.
Ritual burning of sandwood for guidance in the desert.
Priesthood
Two groups:
Walocks
Granted the powers that when they offer water through a ritual to shape the desert through small sandstorms. they do not speak with the gods or run the temples.An-ima
Priests with the blessing of the stars who see the paths of the gods layed out. they council their congregations, lead rituals and oversee annual holiday sacrifice.Granted Divine Powers
vissions to the ad-ima and wind sand powers to the warlocks.
Political Influence & Intrigue
The king rules with the permission of the Three and a majority of the seers may remove the king from power but they must put another of the line on the throne in his place. or a queen regent in place of a king if no heirs are deemed suitable.
Alut yamar, alut yamirim Water give life gained
Type
Religious, Organised Religion
Alternative Names
Al-A
Demonym
Permeated Organizations
Deities
Divines
Controlled Territories
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