Solarian Revilee Tradition / Ritual in Black Snow | World Anvil
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Solarian Revilee

Solari, the first sun, is the smallest and most frequent sun designated star in the sky, celebrated for its mild effects and usefulness to all, it is revered as a farming and fertility god. Calculatable behavior to the minute it is also called the great timekeeper, and the deity is also worshiped as a god of order and time by many who do not farm. Since it is so predictable, most of the seasons are organized around it instead of the weather, this keeps many holidays on track, lending to Solari as a god of gods as well. Judges of all kinds often keep a symbol of Solari on their personage somewhere in some form.   The Revilee is a dawn celebration that begins two hours before dawn and is prepared for weeks in advance. Starting in the Sea of Heavy Sighs, and rotating on time in synchronicity the World over. Celebrations begin with the preparation of a meal either offered to the sun at first rays or "eaten with the sun" at first rays, depending on the culture. Great thanks are given in prayer to Solari as the sun shows its face in full, followed by jubilant celebrations local to each region, then again given at high noon, followed by a somber formal, followed by sad and mournful prayers at just before it begins to set until just after it sets to final rays. Some artists also pay special attention to the rose hour and the golden hour of Solari and offer artistic presentations in praise.   Due to the abundance of crops in nearly every habited area of the World, the people celebrate with their favorite star dish individually provided, and the tables are spread with local and personal staples and delicacies. The altars are often burgeoning with the wealth of natural and culinary achievements of the year and season. No one is stingy with anything for this celebration, and so weeks in advance merchants and grocers can be found to run out of stock very quickly, but neighbors are often sharing what they have left ingredient-wise so that none feel shamed to present. No one is sent away to starve this day, so homeless and impoverished alike are welcomed and generally only have to pay in the compliment of an empty plate. Chefs and connoisseurs take the event especially seriously.

History

Since the beginnings of any of the peoples, they have early records of sun worship. Solari was the first to be celebrated as a positive deity, and Lorkistlay is a bedazzling and sometimes overwhelming figure in the sky. The Stars were named by the first peoples, given a name by each, but eventually unifying into their current names as a result of those peoples' interactions and the birth and forming of a common language thusly on the World.

Components and tools

Vessels of gifts for Solari are usually decorated in symbols of the star and the deity and what they rule over

Participants

Whether or not one is a worshiper, almost everyone but the most stubborn curmudgeon celebrate the Revilee of Solari

Observance

The Summer Equinox peak

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