Kodoism
Hamonism (recommended by YummyFoods, based on 波紋 (hamon), which means ‘ripple’ and contextually is used for cause and effect, originally based off 鼓動 (kodo), which means heartbeat)
I think we’d actually still like to call this Kodoism, but we can make a greeting between followers be “Hamon, my brother.”
This religion worships Suijizo, the God of all Rhyme.
His instrument of favor is the lute. The strings are made from the strings of a dragon heart. An old man with a shabby wicker straw hat, short white hair, two foot long beard. Every time he plucks a string on his lute, you can visibly see the sound waves ripple into the ocean, creating the tide.
Plucks on his strings make rain.
He is immortal, yet he can be angered, and those that do so, invoke the wrath of his tsunamis.
The waterfolk (Oyatare) worship this god because they believe he keeps the waves of the ocean in time and have given them the gift to hear music underwater.
Suijizo is thought to have power over all poetry, music, rhyme, dance, etc. As such, his followers praise him with song and dance, many on the daily. This religion does not make sacrifices, but they do pray that their lives may always follow the rhythm of Suijizo’s heartbeat, and that they may always hear its guiding thrum. Gifts of instruments, musical performances, etc, have all been made in his name before, and are quite common.
Bardic religion
Patron deity of performers, specifically travelling performers.
Just chilling on the beach with his lute.
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