The Celestial Bureaucracy is a manufactured pantheon of gods and spirits that dwell in the heavens to govern the cosmos. Its greater and lesser deities come from the component people conquered by the empire. However, the Innoit's own main religion is obviously favoured and actively encouraged throughout the suyus.
A snake that with just one bite could cause convulsions and death of a fellow is considered as sacred.
A puma that is the most powerful of all the fauna, uncontrollable even by man is another god.
Lightning and thunder that cause fires and destruction is another deity too. Like that, dozens and even hundreds of elements from which man is dependent had, and still have, a divine character.
Structure
The heavens is a network of celestial bureaucrats where the fates of terrestrial beings are decided while on earth and when they move in the next world. The celestial bureaucracy contains the many divine entities of conquered peoples annexed into Tawantinsuyu, with different facets of existence delegated amongst them.
Much like with the Sun Court, the heavenly government is divided into many departments for particular problems. For example,
Giving offerings to the deified examiner to banish demons
Seeking counsel from for marital problems
Praying for a boost during combat
Celestial Masters
Viracocha
Worship of the creator god of everything is reserved for Innoit nobility.Inti
God of the sun and agriculture who knows everything that had happened and what will happen.Kilyamama
The moon and mother to many mythical founders is a mathematical deity who calculates the passage of time.Pure Ones
The pure ones refer to human beings of such exceptional talent that they were deemed worthy of divinity.Sun Emperor
The Sapa is conceptualized as divine, being the son of the Sun. Effectively being the head of the state religion and on the top of the social hierarchy, he plays a dominant role in the political and spiritual realm of the Celestial Bureaucracy.Immortals
Extraordinary mortals are occasionally granted godhood and a place in the celestial bureaucracy to preserve their genius forever. Such mortals are held up as primary examples for generations to come.Culture
Pilgrimage Tradition
The central authorities organize centers of the sacred space are ascribed symbols for people to gather and worship their gods and accepting the dominance of the representatives supernatural powers on earth.Demography and Population
The earth is a reflection of the heavens.
Gods
Stellar Deities formed from constellations or other cosmology features are made into animals or personified activities.Local Deities
Gods of the home represented as miniature figurines are called chancas or conopas. A conopa is often a natural or carved stone object that resembled crops or livestock such as:Spirits and Ghosts
Huacas are the people, places, and objects in the world that are believed to be possessed of a supernatural spirit.Territories
Innoit Trilogy
Hanan Pacha
The heavens represented by a condor. The condor is sacred to the Innoit. They believed that it communicated the upper world (Hanan Pacha) with the earthly world.Kay Pacha
The world of the living represented by a puma. It symbolizes strength, courage, freedom, and intelligence.Ukupacha
The underworld, represented by a serpent, inhabits the underground at the bottom of lakes, rivers and in caves. The serpent symbolizes the world below and represents wisdom.Divine Origins
This perception of the gods is entirely artificial. No government official actually believes in the full bureaucracy. It is viewed as a political tool in reassuring annexed people and maintaining the status quo.
Tenets of Faith
Huacas
Significant centers of shared worship. They are a point of unification of the man6 ethnically and linguistically diverse peoples in the empire. They help in bringing a sense of unity and common citizenship to the very geographically disparate peoples.Priesthood
The old priesthoods were reformed and incorporated into the new form that boasted several mythical figures.
The priests and priestesses are no less ordinary than any another. They dress in the latest fashion, as opposed to any 'traditional' grab, and carried out similar duties as can be expected.
Sects
Water Worship
Water is a purifier in many religions. Water deities are usually a focus at specific springs, but there are also more abstract ocean deities and representative of 'water' as an abstract concept.Mountain Cults
Important mountains, caves and rocks are offered sacrifices to obtain the strong protections from the terrain. They are the oldest spirits and did not communicate with humans, but attended to the requests they made of them through sacrifices and rituals. Mountains with the highest altitude were considered the most powerful and sacred, among which the following summits stand out:Huanacauri
Cusp Crater
Silver Mountains
Ribs
Fire Religion of Time
After the intervention of the Kang, the Duskies became the only people to explicitly praise fire. Others worship the sun, but the sects of Xiuhtotontli are the only ones to have claimed direct powers from their gods. Though the nature of those supposed powers are strange and unattainable for most.
Type
Religious, Pantheon
Alternative Names
Heavily Government
Gazetteer
Parent Organization
Subsidiary Organizations
Location
Official Languages
Related Traditions
Neighboring Nations
Manufactured Items
Related Ethnicities
Related Myths
Related Plots
| Month | Festival(s) |
|---|---|
| Camay | Fasting and Penitence |
| Hatun-pucuy | Great Ripening |
| Pacha-puchuy | Earth Ripening |
| Camay Innoit Raymi | Festival of the Innoit |
| Hatun Cuzqui | Harvesting |
| Inti Raymi | Feast of the Sun |
| Harvest Festival | |
| Sowing Month | |
| Coya Raymi | Festival of the Moon |
| Uma Raymi | Month of Crop Watching |
| Ayamarca | Festival of the Dead |
| Capac Raymi | Magnificent Festival |
I love this depiction but it also makes me grind my teeth in frustration. Because of course the 'celestial' powers that be are a bureaucracy, which means, I can only imagine in my mind the infinite celestial red tape and paperwork that can just......AAAAAHHHHHH give me chaos its less of a migraine lol
""Looks like we've struck a celestial nerve. Don't worry, we'll get you the paperwork for the chaos antidote ASAP."
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