Hōsuyan

Hōsuyan is the ancient religion of the Ægyians, opposed to the Alwatian religion of the Ursumar. Hōsuyans believe that the gods mainly control the cycles of the world as opposed to individual accomplishments, and they recognize a number of unique cycles. Hōsuyans believe that life and everything in it is in a cycle, and that each year is its own cycle. In Hōsuyan mythology, the year was a circular cycle of 360 days until the chaos gods threw the circle off balance, adding five days to the end of the year in which spirits are free to roam. They call the event in which spirits enter the human world the spirit tide, and this period is usually associated with evil spirits and mischief, though contact with benign spirits is said to be easier during this time period as well. Hōsuyans believe that for each major cycle to be upheld, there needs to be a certain amount of smaller cycles. For the king of the gods, Ahrud, to exist, there must therefore be many lesser gods. For each of these lesser gods there must also be thousands of mortals and spirits, and for each of these there must be thousands of beasts. Hōsuyans do not believe in a separate afterlife, instead spirits must stay on the mortal plain, though they usually cannot interact with humanity. Spirits which are mainly good eventually are able to be reborn into a new form, while evil spirits are forced to remain in this limbo forever, though they can be consumed as resources by the gods. The main Hōsuyan pantheon consists of:

• Ahrud, the god of time
• KeꜤaget, the god of rulers
• Qašhor, the goddess of fertility
• RaqꜤunar, the god of diurnality
• MeꜤtsar, the goddess of balance
• Khosu, the god of the moon
• Djesjes, the god of life and death
• Šetesar, the god of order and chaos
• Khui, the goddess of seasons
• Wasuwas, the god of weather
• Semnur, the goddess of war and peace
• Khmun, the god of rivers and tides
• Matun, the goddess of justice
• Uatlar, the goddess of civilization
• Isywro, the goddess of love
• Ashar, the god of light
• Khenketon, the god of construction and destruction
• Orun, the god of the ouroboros
• Astiare, the goddess of infinity
• Shy, the goddess of fate and luck
• Ariatre, the goddess of sound and echos