Gods

 

Of the seven major religious traditions of Tear, five of them are closely related, and share a common connection back to the lost traditions of the Ancient Gnomic Religions and their pantheon. These five are the Azanist, Vehirist, Unionist, Sublimist and Khar-Gaos traditions, which all share a similar and overlapping set of deities, albiet with differing interpretations depending on on the specific religion.

The two remaining religious traditions; the Eotowhanist and Qenepol-luist traditions have two entirely different pantheons of deities.

Ancient Gnomic Traditions

The five religions that descend from the lost religious traditions of the Ancient Gnomes. These are the Azanist, Vehirist, Unionist, Sublimist and Khar-Gaos traditions. These religions are are polytheistic and all generally hold to the existence of a similar set of divinities. In most cases these religions feature a pantheon of benevolent gods who stand as bulwarks against a parallel pantheon of evil gods. Over the span of most of recorded history, these two opposed groups in their many and various forms have been generally referred to as the Celestials and the Infernals.

Eotowhanist Tradition

The Eotowanist religious traditions are far less widely spread, less well-known and less understood than the major religions that descend from the Ancient Gnomic Tradition. The eoten (if they exist) and the spriggan of central Kashdush are thought to worship a pantheon of fairy gods and goddesses, colletively known as the Fae. It is unclear whether the fae are just another interpretation of the same deities worshipped by the five major traditions,or if the are indeed an entire distinct set of entities.

Qenepol-luist Tradition

The Qenepol-luist religious tradition is the ancient and largely unstudied religious tradition of merfolk. Mer who venture to the surface and interface significantly with surface dwellers generally seem not to practice this religion, and claim that these traditions are constrained only to small number of isolationist fanatics who seek to exist in complete isolation from those onthe surface. Nonetheless, it is generally understood that their deities are literal beings, enormous and ancient undersea creatures with various forms ranging from whale-like creatures hundreds of kilometers long, to giant, tentacled creatures whose arms are said to encircle the entire globe. The merfolk call these deities the Xenopooe, which roughly translates to 'giant fish', though most surface dwelling scholars refer to them by the name Levijata, which comes from Middle Tuloszian.