Beliefs and Values
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Summer was drawing closer and closer and the different villages around Tendaji were beginning to plan their summer festivals. It was a tradition in Tendaji - to celebrate the Gods every year in the summer when spirits were high and food was at its most abundant.
All the races had their own gods to celebrate, whatever those might have been, and every person had their own feelings one way or the other.
What did they mean to you? With the summer fast approaching, it must be somewhere (no matter how small) on everyone’s thoughts. And what are your thoughts on the other culture’s gods?
Alkidike: The Alkidikes worship the great tree Aisha as their mother and creator. While they might recognize other deities as the creators of other species, they find the pantheons of the other tribes to be foolish. They believe Aisha to be the supreme ruler. After all, she is a living, tangible part of Tendaji from which every one of their people is born. To them, this alone is enough proof of their racial superiority and entitlement to the entirety of Tendaji, not just Jauhar.
Shifters: The Shifters worship and revere the moon, whom they refer to as the goddess Serin. Their true connection to the moon has been disputed for as long as anyone can remember. They do not call it their creator. All they know is that, when the moon comes out, their skin turns silver. Clearly, they must be connected in some way. Shifters believe in the existence of lesser gods (i.e. of rain, of tides, of forests, etc.), but the names of these lesser deities vary and are often quite personal to individuals. The earthlings recognize that others may call these same deities by different names, and accept them as the same gods with different titles.
All the races had their own gods to celebrate, whatever those might have been, and every person had their own feelings one way or the other.
What did they mean to you? With the summer fast approaching, it must be somewhere (no matter how small) on everyone’s thoughts. And what are your thoughts on the other culture’s gods?
Alkidike: The Alkidikes worship the great tree Aisha as their mother and creator. While they might recognize other deities as the creators of other species, they find the pantheons of the other tribes to be foolish. They believe Aisha to be the supreme ruler. After all, she is a living, tangible part of Tendaji from which every one of their people is born. To them, this alone is enough proof of their racial superiority and entitlement to the entirety of Tendaji, not just Jauhar.
Shifters: The Shifters worship and revere the moon, whom they refer to as the goddess Serin. Their true connection to the moon has been disputed for as long as anyone can remember. They do not call it their creator. All they know is that, when the moon comes out, their skin turns silver. Clearly, they must be connected in some way. Shifters believe in the existence of lesser gods (i.e. of rain, of tides, of forests, etc.), but the names of these lesser deities vary and are often quite personal to individuals. The earthlings recognize that others may call these same deities by different names, and accept them as the same gods with different titles.
- As she headed home with the love of her life Lasarra realized that summer was quickly coming. This meant celebrations, for both the Shifters and the Alkidikes. Although she hadn't thought of her halfbreed status in a long time, she had started to. One of the Obans who had captured her had remarked on it a few times and she hadn't really shaken it since then. With the celebrations coming she thought about it again. Which Goddess was hers? She was born from Aisha and grew up among Alkidikes so she normally called Aisha the one and only Goddess, but while she was captured she found herself praying to Serin some nights instead of Aisha. With Aisha so far from Oban, where Serin was viable every night she felt a pull towards the moon that was stronger than ever.
Looking over at her sleeping husband, for even though they had not had an official marriage she considered him as such, she wondered if he prayed at all. Serin was his Goddess since he was shifter, but she also knew he grew up differently then most. Would one of the minor Gods or Goddesses be closer to him? Perhaps the patron of the hunt, or the sea? It wasn't something she had ever talked to him about, and strangely she was now curious. What would their kids worship? She was enough earthling to have children the earthling way, but did she want to? Or did she want to have children born the way that she was? Would she even be allowed to have children by Aisha? She knew that over the years things were getting more and more strict and she had never been all that welcomed on the islands anyways. She knew her sister had children the normal way, so maybe she could tell her about it. She could ask both her and her mother and see which she thought would be better, not that either way was totally up to her. Which would Rayolun want? She wasn't sure, the two of them hadn't talked about it much, or really at all. It wasn't that they didn't want kids, it was just she had never wanted them as much as she currently did. She wasn't sure if it was the fact that Ray had no one when she was captured, or maybe hearing about her sister having children, but she really waned children of her own. Children that were half her and half her loves.
The more that she thought about it the more that she realized that having children would align her more with one race than the other. Depending on how she had her children she felt that it would make her more of a Shifter or more of an Alkidike. Furthermore although her children were going to be Shifter due to the fact that Ray was pure shifter, Lasarra felt that unless her children was born from Aisha they would barely be Alkidike at all. Such a small sliver of it in their blood, would that be enough? Would they be able to choose an Alkidike path if they wanted? She didn't, but that didn't mean she wanted her future children deprived of that right. She didn't want them to have to worship Serin because they weren't allowed to look to Aisha for advice. As a child Aisha had helped light the way for her many times, she was the one who helped Lasarra forgive her father and the one who she went to when she wasn't sure if she should stay at home with her mother or go to live with her sister and become a Beast Charmer. She didn't think it would be fair if her children couldn't do the same. She didn't think it would be fair to take that privilege away from them.
She sighed, wishing that things were more simple. If she was pure she wouldn't be having this issue. However thankfully this was not an issue she would have to face alone, for now she knew that she would never again be alone. She knew that the two of them had a lot to talk about when he awoke, but for the moment she decided that she should go to sleep. She needed all the sleep she could get. They still had a long way to go before they were home, and it wasn't until they got home that they would think about kids anyways. Plus maybe being around both of her people, celebrating both of her Goddesses, would help her decide.
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