Sagaism

Sagaism is a polytheistic religion, revolving around the stars, eleven gods, kindness and the unity of all peoples. Sagaists follow The Five Commandments of Anara.
The Sagaist religious text, The Saga tells the story of a kind mortal, who dies at the hands of a man whose life they saved. Then the mortal, Anara is pitied by the stars, who had been watching over them and seen their kindness. The stars decided that Anara should be the one to watch over the new world, Eldham, so they gathered their strength and energy to bring back the soul of Anara to become an omnipresent divine being, a god. Anara then selected the Ten Minor Gods, each once a kind mortal who died unfairly. 
The mortals of Eldham never heard of Anara, and were corrupt and cruel. Many prophets have prophesied that an Angel of Stars sent by the Gods, would come and spread the word of Sagaism to unite the different peoples of Eldham and spread kindness. This angel did eventually come, and was named Stella.
The Gods
There are eleven gods, each with their own month in the Sagaist calendar. Each having a festival dedicated to them in the final week of their month on their designated day.
# Ziki (New Beginnings) 
# Phesforones (Food) 
# Julari (Community) 
# Halira (War) 
# Xynthia (Peace) 
# Kiva (Architecture) 
# Zeron (Sea) 
#Bunam (Underground) 
# Vurka (Weather) 
#Qufi (Knowledge) 
#Anara (Sagas, Light)
Location
Sagaism is currently mainly based in Stoneport, with the mayor of Stoneport (at the time of writing), WarzywEkk being the head priest of Kiva and the first to join Stella in spreading the word of Anara. There is a large cathedral in Stoneport, dedicated towards Anara and the Ten Minor Gods. This cathedral also holds the original copy of The Saga. 
The second base (at the time of writing) is Einsamkeit, being the second town to adopt Sagaism as its main religion. There is a church of Sagaism, the second place of Sagaist worship ever built. 
In Eleanor, there is the third church of Sagaism built in Solaris, the acting capital (at the time of writing). In the future new churches will be built in the actual capital and another city which are still being built. At 4:23am on the 26/09/21 the King of Eleanor officially announced that Eleanor was to become first nation to recognize Sagaism as it's official religion.
Tremo, part of Uraka, within the vassal state of Titania (the same vassal state as Stoneport) recognised Sagaism as it's official religion on 26/09/21. There is a church of Sagaism there.
In Titan's Landing, part of Uraka, within the vassal state of Titania (the same vassel state as Stoneport and Tremo) has recognized Sagaism as a religion (not as its official religion) and has a church there that has a copy of The Saga. There is also a cathedral of all religions there, for everyone to celebrate their religious ideals, not just sagaism.
Symbol
The symbol of Sagaism is a white inverted pentagram, white symbolizing simplicity, innocence, purity, light and faith. This inverted pentagram is placed on a purple background, symbolizing wisdom, creativity, devotion, peace, power and ambition. This dark purple can also represent the mourning of Anara and the Ten Minor God’s mortal forms. 
 
Traditions
Not yet available. 
Superstitions/Belief
Superstitions: 
* Drinking beetroot soup whilst standing on smooth stone will bring you and your family bad luck for 1000 years. 
* Wearing armour above leather and holding weapons in places of worship is disrespectful and brings ghosts evil souls not worthy of the afterlife to haunt you.
Beliefs: 
* Ratism is a cult of evil 
Calendar 
Not yet available. 
Festival Summaries/Information
On Saturday 9th of October, there was the first sagaist festival, the festival of Ziki , god of new beginnings. It was at the cathedral in stoneport. There was lots of free alcohol and people got really drunk. There was ritual of burning yourself in a fire to start new beginnings. After the festival, the prophet of Anara and head of Sagaism, Stella (pastellalive) was married to DerpyLi 
Lore of other Gods 
Not yet available.
The Five Commandments of Anara
# Be kind to all
# Do not murder, steal, cheat or lie
# Do not befriend those who worship religions deemed as evil by Anara
# Follow the words of the eleven gods and their representatives 
# Respect, follow and care for the Angels that are sent down to earth as a gift, by Anara
Category:Religions
Category:Eldham
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