Taiyō

Taiyō is a religion that was sacred to the people of an ancient civilization called Onigashiki that has been passed down to this modern age. The practitioners of Taiyō worship four main things; The sun, the moon, the stars, and the clouds. The Taiyō are very big on respect and prophecy and hold their beliefs very close to themselves.
== Creation Myth ==
Long ago when the world was nothing but pure void and darkness there was a spark of light. That light gave birth to a god, his name was Kagayaku-Kōtei who saw the darkness and felt nothing but sadness, so to expel this sadness Kagayaku-Kōtei created something beautiful to bring light and joy to the world, this thing was the sun. When the darkness was expelled it gave birth to another god, equal to power as Kagayaku-Kōtei, her name was Tsuki. Kagayaku-Kōtei fell madly in love with Tsuki and he asked her to marry him, she agreed. They were very happy being in each other's company that they never spent a moment apart, but Tsuki felt that the sun always shining bright light was harmful to the world, so she created something to help keep the balance between light and dark, she created the moon. After this had happened Tsuki put the moon on the opposite side of where the sun was staying to bring equal balance to the world and all was well. Kagayaku-Kōtei and Tsuki were happy to be together, but they felt as if they needed the presence of more people, so they had two children who both contributed to the balance of light and darkness; a daughter named Hoshi who created the stars to accompany the moon at night, and a son named Kumo who created clouds to accompany the sun during the day. With all of these new creations a new thing was born, the sky and with the sky came water, and with water came earth, and with the earth came a new world for the gods to watch over, the world they named Rathnir. With this new world now over the protection of the gods, they found that it was quite empty, so they created animals but the first couple were corrupted by evil, these creature are what you know as monsters. The gods saw this and frowned, these beings were made with nothing but evil in their hearts so Kagayaku-Kōtei cursed them making it so they would be lit up in flames if they made contact with the sun. The second time they tried to make animals was a success, they were so proud of these creations that they could not help but rejoice, but after a while the gods became bored with these simple minded creatures, so they decided to create a creature with the ability to learn and make its own decisions, the called this create a human. After a couple thousand years the humans created huge civilizations and cities all in the name of the gods. One city in particular known as Ancient Onigashiki was the favorite of the gods for one reason, the Emperor a man named Senku Galaxy, the one who got others to worship the gods worshiped them more than anyone else. As a reward the gods each gave him one gift; Kagayaku-Kōtei gave him a unbreakable katana empowered with the power of the sun it was called the golden blade, Tsuki gave him an unbreakable helmet that would heal him if he was injured it was called the helmet of the moon, Hoshi gave him a full suit of unbreakable armor that granted him a boost in speed it was called the shooting star, and Kumo gave him a unbreakable shield capable of reflecting all damage it was called the shield of the heaven. The amour lead to countless victories for Senku but nothing last forever and after a brutal war Onigashiki was destroyed and the armour has not been seen since. The current leader of the Taiyō religion is a man named Zinai Galaxy who is dead set on keeping the culture alive and to re-establish the once great county of Onigashiki.
== Traditions ==
The Taiyō have many traditions to show respect for the gods. They do a number of things witch include sacrificing valuable materials, praying every sunrise, midday, sunset and midnight, not eating pork for it is considered "Filthy" by the gods and reading from the holy book every noon on Saturdays. Each Taiyō district of Onigashiki worships one god in particular, the capital worshiping Kagayaku-Kōtei.
Taiyō also observes four festivals. The Sun festival happens once every year to celebrate Kagayaku-Kōtei. The Moon festival happens once every year to celebrate Tsuki. The Starlight festival happens once every year to celebrate Hoshi. The Cloud festival happens every year to celebrate Kumo
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