Goblin Shamanism

Goblin Shamanism is a term used to understand the spiritual and religious beliefs of the tribes from Gbalg'Gwb'Gwagm'Gboyltl, which belief in a non-dualistic monism in which there is no separations from reality, and that all that exists is numerically one thing; Magic mud. The tribes of Gbalg'Gwb'Gwagm'Gboyltl believe that their gods operate as forces of nature and their manifestations of will, rather than distant deities that command or control specific domains. The stories and mythology of Goblin Shamanism have been recorded and published by Zuatlibgb in the anthology titled Holy Texts of Goblin Shamanism.
== Foundational Gods ==
=== W’Xigloimg’Gboyltl ===
 W’Xigloimg’Gboyltl is referred to as the "Primordial God" or "God of Duality". The faithful believe it to be both chaotic and harmonious, male and female as well as constructive and destructive. W’Xigloimg’Gboyltl is conceptualized as a being made up of all aspects of life.
Goblin Shamanism assumes that reality was forged from the death of this W’Xigloimg’Gboyltl. Though it is depicted in art as two skeletons fighting or dancing, it is not believed to have had any physical state before reality was made.
=== W’Gobglt’Tlobg ===
W’Gobglt’Tlobg is also referred to as the "Hungry Earth". According to Goblin Shamanist beliefs, it is the earth as well as the consumer of dead souls, formed from the torso of Xigloimg’Gboyltl. It is commonly depicted as an armless frog.
=== W’Bohg’Swawaltl ===
W’Bohg’Swawaltl is believed to be the embodiment of the swamp, and that the mangroves of Abexilas were formed from the tongue of W'Xigloimg'Gboyltl. It is also referred to as the "Swamp Spirit", depicted as a large, blue serpent bleeding from its tail, adorned with feathers and sometimes a headdress.
=== W’Gwagm’Gboyltl ===
File:W'Gwagm'Gboyltl.png|W’Gwagm’Gboyltl
File:W'Gilbit'Yaog.png|W'Gilbit'Yaog
W’Gwagm’Gboyltl is also referred to as "Flayed God", and is the patron of all goblins, as well as the God of fear and hunger. He was originally referred to as W’Gilbit’Yaog, or the "Ugly One", and was an amalgam of unused potential and discarded detritus. He is believed to have originally been born from W'Xigloimg'Gboyltl consuming and defecating his own blood. As W’Gilbit’Yaog, he was commonly depicted as a sick and unhealthy Goblin with scabs and broken limbs.
The faithful believe that W’Gilbit’Yaog turned into W’Gwagm’Gboyltl during his flaying and sacrifice. They also believe that he was able to enslave the Gods through fear and hunger, and create the world hierarchy. After his transformation, W'Gwagm'Gboyltl appeared covered in rare feathers, wielding W'Bohg'Swawaltl as a weapon, and a shield with his symbol. He is depicted as a highly decorated flayed goblin, wearing the skin of others who are sacrificed to him.
=== W’Timgabg’Yaog and W’Gibgolt’Yaog ===
File:W’Timgabg’Yaog.png|W’Timgabg’Yaog
File:W’Gibgolt’Yaog.png|W’Gibgolt’Yaog
W'Timgabg'Yaog and W’Gibgolt’Yaog are siblings believed to be stuck in an eternal war that causes the turning of day and night. According to Goblin Shamanist beliefs, they were born from the decapitation of Xigloimg'Gboyltl, and when one of its heads landed in the south of the world, it created W'Timgabg'Yaog. The other head landed in the north, creating W’Gibgolt’Yaog.
W'Timgabg'Yaog is also referred to as the "Bright One", and is commonly depicted as a warrior wielding a shield, five arrows, and a banner. His face is painted with two white lines to symbolize the intensity of the sun, which itself is shown as a large disk with bloody spikes, atop light rising from his neck wound. W'Timgabg'Yaog is also depicted wearing an Ocelotl helmet, showing him to be a powerful warrior.
W'Gibgolt'Yaog is referred to as the "Dark One", and is believed to chill and to darken the sky with her presence. She is commonly shown as a highly decorated woman riding a lizard that represents the comet orbiting the moon.
=== W'Tlokyoa'Yaog ===
W'Tlokyoa'Yaog, also called the "Blowing One", is believed to be born as the final breath of W'Xigloimg'Gboyltl. In Goblin Shamanism, he is the Lord of Wind, responsible for separating the realms and blowing the sun and moon in their paths. W'Tlokyoa'Yaog appears as a white-winged nobleman with beautiful feathers and an eagle headdress. Heis blowing very hard and is depicted with plump cheeks, elongated lips and eyes bulging from the head. He is also drawn as holding a chalice fire caught in the wind, as well as an exotic bird and an unspecified tool.
=== W'Bimlt’Gwag ===
Believed to be born from the first limb of W'Xigloimg'Gboyltl, W'Bimlt'Gwag is also referred to as the "Early Warrior", and is the first of the Cardinal Gods. He is the Goblin Shamanist lord of the east, birth, beginnings, creation, and light, who desires to rise to the top, bring up new things, and sprout new life. W'Bimlt’Gwag is usually drawn as a yellow man with white hair and a beard, carrying an incense ladle from which grain grows. He is dressed in fancy regalia, with a headdress symbolizing the rising sun.
=== W’Gbarg’Gwilg ===
W’Gbarg’Gwilg, also referred to as the "W’Gbarg’Gwilg", is the second of the Cardinal Gods, and was born from the second limb of W'Xigloimg'Gboyltl. He is the lord of the west, falling, the underworld, death, sorcery, the unknown, travel, fate, and endings. He is believed to wish for denouement, and lead the foundations of the earth to their demise, ultimately descending into the underworld. Depictions of W’Gbarg’Gwilg show a blue skeleton wearing a jade skirt with noble regalia perpetually sacrificing itself while holding a dagger and a heart. 
=== Sokha’Glot ===
Sokha’Glot, the third of the Cardinal Gods, was born form the third limb of W'Xigloimg'Gboyltl, and is the lord of the south, youth, heat, abundance, movement, renewal, cleansing and perseverance. His heat is said to be the source of a warrior's spirit and the lust for battle. Sokha’Glot is commonly envisioned as a red man with two daggers covering his mouth, holding a smoldering incense ladle while pointing south. He has yellow hair and a yellow beard, and is wearing the regalia of an ancient traditional chieftain.
=== Pulip'Ygoymg ===
Pulip'Ygoymg is also referred to as "Pale Heart", is the last of the Cardinal Gods, and is believed to be born from the fourth and final limb of W'Xigloimg'Gboyltl. Within the Goblin Shamanist pantheon, he is the lord of the north, the elderly, coldness, hardship, and dread. He is dressed similarly to warrior-priests, wielding a "seeing-stick" and a frozen heart, also having two war banners on his back and a snake coiled around his waist.
=== Plwotl'Hiopoy ===
Conceptualized as a mongrel born from the vomit of Sapetl'Goldb, Plwotl'Hiopoy is the god of the hunt, seeking, scavenging, evasion, and capture. He is depicted as a black, dog-headed Goblinoid with a long tongue and large fangs for teeth, as well as wide open eyes and the headdress of a fancy hunter. Plwotl'Hiopoy is shown wearing lapis lazuli and gold jewelry to symbolize his status as a noble hunter. Plwotl'Hiopoy is also referred to as "Persistent Hunter".
=== Sapetl'Golgb ===
Sapetl'Golgb is also referred to as "Deep Cave" and God of dark caves, darkness, nocturnal animals and stalking. He is believed to have originated from the ears of W'Xigloimg'Gboyltl and is commonly depicted as a black bat with wings hanging from its arms to its legs, holding a decapitated head of a human on the left and a goblin head on the right. Furthermore, she wears a necklace of human ears and a noblewoman's headdress as well as dyed clothes with a belt and loincloth.
=== W'Rigilg'Go'Swawaltl ===
W'Rigilg'Go'Swawaltl, "The Riddle Chief Spirit" also known as "The Riddler", is the god of riddles, pranks, and trials. He is notably depicted with a massive head, which is said to contain one hundred trillion riddles. Additionally, he carries a scroll said to contain endless treasure hunts. Dium'G'Poatl is believed to have riddled W’Gwagm’Gboyltl, who proceeded to answer all of them without error. Because of this humiliation, Sapetl'Golgb retreated to write the hardest riddle conceivable, so he could finally best W’Gwagm’Gboyltl. Shamanist stories say that the longer he riddles, the larger his head will grow.
=== Yaog'G'Goay ===
Yaog'G'Goay, sometimes referred to as "Cocoon", is the god of domination, subjugation, bloodlust, and dissension. Yaog'G'Goay is depicted as a reptilian-esque creature with a long tongue dripping in blood and holding a raging torch. His lower half is the corpse of a dominated human, with the arms and legs removed, swapped, and reattached. His name is a palindrome, indicative of how he touts a head at both ends of his body.
=== W'Tlchog'Mirgmg ===
W'Tlchog'Mirgmg, sometimes called the "Happy Merchant", is the god of merit, trade, wealth, tchotchke, and trinkets. W'Tlchog'Mirgmg touts a large sack on his back from which many decorative and ornamental belongings reside. Goblin myths describe his sack as bottomless, being an endless wellspring of bits and bobs. It is said that W'Tlchog'Mirgmg roams the world as a nomad endlessly, always announcing his presence with a bellowing laugh and granting riches to the lucky few who witness him.
=== W'Tlagap'Swawaltl ===
W'Tlagap'Swawaltl is the god of self sacrifice, misanthropy, and suicide. He is colloquially known as the Dread Lord. W'Tlagap'Swawaltl is depicted suspended from an endless rope that stretches endlessly into the sky, adorned with a large quiver filled with colorful arrows. It is said that his arrows could pierce through anything, although he had no bow to shoot them with. An ancient shaman text details how W'Tlagap'Swawaltl took his own life in shame after W’Gwagm’Gboyltl ascended to godhood, for he was the one who decried and mocked W’Gwagm’Gboyltl the most for his pitiful and weak state.
=== W'Gobmomg'Yaog ===
W'Gobmomg'Yaog, also known as the "Spirit of Abundance", is the goblin god of harvest, bounty, goodwill, charity, and abundance. He is depicted as an intricately decorated goblin holding ripe crop and foul. W'Gobmomg'Yaog is thanked before all communal feasts, as well as being celebrated every autumnal equinox for bringing bountiful harvests. It is said in shaman writing that if one were to eat a meal without thanking him, they will be riddled with gastrointestinal distress. He is often surmised to be the cause of digestive related illnesses, as such.
=== Tbum ===
Tbum, sometimes simply called "Substratum Priest", is the goblinoid god of structure, foundation, and mortar. Tbum is said to have suddenly descended from the heavens and crashed into the geographic center of the world. The Cardinal Gods began to fight over Tbum, wishing to exert control over it, as it was believed to contain limitless power. In the struggle, Tbum was torn apart, and from it rose a plume of brimstone that would shape the mountains of earth. As the plume expanded, it pushed the Cardinal Gods in their respective directions, extending the north, east, south, and west infinitely into the horizon. Because of this, it is believed that the world is an infinite expanse. After the plume subsided, Tbum is said to have sprouted arms and crawled into a massive ravine, never to be seen again. Tbum is often thanked in offerings from Goblins when they complete the construction of structures or temples, as the very building blocks are believed to have originated from Tbum.
=== Kltlklg'Wuigt ===
Kltlklg'Wuigt is the goblinoid god of gluttony and indulgence. She is depicted as a goblin with her jaw hinged open, while devouring a human 'bleeder'. Kltlklg'Wuigt has an insatiable hunger, and it is commonly told among goblin youth that one who sinks into the mud or sand will be consumed by her. Additionally, shaman writings describe how Kltlklg'Wuigt is limitless, and can continue eating for all of eternity without being satisfied.
=== Gob'Zitl ===
Gob'Zitl is the goblinoid god of victimhood and persecution. He is depicted as a dejected and weak goblin bearing a burdensome, heavy object on his back. The object is covered in eyes, which shamans describe as the watchful eyes of society constantly casting shame on him. It is tradition in goblin nation to imbue someone with Gob'Zitl and bind their hands while throwing stones and hurling insults at them. Once the Gob'Zitl reaches a large pit of lava, he throws himself in out of shame. It is said that those who sacrifice themselves in this way join W'Tlagap'Swawaltl in godhood.
=== Glmtw'Gwgtl ===
Glmtw'Gwgtl, also called "Faces of the Swamp", is the goblinoid god of the mangrove swamp. He is depicted as a bleeding tree sprouting with the heads of many goblins. It is taught that he resides below the mud of the mangrove, spreading his roots far and wide. When a goblin is buried, they are supposedly absorbed into the soil and used by Glmtw'Gwgtl to grow mangrove trees.
== Secondary Gods ==
=== Glmtw'Glmtw ===
Glmtw'Glmtw, also known as "Tree Tree", is the goblinoid god of the mangrove tree and swamp propagation, being believed to influence the goblin urge to plant mangrove propagules. It is often depicted as a moss covered rodent-like creature controlling the impulse of a goblin. Because of belief in Glmtw'Glmtw, it is common for goblins to gift each other mangrove propagules on holidays or other special occasions. When a goblin reaches working age, or 5 years old, a ritual is held in which the goblin will travel with family to the edge of the swamp and plant a propagule. This symbolizes the child goblin's coming of age, and blossoming into a fortuitous member of society. It is also seen as a necessity to prevent the eventual deforestation of the swamp.
=== Gwab'G'Magbapl ===
Gwab'G'Magbapl is a lesser god depicted in an ancient goblin text. It is a massive brass pot said to be imbued with the souls of goblins cooked within its basin. It is famously referenced being used to prepare a feast for Plwotl'Hiopoy after a century long hunt in the center of the mangrove swamp, where goblins cooked bleeders, as well as other goblins, and feasted for days on end. It is written that at the end of the feast, Plwotl'Hiopoy grew so overwhelmed with hunger that he ate Gwab'G'Magbapl itself.
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