Hāmat-ḥorra-ʾaʾʾanūdiss

***\*Hāmat-ḥorra-ʾaʾʾanūdiss*** /hɑːmat ħor̥r̥ɑ ʔɑʔʔɑnuːtiss/, literally "submission to/for Aʾʾanūdiss", or simply "***Aʾʾanūdism***" is the religion practiced by the *\*Pāṣ́i-ḥax*. Aʾʾanūdism is strictly monotheistic in which only 1 deity, Aʾʾanūdiss, is worshipped and venerated.

## Core beliefs

Followers of Aʾʾanūdism, or **Aʾʾanūdists**, believe in 4 core tenants, those being:

### Strict Monotheism

In Aʾʾanūdist mythology, there once were many gods, but they grew too arrogant and Aʾʾanūdiss, the most powerful goddess, banished them. For this reason, Aʾʾanūdists worship Aʾʾanūdiss and only Aʾʾanūdiss.

### Linguistic Supremacy & Purism

Aʾʾanūdists believe the language the mythos were written in is the purest and uncorrupted form of human language.

### Veneration of Holy Sites

Aʾʾanūdists believe that the various holy cites are gifts bestowed to them by Aʾʾanūdiss and as such should be kept from all harm and paid frequent pilgrimage to

### Obedience to Aʾʾanūdiss

Alongside lone worship, Aʾʾanūdists follow all commandments and laws bestowed by Aʾʾanūdiss to a tee

## Mythology

### Creation Myth

[ex-sea god] filled the seas.
[ex-land god] raised the soil from the seas.
Aʾʾanūdiss raised the heavens from the seas.
Aʾʾanūdiss bestowed life to them all, on the land, in the seas, in the heavens.
Aʾʾanūdiss gave every life form one language.
Every god took residence in his and her creation.
And Aʾʾanūdiss rested in the heavens to watch.
But man, in his arrogance, corrupted the one language bestowed to him by Aʾʾanūdiss and he fragmented it into many languages.
Man, in his arrogance, took overlordship overlordship over the other life forms.

### Myth of Banishment

haʾaʾ dāʾu-hassirīnn ṣ́axxaʾah-larrīss-ḳaḥḥa horrir-xuśś horra pāṣ́iʾuh
xu kuṣ́-billadī, xu śśittil, xu ʾūssinnidi, xu ʾūxx
ʾaba, xu kuṣ́-ḳāṭaṗ-dāʾu-ṣ́axxa, xu bārab-dāʾu-ṣ́axxa ki ʾāʾak-dāʾu-ṣ́axxa, xaxax dāʾu-hassirīnn pāṣ́iʾah hīte rarraʾūniʾuh-larrīss-ḳaḥḥa
ṣ́axxaʾah-larrīss-ḳaḥḥa raḳḳaṭiṗ, kapat hūm-xupuṣ
"kiśśa had-ʾāʾāt!", "gīssi had-hamdar!"
"hahhamūtiʾah-dāʾu-gīssi had-rahhamit-mibbi hahhamūtiʾuh-dāʾu-pitta!"
kapat hūm-xupuṣ ṣ́axxaʾah-larrīss-ḳaḥḥa dāʾu-ṣ́axxaʾuh-larrīss-ḳaḥḥa, ʾabita laʾal dāʾu-hassirīnn ʾaʾʾanūdissʾah ṣ́axxaʾuh-larrīss-ḳaḥḥa
laʾal dāʾu-hassirīnn ṣīrriʾah ṣ́axxaʾuh-larrīss-ḳaḥḥa horra pāḥaśś ṣ́axxaʾuh-larrīss-ḳaḥḥa-hūm horra axx haʾaʾ ṣ́axxaʾah-larrīss-ḳaḥḥa
xu kuṣ́-billadī, xu śśittil, xu ʾūssinnidi, xu ʾūxx
They lived nearest to man
In the seas, in the soil, in the trees, in the rocks
But, in his great arrogance in his actions and speech, man corrupted even the gods and goddesses
They were arrogant, always bickering
"I'm more powerful!" , "I'm more wise!"
"My followers are more devout than your followers!"
They kept arguing amongst themselves, until Aʾʾanūdiss gathered them
She gathered them to banish them all back to where they reside
In the seas, in the soil, in the trees, in the rocks

## Gods

### Aʾʾanūdiss

Aʾʾanūdiss in the only current canon god in Aʾʾanūdism. There used to be atleast 6 other gods that Aʾʾanūdiss ruled over, but after growing increasingly arrogant and petty towards each other, all of the gods were banished from godhood by Aʾʾanūdiss to live *"back to where they reside"* in what Aʾʾanūdist's call "*the Banishment* (*\*pāḥaśś-ṣug*)". Aʾʾanūdiss currently holds all powers and responsibilities of the ex-gods, such as keeping all the domains looked after, taking and guiding the lives of the dead, providing rain, good harvest, fresh food, etc.

Aʾʾanūdist belief states that Aʾʾanūdiss is in fact not only the sun "resting in the heavens to watch over", but also the moon. Aʾʾanūdiss provides light and warmth for all creation in time of day, sets to one side, rises from the other side without her light to allow all creation to sleep peacefully.

### Ex-Gods

Aʾʾanūdism's 6 main ex-gods can be split into 2 categories:

#### Roaming Gods

Roaming, or free, Gods refers to the ex-gods that were in essence free to do whatever. These ex-gods used to be responsible for most of the responsibilities Aʾʾanūdiss took on after the Banishment, such as keeping all the domains looked after, providing rain, good harvest, fresh food, etc.

3 out of the 6 gods were roaming:

* *\*babbalūdi*, the ex-god of the sea
* *\*ṣ́aśśatūli*, the ex-god of the earth
* *\*ʾaʾʾassūnnidiss*, the ex-goddess of nature

#### Non-Roaming Gods

Non-Roaming Gods were the ex-gods that, unlike roaming gods, were restricted and/or specifically tasked with errands by Aʾʾanūdiss herself

The remaining 3 ex-gods were non-roaming:

* *\*pappaʾūxi*, essentially the ex-god of Bad, who was tasked with taking the souls of creatures, who Aʾʾanūdiss judged as impure, whose time has come and escort them to the Realms of the dead. *\*pappaʾūxi* was also restricted to living only within and looking over the realms of the dead, only leaving to take creatures' souls. He is now essentially trapped within the realms of the dead, never being able to leave.
* *\*babbaʾūss*, the goddess of Good, was the exact opposite of *\*pappaʾūxi*. She was tasked with taking the souls of creatures, who Aʾʾanūdiss judged as pure, whose time has come and escort them to the Heavens where they can be seen as the stars in the sky. She faces a similar fate to that of *\*pappaʾūxi*, forever trapped within the heavens as just another star in the night sky
* *\*lallalūnni*, who was a god who did all of Aʾʾanūdiss's trivial tasks that she now does between sunset and moonrise. He also permanently resides in the heavens with *\*babbaʾūss.*