Resparin mythology

As most Nandegakkovians are of Resparin ancestry, they carried over their ancestral mythology with them to their worlds.

Although most Resparins have been converted to the main Igarin religion, they also have their own deities. These same deities are also worshipped by religious minorities in mostly-atheist Nandegakko, while the majority of the planet's people treat them as artistic, fictional characters.

Nandegakkovians sometimes invoke these deities in war marches or festivals: but they consider it as part of their culture. As long as the performers do not think about worshipping the deities, the ceremonies are considered as traditional dances. This once made some of its atheist allies condemn the Nandegakkovians as "superstitious" because they still love their mythology.

## List of deities

### Čónökroi gods

Resparin deities were represented by a turtle with six legs. It became the symbol of the Resparin religion.

* Utúr and Atór - Creator gods. Their collision resulted in a duality that permeates all of existence: heat and cold, energy and matter, male and female, etc.

* Báklo, Daséklo, Naséklo, and Rančéklo - four gods of the directions and of the four genders of the Igarin race (drone, male, female, and carer respectively). Supposed creators of the Igarinoids.
* Sáilačro - God of the sea. Patron deity of the ancient Resparins, and king of the gods. Almost every Resparin town and village has at least a single shrine to this god, who is represented as a bearded man clad in a blue cloak.
	+ Holy symbols to this god include turtles and triangular sails. A common sight in polytheist Resparin communities is the usage of blue triangular sails and turtle pendants.
* Dákeuri - Goddess of the sea, and Sailacro's consort. Women warriors pray to her as their patron.

* Tũrmak - God of hunting. His servants are the klúndorojes, wandering stars that help him hunt the monsters of the sky.

* Ríčone - Goddess of archery. Together, she and Tũrmak are known as Lôk-laréo, the "red-haired": they were the mythological progenitors of the Resparin race.

* Kãsčero - The god of war

* Wekúro - The god of bloodshed, and Kãsčero's twin brother. Invoked by warriors and soldiers before launching an offensive attack.
* Fúrareo, Drúsčarkeo, Karčásteo - Three ancient Resparin war gods. In later times, Furareo became a god of armies, Druscarkeo became a god of archers, and Karcasteo became the god of blades and spears.

* Sâljéra - Goddess of life

* Derõra - Goddess of weapons, especially swords

* Naéloros - God of justice, wears a white and black mask. Also used by rival religions as the "god of atheists and heretics": due to his negative association, he is also worshipped as a patron of nonbinary Igarinoids.

* Túres - God of fate and unexpected scenarios

* Nánda - Goddess of knowledge and education. Also mockingly depicted by rival cults and in jokes as the "goddess of atheism", so she is depicted as Naeloros' spouse.

* Poressa Kuri - Although an Igarin deity, she is worshipped by some people as the patron of civilisation, the Free Igarin Alliance, and the Republic of Nandegakko.
* Sabro - Although an Igarin deity, he is worshipped as the patron of inventors, writing, music, and environmentalism. Together with his wife Poressa Kuri, they are considered as the ancestors of the Poreseai people.
* Lónköi, Lónkröi - The rain god. Worshipped by farmers for better harvests.
	+ His sacred day is Unowane, the day of the last rains before winter.
* Aoríkra - The goddess of music. Her sacred instrument is the harp, and she wears golden robes.
* Sẽnirei, Akúlma, Gáudri, Čéidara (Summer, Autumn, Winter, and Spring) - Four gods of the year. Summer is split between two personalities, a happy and a sad self (Sánjen and Wánjen), as a punishment for his pride. The happy self brings sunny weather and heat storms, while the sad self brings winds and typhoons.
* Naswãn and Eiswãn (Summer and Winter) - Two gods of the warm seas. The two sons of the sea god Sailachro.
* Sándimitta, Sáijamaikor, Ráitwokwesa, Átulon, Dwéntalon, Rĩsdalon, Bairída, Kjawáunta, Wjarorós, Sámpeča, Čeriksal, Sawőstol, Mídsal - The gods of the thirteen months of the Nandegakkovian year and zodiac. They are no longer worshipped, but are used for decoration.
	+ The months of the Nandegakkovian year: Sándimaifal (Whiteflower), Sáijamaike, Ráitwokwesa, Átul, Dwéntol, Rĩsdol, Mĩr, Kjõr, Wjaráre, Skumpánča, Čartaiksa, Ős, Mídol. The old Resparin year began on the nineteenth day of Átul.
	+ These correspond to July, August, September, October, November, December, January, February, March, April, May, early June, and late June.
	+ Each god rides or stands on a crocodile crowned with a coloured sun.
* Krasándaija, Runókko, Múlin, Aurátal the Star Queen, Máritelja, Midátwe, Metwãde, Őrimakla, Ročjátra, Wéčrate, Nulpésa, Korónno, Ontúlkeri - The goddesses of the thirteen months, and the wives of the month-gods.
	+ Their most sacred site in Nandegakko is Fjarajora Pond, where statues of them surround a large round pool.

### Álečakroi gods

The Álečakroi gods are the pantheon of fire deities. Because fire is considered as a very important element in Resparin culture, fire deities and spirits are regarded as a separate realm of gods.

They were created by Heimdall from the fires of dying stars.

* Dâálada - the god of fire and justice
* Tolúra and Notúlra - two fire and dance gods who are twin brothers. Tolúra is the god of civilisation and justice, while Notúlra is the god of war and combat.
* Úri Pasjésar - the goddess of fire in torches, furnaces, and campfires.
* Úre Ráunöko - the goddess of wild fire, bonfires, and fire mutants. Úri's aggressive twin sister.
* Naukaro - Ure's husband. They are sometimes claimed as the ancestors of certain Resparin tribes.
* Úro - brother of the two fire sisters. The god of plasma, he supposedly introduced fire to the Resparin peoples.
* Wiretatjö - Uro's wife. The goddess of beacons, constellations, and landmarks, and a guide to the lost.

### Jensiro gods

According to Resparin folklore, the Norse gods are real. They were powerful beings who visited the Celestial Empire, and brought it to greatness and ruin.

The Norse gods were (re)introduced to the rest of the Galaxy by the Freyrgardians, whose accounts became folklore in many civilisations. They are represented by a tree of nine branches that grows over three concentric triangles.

* Ajésiro, Jénsiro - the Aesir, the gods of the Norse and the Freyrgardian humans. According to ancient records, these enigmatic beings taught terrible magical spells to the Celestial Empire, only to manipulate it to destroying itself to punish its excessive cruelty.
* Áuzir, Ózin - Odin, King of the Aesir, a wandering hermit who influences the course of history. Behind his humble appearance lies a being of infinite might that can bring civilisations to great ruin.
	+ He is also believed to have discovered many horrific secrets that will corrupt and destroy anyone who finds them, so he hides them and gives them only to those he considers worthy.
	+ The human Freyrgardians sometimes praised the Nandegakkovians as excellent agents of Odin, even as the latter do not worship him. Their reason is that the Nandegakkovians love art and mythology, and they are very dedicated to preserving knowledge, which represent the best aspects of the Lord of Mysteries (inspiration and discovery).
	+ A legend in the Galaxy told about several Nandegakkovians who disappeared, having been dragged across time and space into Asgard. The strangers saw a one-eyed king surrounded by black birds. When they nervously backed away, the king smiled and assured them not to be afraid: he told them that he was very impressed and pleased by their sacrificial dedication to knowledge. He offered to help their people collect more knowledge.
	+ Resparins do not fear him and his gifts, but they love him as the patron of learning and wisdom.
	+ In religious Resparin societies, students would stand up with the teacher before their classes begin, as the teacher recites a hymn to Odin to praise him.
* Sóndar - Thor, the Red God, a slayer of monsters and tyrants.
* Kjedáura, Kjedáuro - Heimdall, the Fiery God. Creator of the Álečakroi fire gods and their heaven, master of all stars, suns, astronomical phenomena, and comets.
	+ Across the cultures of the northern Galaxy, Heimdall's radiance was misinterpreted as endless heat, resulting in these cultures venerating him not as a god of light, but a god of fire.
	+ His creation of the Alechakroi gods from dying stars was meant to protect the Galaxy, to replace the Celestials who betrayed Auzir and ruined the Galaxy.

### Wanera gods

The Wanerajes are the Vanir, the other Star Gods and the occasional rivals of the heavenly Jensiro.

* Waníre - the Vanir, the nature gods of the Norse and the Freyrgardian humans.
* Fréjo, Fréuri - Freyr, the Golden God, the bestower of strange blessings.
* Franjá - Freyja, the goddess of luck and lions.
* Njőnsa - the god of the sea, also worshipped as bringer of fishing bounties and good fortune

### Raunto gods

The Rauntojes gods are the deities of the Novantir or Malendor pantheon. Many Resparins converted to the Novantir religion after being supported by the latter.

The Novantir gods are represented by two hirhuehtre around an eight-pointed star.

* Ráunto - the Malendor gods
* Lómbadris Magrakóčada - Lumbariz, the Machine God. A great golden machine who guides those who seek to refine themselves.
* Rjérana - Rirana, the Star Goddess. A cyclone of stars and nebulae who inspire people to beauty and hope.
* Narsédro - Narenre, the Dawn God. Lord of architecture and high art.
* Váisotja - Vaisotre, the Dusk Goddess. Lady of classical literature and painting.

### Exilic gods (Zalondakroi)

These are distinctive deities that are popular among the Exiles and other Resparins across the eastern Galaxy.

* Talunda - a sky and sea god
* Glontario - the golden prince, the god of wealth and happiness
* Nurutul - the god of the weather
* Kirezea - the earth and farming goddess
* Ekkaenea - the goddess of fire
* Ekkarato - the fire god. Husband of Ekkaenea. A very popular deity for kings, leaders, warriors, and dancers.
* Ekkanamera - the youthful, lonely goddess of fire. She represent sacred fires, so she must remain single.
* Seven Sons of Ekkarandos - seven fire gods.
* Fourteen Fire Kings - seven gods and seven goddesses who represent fire. They formed into seven couples, who rule over a portion of the eastern Galaxy. For example, Nandegakko is governed by King Alezhea and Queen Rudatal, and Novantir is governed by King Kerakol and Queen Darizara.
* Dalaröri - a former ghost who ascended to godhood for his virtuous deeds. In space, the fire gods Alezhea and Rudatal bestowed Nandegakko under his protection, as their viceroy.
	+ His name and existence were found from records left behind by monks, when the planet was settled by Kurita's exiles.
	+ Like the gods, Dalaröri was not worshipped by the atheistic Nandegakkovians, but was the main character of local folklore. He was believed to be the source of mysterious events that aided the resistance against Igarin imperial rule.
* Kangiranda - the god of knowledge
* Ulabezheo - the elderly god of literature and classics
* Tanandari - the youthful god of writing, books, and research.

### Other deities

* Turíčur - other deities
* Kležúrô, Kaémekor - "strange gods", usually gods from newly-encountered cultures or extra-dimensional beings
* Rakóčau - a magical artifact possessed by a powerful spirit, a machine god.
	+ Magrakóčada, the Great Machine God, is a name used by Nandegakkovian converts to refer to Lumbariz, the supreme god of the Malendors.
* Rõgiri - goddess of blizzards, death, and war. Her symbol is a snowflake with a skull
* Blíjâdra - the goddess of cold weather

## Others

* éiklawa - phoenix of the sun, king of the phoenixes
* sãuklawa - phoenix of the stars
* ékkaglâu - fire-claw, claw of a phoenix, talisman (shaped like a Ш)
* réu - wight, nature spirit
* ráwi, ráwai, ráwajo - greater wight, guardian spirit, lesser god, minor god
* súrmei - sea wight, sea spirit. Sea-wights in Nandegakko are depicted as blue or green-skinned merpeople who are more playful than their mortal counterparts.
* úris - the soul of an ancestor. According to ancient Resparin belief, deceased ancestors return to the living in the form of sea turtles, so they cannot kill turtles as doing so might anger the ancestors.
	+ They only collect turtle shells from dead turtles, and then they use it as a tribal banner: however, modern Resparins instead use artificial shells as charms to pray to their ancestors.
	+ Nandegakkovians instead carry that tradition by forging turtle shells from metal as their breastplates, shields, and banner-tips. One incident where an Igarin governor killed turtles has instead angered the Nandegakkovians.
* Mötíča, Mögáti - a toy that is animated by magic. These magical toys and cursed dolls were the subject of many novels and movies in older times that passed into legend. They were mainly used as warnings not to create any clones, out of fear of spirit possession, rebellion, and sedition against their creators.
	+ It later became an epithet towards any artificial or cloned races, before specifically referring to gods worshipped by said races. These included Heros, moon god of the Heronoi; and Mithura, star goddess of the Ontemazei.

### Celestials or angels

* dőworai - star tyrants, star fiends, star demons: the armies of the Celestial Empire. The Eimares tyrants of old were these, oppressing lesser peoples as vermin. The dőworai were also the ghosts of slain Eimares celestials/angels, who scour the galaxy to kill mortals for sport.
* imãres - star-tyrants. The rulers and legions of the Eimares empire of the dawn of the universe.
* ãwi, ãwisawi - other star angels. They tend to be more benign and gentle, and their dances formed the constellations and messages of the gods.
* klúndoro - sky-hunter. When Resparins travel by sea or air, they pray to the klundorojes for their protection from evil spirits and harm.
* klújolok - sky monster. They appear as dark clouds and shapes among the stars.
* Ãgiwalok - the Grey Dragon, slain to create the Galaxy to light the night sky and help the stars navigate across the sky.
* Mãgristula - great crocodiles that served as the steeds of the gods
* Chorantcho Frâjes - Thirteen Months, thirteen crocodiles that represent the months of the standard year and their fortunes. They wear a crown tipped with a colourful sun that burns their enemies.
* rjésagrifa - golden men, einherjar. The celestial soldiers of Odin, Lord of Wisdom, clad in golden armour. They did not necessarily had to be Norse or even human, for anyone who dies in battle will become one, so they could also be alien or grifa.
	+ The rjésagrifajes that appeared after the scholars were brought back from Odin's royal court were silent enough to be mistaken for statues. However, to the enemies of Nandegakko and those who sought to destroy their precious vaults, they pursued and slew them without pity.
	+ The Norse humans believed that the Nandegakkovians will eventually become einherjar after they die, even though they never worship any gods. This is due to the Nandegakkovians' wars to defend knowledge and innocents throughout the Galaxy, and their intense creativity and love of knowledge, making them more pleasing to Odin.

### Evil deities

* Kögélök - the god of disease
* Köwántače - the god of plague, filth, and death. Feared in the east. Depicted as a white sheet wielding two hook-swords, surrounded by vermin, algae, and pests.
* Gumis - a plague god
* Skóndo - a desert god, the god of drought and famine.
* Báneson, Fáneson - the Igarin sun god, devourer of souls.

### Undead and demons

* ursakéu, ursokéo - one who eats turtles or desecrates something holy. Not only such people were banished from their tribes in ancient times, but their souls would wander the earth as hungry, blood-drinking ghosts. A stronger and more monstrous ursakeu is known as an "ursokeo" or a "sokkejo".
	+ It was said that the destroyers and enslavers of Nandegakko were turned into such ghosts, from their slavemasters to the priests of Faneson, to even the very emperor who ordered the invasion of Nandegakko, Faneson I. Resparins believe that these ghosts influenced later Igarin emperors and drove them insane with bloodlust, and their defeat became the exorcism that banished and destroyed those spirits.
	+ Ursakeujes tend to fight against kserkujes, so to defeat both of them, people trick them into killing each other using magical talismans.
* átulkeo - a ghost formed by a victim of flaying. Flaying a person's skin is considered as a great blasphemy against the sea god Sailachro because the blue skin of the victim mocks the sea god, so the spirit of the flayed person returns as a powerful ghost.
* dőrauwe, dőrau - a demon
* nőmfol - lesser demon, a slave of the dorauwejes
* nóržikče - chaos demon, demonic beast
* kőr-ta - various monsters
* kórla - flying, howling monsters; wraiths
* ksérku - a sort of vampire animated by hatred. People who die with a lot of hatred in their souls might rise as ksérkujes, feeding on blood and flesh.
* nêru - a cruel spirit born from a murderer filled with hate. He is different from a ksérku by committing so many murders (not killing in a battlefield) or being very brutal in life. He might still be weaker than the ksérkujes, that they might hunt and eat his soul.

## Places

* Akséwan - a land in the eastern seas believed to be the domain of the ancestral spirits.
* Írte - an island far in the east with trees that revert a person to young adulthood and grant immortality.
* Ióla - an island of flaming fruit that purifies souls to those who eat it. People who eat the fruit of Iola also gain magical powers.
* Siadé(s)wan - "the land of the rising sun", or "the cradle of the sun". Believed to be the home of the sun phoenixes.
* Kjemãri - The First Heaven, or the Midnight Sky. A dark blue void filled with floating white cities. The home of compassionate and people with too much love, they become saints and angels who live there after they die.
* Naufáretiri - The Thirteenth Heaven. Home to thirteen good gods who protect creation, and various deities of the months and time.
* Rjekelái - the "pink sky", the paradise of the righteous and good in some Resparin tribes. Other Resparins believe that the dead just wander around as ghosts.
* Iltórömai - the pink heaven, the home of various ancestral spirits and ancient heroes.
* Firifwán - the roads in the sky formed by winds where spirits and celestials travel in.
* Âgaríwal - the Blood of the Silver Dragon, the Galaxy
* Naiwándok - a palace under the sea, or in a watery dimension, where Sailachro and the gods rule. It, along with Rjekelai, are regarded as the Resparin equivalents of Heaven (where the gods live vs. where good people go to).
* Súlud - the underworld below earth where the wicked are buried under
* Kúroddo - the outer darkness surrounding the world and sky where the most evil people are banished into

## Events

* Pránadra - the Beginning, the Creation of the Universe
* Dösádra - the Dark Times, the tyrannical rule of the Star-Demons
* Útea Maldáe - the Age of Magic, the beginning of the world
* Útea Dačándače, Útea Dačánde - the Age of Heroes
* Útea Prúmmadriča - the Age of the Seafarer, the zenith of Resparin culture
* Útea Lúmukor - the Age of Decline
* Utéa Lörídačera - the Age of the Three Empires
* Srejáča - the Great Banishment, when the defeated enemies of the Poreseai Empire were banished to the rest of the Galaxy.
* Dorčáudwesra, Dorčaudra - the Thousand Years of Torment, when the Igarin Empire oppressed the Nandegakkovians.
* Tannőmočra - the Age of Giants, when the Malendor and Konjor civilisations renew hatred of each other and plunge the Galaxy into another great and ruinous war. This is considered the current age.

#### Future ages and Apocalypse

These later additions were from the era before the Exile, in a religious book written by the mystic Ullífande. He sailed west and never returned or reached the coast.

* Drunádrinča, Kroddáidrinča, Mitáklusča - three lesser apocalypses that will ruin the universe. Between each apocalypse will be an interval of six years.
	+ Drunádrinča is a three-year spring that will lead to a great war to empty civilisations.
	+ Kroddáidrinča is a six-year winter that will even freeze space as every world is covered in ice.
	+ Mitáklusča is a nine-day inferno that will heat even space and burn every world.
* Tôráskul - Age of the Four Palaces. Four castles will appear at four points in the Galaxy or universe.
* Nantárosaru - The Blessed Sleep, when a third of all virtuous people go to sleep and die. Their souls are taken to the paradise of Kjemãri.
* Mandálenta - The Great Turtle, when a turtle will take away a third of the virtuous to Iltórömai, a pink paradise.
* Prílkelon - The Final Thirteen, when the Thirteen Good Gods bring the souls of the last third of righteous people, along with every innocent person, to their heaven to live an eternity of happiness.
* Binájul - the last full moon of every world that shines at once, before every moon turns black.
* Prílčadra - the Apocalypse, the destruction of the universe in the far future, a cataclysm

## Religious vocabulary

* neáiwe - temple
* wóčol - sacred torch
* aíče, ále, áloi - (R) fire (archaic, classical), holy fire
	+ Fire is sacred in Resparin religion.
* karúna - ring of a planet, mandala, aura, orbit
	+ The karuna is a holy circle where people must behave and think properly to enhance its powers. It is where ceremonies and dances are performed.
* demãi - a ceremonial tower for festivals, raised in parades and then burned
* kejãgen - to invoke someone; a funeral
	+ In the atheistic culture of Nandegakko, kejagenjes (funerals) are either sad, because their loved ones will be gone for ever. Or they could be celebrations, because even though the loved ones are no longer living in some form, they are never lost ("dead") because they are remembered.
	+ Some even poetically call the books where the names and deeds of the lost, or even the minds of everyone who remembers them, as "our own Heaven"!
* tjóssuna - (archaic) to be swept away; to become one with Knowledge; to be remembered forever; to be immortalised; to ascend to Paradise; (poetic) to die, death
* tjósna - sweeping away as with a current of water; death; ascension; becoming one with Knowledge
* Tjósnačes - Drowned Ones; Ascended Ones; Saints; Einherjar; Angels
* prái - road, path, belief, religion
* práliža - piety, religion
* prálto - god, deity
* najélo - Igarin deity
* nájelo-dös - dark god, evil god
* firímeâi - to worship
* pruskéjâi, pruséâi - to pray
* máikela - feast, festival
* mái - festival, rite
* õröwei, õröwoi - great festival
* õröwajo - grand festival, holy day
* sõröja - holy, consecrated
* írweja - holy, blessed
* sĩraurei - holy, uplifted, sanctified, empowered
* karáwai - divine power
* gálkai - magic, incantations

## Trivia

* Instead of holy books, the Nandegakkovians use the Krazača, a code of honour to keep themselves good.
* Resparin culture does not have an equivalent for Halloween.

### Pronunciation:

* č - "dj" [ɟ]
* j - "y" [j]
* ö - "uh" [ø]
* ž - "zh" [ʒ]
* á, é, í, ó, ő, ú - stressed vowels
* â, ê, î, ô, ö̂, û - long vowels
* ã, ẽ, ĩ, õ, ø, ũ - long stressed vowels

## See also

* Nandegakkovian glossary
* Nandegakkovian calendar
* Novantirna mythology
* Igarin mythology