Religions

This is the page of religions and their mechanics, to see detailed information open respective page.

### Pagan Group

#### Ansutrewwo

**Ansutrewwo** is a pagan unorganized religion of Germanic people. Uses Orthodox Icons and Religious Authority mechanics, allowing to select one of the gods with different modifiers for 10 Religious Authority for duration of 10 years.

#### Arabic

**Arabic** is a pagan unorganized Arabic religion of pastoral societies across Arabia regions. Uses Orthodox Icons and Religious Authority mechanics, allowing to select one of the gods with different modifiers for 10 Religious Authority for duration of 10 years. Notable Arabic countries: Qedar, Himjar, Hadramaut.

#### Baltic

**Baltic** is a pagan unorganized religion of Baltic tribes. Uses Orthodox Icons and Religious Authority mechanics, allowing to select one of the gods with different modifiers for 10 Religious Authority for duration of 10 years.

#### Bosporan Syncretism

**Bosporan Syncretism** is a pagan unorganized religion blending Hellenic and Scythian traditions together. Uses Fervor mechanics.

#### Canaanite

**Canaanite** is a pagan unogranized Levantine religion of North-West Semitic cities and their colonies. Uses Orthodox Icons and Religious Authority mechanics, allowing to select one of the gods with different modifiers for 10 Religious Authority for duration of 10 years. Notable Canaanite countries: Carthage, Philistia, Sur.

#### Celtic

**Celtic** is a pagan unorganized religion of various European tribes. Uses Orthodox Icons and Religious Authority mechanics, allowing to select one of the gods with different modifiers for 10 Religious Authority for duration of 10 years.

#### Dei Consentes

**Dei Consentes** is polytheistic organized religion of Italic people. Uses Harmony mechanic, allowing to assimilate other religions over time and convert their culture to Italic cultures, while also providing a bonus modifier for every harmonized religion. Notable Dei Consentes countries: Roma, Neapolis, Sicelia.

#### Enuma Elish

**Enuma Elish** is a pagan unorganized Mesopotamian religion, named after first words of their creation myth. Uses Personal Deities mechanic, allowing every new ruler to worship a different god for different bonuses. Notable Enuma Elish countries: Assyria, Babylonia.

#### Etrusca Disciplina

**Etrusca Disciplina** is pagan unorganized religion of native Italia people. Uses Orthodox Icons and Religious Authority mechanics, allowing to select one of the gods with different modifiers for 10 Religious Authority for duration of 10 years. Notable Etrusca Disciplina countries: Veia, Aritim, Rugusci.

#### Heros Karabazmos

**Heros Karabazmos** is a pagan unorganized religion of Thracian people. Uses Religious Authority mechanics, allowing to select one of the gods with different modifiers for 10 Religious Authority for duration of 10 years.

#### Hinduism

**Hinduism** is a pagan organized religion of Indo-Aryan people. One of the strongest faiths in the game, that can be created early by a player, doing that requires a filled Ceremonial ideas group, passing several decisions and having priest advisor for long enough to trigger event that starts a rift in priesthood. Uses Religious Schools and Church Power.

#### Iberian

**Iberian** is a pagan unorganized religion of Iberian people. Bordering the Celtic Iberians it uses Religious Authority mechanics, allowing to select one of the gods with different modifiers for 10 religious authority for duration of 10 years.

#### Illyrian

**Illyrian** is a pagan unorganized religion of Illyrian coast, Pannonia and north coast of Magna Graecia. Uses Religious Authority mechanics, allowing to select one of the gods with different modifiers for 10 religious authority for duration of 10 years.

#### Matar Kubileya

**Matar Kubileya** is a pagan unorganized religion of Anatolian people centered around worship of Mother Cybele with influences from nearby greeks. Uses Religious Authority mechanics, allowing to select one of the gods with different modifiers for 10 religious authority for duration of 10 years.

#### Olympioi

**Olympioi** is a pagan unorganized religion centered around the worship of the Olympian Gods. Uses Fetishist Cult mechanics, allowing to select one of the gods with different modifiers once per ruler. Notable Olympioi countries: Sparta, Makedonia, Syracusae

#### Slavic

**Slavic** is a pagan unorganized religion of Slavic people. Uses Harmonization and Secondary Religion mechanics, it is not present on start date and must be formed first, the only nation that can have Slavic faith is Venedi tribe in Baltic.

#### Veneti

**Veneti** is a pagan unorganized religion of Adriatic Veneti people. Uses Orthodox Icons and Religious Authority mechanics, allowing to select one of the gods with different modifiers for 10 Religious Authority for duration of 10 years. Used by Veneti, Histri, Liburnia and Catari.

#### Zamolxis

**Zamolxis** is a pagan unorganized religion of Dacian people. Uses Orthodox Icons and Religious Authority mechanics, allowing to select one of the gods with different modifiers for 10 Religious Authority for duration of 10 years.

### Monotheism / Monolatrism

#### Atenism

**Atenism** is a pagan organized monolatristic religion of ancient Egypt, started as a way to rebel against the growing influence of priesthood on the pharaohs by pharaoh Akenaten, with his death has lost most of it's power but temples and worship have survived until Twenty-fifth Dynasty. Uses fetishist cults mechanic, allowing to select one "cult" for the duration of ruler reign. Is not present on any start date but can be revived by a player who attempts to curb power of priesthood and find a place for new capital both as just a new cult or adopting it fully with consequences that brings.

#### Christian

**Christian** is a late-game Reformation Jewish group religion centered around the messianic being of Jesus Christ. Uses Defender of the Faith mechanic, where every autonomous free nation following the True Faith provides bonus to the claimant Defender. Has Centers of Reformation spreading the faith to nearby provinces. Notable Christian Countries : None (as of the current updated start dates)

#### Jewish

**Jewish** is the monotheistic religion of the nation of Israel. Uses Defender of the Faith mechanic, where every autonomous free nation following the True Faith provides bonus to the claimant Defender. Notable Jewish countries: Judah, Israel.

#### Samaritan

**Samaritan** is the monotheistic religion of the people of Samaria. Uses Defender of the Faith mechanic, where every autonomous free nation following the True Faith provides bonus to the claimant Defender. Notable Samaritan countries: Israel (if freed from the area of Samaria).