Eimarin mythology

This is a list of beings in the mythology and pantheon of the Eimāranda Empire, a civilisation of Celestials in the early days of the Rabydosverse.

## Deities

### Eternal One

According to Eimarin records, there was a dual "supreme God" that was the true creator of everything, including the Six Ancient Gods.

That God was "a being of white and black", Who was omnipresent, omnipotent, and omniscient.

### Six Ancient Gods

See also: Six Ancient Gods

* Sarasvas - order

* Ævāri - chaos
* Surime - dreams, aspiration, life
	+ Surime was the most revered by mortals during the Eimaranda Empire, as he protected planets and their inhabitants from being enslaved or tortured by the Celestials. He also tended to inspire artists and seers in their dreams, usually by comforting or warning them.
	+ He also has another aspect, Nōčathras, notorious for his trickery.
* Vūrasa - heat
* Axarka - cold
* Zrūnda - death, silence, oblivion

In honour of its pantheon, the number six was considered sacred to the Eimares.

### The High Gods

According to Eimarin mythology, there are around one hundred and twenty-six pantheons of deities that control the universe. Five of them, the Holy Domains, are the highest of those deities, as these were considered as the creators of the universe:

#### Holy Domains

* Svarga (Devas) - led by Indra
* Asgard (Aesir) - led by Odin
* Vanaheim (Vanir) - led by Freyr
* Njebes (Bogii) - led by Svarog
* Tien Guok (Shen) - led by Jade Emperor Yokdei.

#### Other High Gods

* Novantir pantheon
* Luklurii
* Vandrandai
* Velassar

### Ansuvizrai gods

Because the Ansuvizrai gods were associated with Odin, the Celestials referred them as "The High Gods".

* Naranor, Vathonaz, Vaithonar, Vodnaraz - The Grey Wanderer
	+ Considered the keeper of ten thousand horrific, arcane secrets too dangerous to even the most powerful Celestial. He is considered the same person as Wodanaz, the Warrior-King of the Ansuwiz Lords.
	+ He is accompanied by two birds. His weapon is a glowing spear.
	+ His palace is Wal-hallō or Valahaljas, a golden palace where the souls of warriors ascend as his army. His realm is Ansugardaz (Eimarin: Ansugaras), a sort of heaven.
	+ When he visits the Celestials, it is either to give them a gift, prepare them for a catastrophe or a threat, or train them in a specific spell. His absence during the Eimarin Civil War was regarded by the Celestials as a sign of their coming destruction, that the Gods have rejected them to their sins.
	+ Some of the most powerful spells that the Celestials used were taught be Naranor. As he was unimpressed with the Celestials' tyranny over the lesser races, he taught only the ones that backfired, to sabotage the Celestial Empire and teach them a lesson.
	+ A few Celestials knelt before idols of Naranor, or simply knelt down to commune with the god. They either gained insight into the spirit realm, some terrible secrets or valuable counsel from the god, or were driven insane by the terrible, dangerous secrets the god revealed to them.
	+ His names included Valāpasnar Vōdanthaz (Allfather Odin), Valikranthod (Great Teacher), Okron Ira (Master of Magic), Naranor (the Wanderer), and Jostoi Randarai (Mover of Nations).
* Vodnaras, Wodanaz, Vodanas, Wōdanaz - a warrior-king who created some of the Celestials as his auxiliaries and servants. He is sometimes considered as the same god as Naranor. He and Naranor were worshipped as the same god, the creator of the Celestials.
	+ He created the Celestials to defend the Galaxy from the monsters from beyond the universe, which he and many other gods created as their masterpiece.
* Frījo, Vrixija, Frijjō - The Shrouded Queen
	+ The consort of Vodanas in the halls of Ansugardas (Heaven). She weaves threads of pure magic, allowing her to look into various timelines.
	+ Celestials venerate her in divination to know more about the future, to ensure they redirect their decisions to the right choices. Some Celestials meditate under her to be filled with her knowledge, although a few instead go insane as the overwhelming amount of knowledge burns their minds.
	+ Her names include Vālariknæ Vrixija (Allmother Frigg), Ruimatsæ (Guider of Fates), Juvejolæ (Weaver), Irunæ Illirtin (Shaper of Destiny).

### Thivalixar gods

The Thivalixar are the sons of Odin, the princes of Ansugaras. They were depicted sitting on marble thrones next to their parents, the King and Queen of Ansugaras.

Although there were originally thirteen princes, the departure of Saemingaz resulted in twelve.

* Thunraz, Thunaraz (Thor) - a red-bearded god who loves fighting. The patron god of warriors and destruction.
	+ His weapon is a hammer wreathed in lightning.
* Balðraz, Baltaraz (Baldr) - a bright god clad in golden armour. The patron god of intellectuals, wisdom, and chivalry.
	+ In contrast to his brother Thunraz, he is gentle and tact.
	+ Sometimes depicted as having a rivalry with Thunraz. Several surviving stage plays held in honour of the Ansuvizrai Gods depicted amusing situations where the two brothers had different solutions to a scenario: Thunraz simply smashed the problem apart, while Baltaraz was more diplomatic. But when provoked, Baltaraz became merciless, and his rage pleased his brother.
* Vīdaharjaz (Vidarr) - a black-haired god who does not speak much. The patron god of mysteries, justice, and vengeance.
* Mælijaz (Meili) - a gentleman who loves gardens. He and Baldraz were close friends, supposedly a softer contrast compared to Thunraz: Baldraz was more martial, while Mælijaz was more peaceful and artistic.
* Harjamōdaz (Hermoðr) - a skilled rider who was the messenger of the High Gods. Venerated by the Celestials as the patron god of riders and steeds.
* Hiltaulfaz (Hildólfr) - a grey-haired god clad in the pelt of a space-wolf. Venerated by the Celestials as the god of hunters and beasts.
* Ītrexiōdaz, Itrexon (Ítreksjóð) - a reclusive son of Odin who was skilled with machines. Considered one of the patron deities of the world-forges, technology, and the Thamunzar Order.
* Sæmingaz (Sæmingr) - a son of Odin who founded a kingdom of his own on Jerde. In his place, a regent sat on his marble throne, relaying messages between his master and Odin. He was venerated as the patron deity of travellers and mortals.
	+ Because of his association with mortals, Saemingaz (or his agent, who was raised as a god to assist his work) was sometimes venerated by the vassals and slaves of the Celestial Empire.
	+ And because of his departure from Ansugaras, he was no longer counted among the Princes.
* Āljaz (Áli) - Venerated as the patron god of artificial life, such as clones.
* Sigariz (Sigi) - Venerated as the patron god of education and civilisation.
* Haimadōllaz (Heimdall) - a bright god whose light can blind lesser beings, including Celestials. He guards the entrance to Ansugaras. The patron god of diplomacy, treasures, vaults, and foreign relations.
* Hathuz, Sathuraz (Hödr) - a warrior god who was blinded due to an incident. He was Baldaraz's twin brother. Venerated by the Celestials as the god of twins, brotherhood, allies, and storms.

### Vanirai gods

* Fraujô - a golden god who visited Jerde and set up his own kingdom.

### Other deities

* Vala Makravalas - a man in gold with a purple beard. He rides on a golden hippocampus. His weapon is a burning pike.
	+ The supposed creator of the hirhueh beasts from southern Novantir: he created the first hirhuehtre as gifts to his worshippers, who call him Sugalrih.
	+ Makravalas and Vrinxal were the father and mother of the first emperor of the Celestial Empire: Sulvantharas. They created him through reproduction, rather than making him from a fireball, and Vrinxal gave birth to him and fed him. Therefore, he was not a Celestial, but a god like them.
* Vala Vrinxal - a grey woman with blue hair and a black dress. She wields a scythe wreathed in lightning.
	+ Although she is destructive, she is very friendly and kind.
* Sujadjaraz - the Celestial in charge of a bright star right above the Galaxy, a sort of pole star deity. According to Eimarin mythology, he was the herald of Odin and the other Creators whenever the Gods were unable to personally meet with the Emperors or the priesthood.

### Dimensional beings

There were powerful beings from other dimensions that developed popular cults among the Celestials.

* Disamula - The Cosmic Merchant

## Month-gods (Dalajutal deities or Zodiac deities)

See also: Eimarin calendar

Forty-eight deities are venerated in the Eimarin civilisation as gods who oversee the months of its years.

Makravalas and Vrinxal are two of forty-eight gods in the Eimarin zodiac.

* 1: Skoroxor the Fiery Judgement - a sentient firestorm sent to destroy the wicked. God of the first month, Sumahon.
	+ His domains are punishment, wrath, fire, and purification.
* 2: Aumækrija - a sorceress. Goddess of the second month, Aumækrija.
	+ Her domains are peace, curiosity, magic, studies, and experience.
* 3: Olmir - a wizard sent by Naranor to train the lesser races to enact the plans of the Gods. God of the third month, Hoknijas, represented by a white raven.
	+ His domains are magic, loyalty, danger, and expeditions.
* 4: Hirendea the Fair - a beautiful dancer wearing a glittering dress. Goddess of the fourth month, Arkavis, represented by a swan.
	+ Her domains are magic, colours, dance, music, and light voices.
* 5: Manothal the Wise - a scholar. God of the fifth month, Manapotos, represented by a teapot.
	+ His domains include literature, writing, research, and libraries.
* 6: Ilarjanda the Joyful - a sun god filled with the powers of the Six Gods. God of the sixth month, Isirajen, represented by a sun with many colours.
	+ His domains include stars, light, dances, magical spells, and relations with the gods.
* 7: Turvarnas the Brash - a man on a bull wielding a burning axe. God of the seventh month, Tauraknos, represented by a bull.
	+ His domains include anger, destruction, justice, and vengeance.
* 8: Valikranda the Navigator - a woman in white clothes who rides on a white ship, exploring the heavens. Goddess of the eighth month, Valikranda, represented by her ship.
	+ Her domains include curiosity, excitement, gentleness, and courage.
* 9: Trimairas the Colourful - A powerful sorcerer filled with the powers of the Six Gods. God of the ninth month, Laulontris, represented by a lantern, his magical weapon. One of the early gods of the Hjokkunzar Order.
	+ His domains include colour, happiness, holiness, sanctity, faith, hope, and purity.
* 10: Zolakaras the Schemer - God of the tenth month, Ilimbara, represented by a spider.
* 11: Torudalas the Black Sentinel - God of the eleventh month, Taruvilar, represented by a pillar.
	+ Torudalas is a god with dark skin and black armour lined with glowing runes.
	+ One of the patron gods of the imperial households of the Eimaranda Empire.
	+ His domains include defense, armour, protection, and courage.
* 12: Rokalkaraon the Orbiter - A mechanic who is obsessed with circles. God of the twelfth month, Nalokaras, represented by a clock.
	+ His domains include circles, orbits, cycles, concentration, focus, and accuracy.
* 13: Makravalas the Great Father - God of the thirteenth month, Makaravos, represented by a golden dragon. The father of the first emperor of the Celestial Empire, Sulvantharas.
	+ He is usually depicted as a man with a purple beard and golden armour, riding on a gold dragon or fish. His weapon is a trident or a spear.
	+ When he visited Novantir to find his devotees, he was amused by their traditions, that he laughed another creature into existence: Makaravos the Younger, the first hirhueh.
	+ His domains include laughter, happiness, creation, the present, appreciation, life, and enjoyment.
* 14: Rāchivon
* Vrinxal the Great Mother - Goddess of the twenty-ninth month, Virinxala, represented by a female reaper. The mother of the first emperor, Sulvantharas, and his sisters Virinxala and Vjasaranda.
	+ She is usually depicted as a woman with blue hair and grey robes. Her weapon is a scythe.
	+ Although she enjoys scaring people and destroying her enemies, she is a kind goddess who likes to befriend people.
	+ Her domains include acceptance of the inevitable, the unknown, fear, the future, love, reassurance, kindness, and death.
* Virinxala the Reaper - Daughter of Vrinxal and Makravalas, and an apprentice of her mother. She has blue hair.
	+ Her domains are night, darkness, death, serenity, silence, fear, mystery, opposition to corruption, and dance.
	+ She was considered the calmer counterpart of Vjasaranda, who was more likely to pick fights.
* Krandati the Judge - a black goddess who mediates disputes and decides random events. Goddess of the thirtieth month, also named Krandati. Sister of Vrinxal.
* Iknævrajos the Scribe - a white goddess who records all events in an endless book. Goddess of the thirty-first month, Iknærijas. Youngest sister of Vrinxal.
* Kurunon
* Mimaxa
* Vaidarei
* Ulantari
* Palkitau
* Naikraluras
* Valitarud
* Roirutol
* Vanajavural
* Arexara

### Former deities

Throughout the Eimarin civilisation, various older deities were replaced by other characters that eclipsed them in popularity. These ancient, outdated beings were still worshipped in higher ceremonies.

## Cult deities

Over time, as the Celestial civilisation thrived for thousands of years, the Celestials themselves created their own cults towards various heroes and lucky gods. Even throughout the vast domain of the Celestial Empire, local Celestials began venerating local deities or making up their own beliefs. Some of those deities were magical deities, while others were dimensional beings.

* Harungiras - a great hunter
* Haungiros - a great hunter (northeast)
* Vanoringos - the god of machines and industry (northeast)
* Barashan - a bearded god of water and seas (Thaneraz sector, southwest)
* Matharin - god of raptors
* Thjarigol - god of raptors (southeast)
* Mæsamjara - goddess of parties (Baritai)
* Vinabori - goddess of brewing and tea (Baritai)
* Lavothar - god of fire (northwest)
* Āmatos - god of the sea and outer space (east)
* Vathaljos and Vilathjas - twin gods of the hunt (north)

## Civil war deities

These gods emerged during the Eimarin Civil War.

### Thamunzar gods

There were two main gods in the Thamunzar religion. These two deities were known as the Valatholxar (Grand Paragons).

* Rātholdas - Lord of Order. Often depicted as a bearded muscular man holding a hammer and an axe, wreathed in lightning. Worshipped as the God of Justice, Industry, Affliction, and the Forge. His worshippers attempt to impose order and assimilate lesser races into Eimarin civilisation. Wrongly considered as an aspect of Thor because of his beard and hammer.
* Zardathol - Lord of Vengeance. Often depicted as a bearded lanky man holding two swords, wreathed in fire. Worshipped as the God of Power, Weapons, Destruction, and Dominance. His worshippers enslave lesser races to toil away building monuments and megastructures. Wrongly considered as an aspect of Thor or Loki.

### Hjokkunzar gods

There were eight main goddesses in the Hjokkunzar religion. These goddesses were known as the Hjoxalunrai (Six Hues of Magic), accompanied by the Alædaxje (Apogees) above and below them.

* Aremar - Lady of Beauty. Her colour is Blue, and her worshippers attempt to "civilise" lesser races by immersing them in art.
* Siretha - Lady of Euphoria. Her colour is Orange, and her worshippers attempt to keep lesser races entertained and happy with games and music.
* Thazai - Lady of Sorcery. Her colour is Purple, and her worshippers teach lesser races the dangerous arts of magic and science.
* Jentha - Lady of Compassion. Her colour is Yellow. As her worshippers were the more benevolent members of the Hjokkunzar religion, they actually care for the well-being of their ~~slaves~~ subjects.
* Razothja - Lady of War. Her colour is Red, and her worshippers delight in destruction. She grants her worshippers the power of fire.
* Navaitha - Lady of Wisdom. Her colour is Green, and her worshippers value knowledge above all else. Some dedicate themselves to collecting all kinds of knowledge, some spread them to the lesser races and help them build themselves to greatness, and some (the Nightmare Legions) collect mortals to be tortured and harvested in horrific experiments.
* Sahjancha - The White Lady. Her compassionate side guides scholars, while her wrathful side leads warriors. The goddess of civilisation and wisdom.
* Barathænda - The Dark Lady. Although she is serene, her wrathful side creates shadows that tear her enemies apart. The goddess of games and death.

## Lesser beings

* ænerjas, ainarjas - the holy warriors and messengers of King Vodnaras
* alavolarai - another army of angels
* turesri - green angels
* naiderjan - tree spirits
* volareja - gold and white angels
* ilerjas - messengers of light
* alelan - "island lampbearers"
* imædrja - omen-birds
* solorin - messenger of Sarasvas, appears as a shining man in red robes
* langevjo - messenger of Ævāri, appears as a man with a pink and black glow
* sraunar - messenger of Surime, appears as a green man with a bird's head
* vorazar - messenger of Vūrasa, appears as a human-shaped flame
* charaxar - messenger of Axarka, appears as a human-shaped gust of ice crystals and snowflakes
* zarondal - messenger of Zrūnda, appears as a floating shadow of many tendrils
* ulun, ulon - demon of Chaos

## Locations

* Hondortha, Ændoi, Luxareia, Vrōhasta, Surkatia, and Zōrūn - six dimensions that orbit the universe, providing it with a stream of their essence. The universe was born when their six rivers met, sparking a sort of Big Bang.
	+ They respectively consist of needle-like peaks, a valley of waterfalls in odd directions, a lush jungle, a volcanic wasteland, an icy wasteland, and an arid plateau in darkness; representing order, chaos, life, heat, cold, and death.
* Oidrō - the Void, the swirling storms around the multiverse
* Āgi, Vroelaxar, Āorxala, Dorzetha, Zadretha, and Nōru - the Six Hells, the opposite of the realms of the Six Gods.
* Valænōm - the Outer Darkness

## Trivia

* Eimarin mythology may be derived from a mixture of influences:
	+ The Six Ancient Gods were influenced by the Six Guardians of Doctor Who lore and the Norse world-tree Yggdrassil. Particularly, the god of life and dreams was inspired by the Celestial Toymaker, as a trickster god.
	+ The Zodiac Gods were influenced by the Altean zodiac of Homestuck. Makravalas was inspired by Gamzee Makara, Varuna, and Poseidon; and Vrinxal was inspired by Vriska, Hekate, and the Grim Reaper.
	+ The Civil War deities were influenced by the rivalry between Transformers and My Little Pony.

## See also

* Tuxavin mythology
* Eimarin glossary