Kekhaulid mythology

This is the mythology of the Kekhaulid peoples, the native peoples of southern Rabydos, Nartathi, Falturia, the Aukarin and Prumarin peoples of Porashon, and their ancestors of Aute, Minumakh, and Prumthesan.

## Timeline

* According to Prumthesankhe mythology, twenty male and female gods created the first ten humans at the southern jungles of Palkyras. The first man was known as Raun and the first woman was known as Wair.
* The first man and the first woman found each other by a river, where they hunted animals together. They became friends, and after they made love, they became lovers. Within each month, each of the other nine couples discovered and bonded with each other in the similar manner. Each of them was created with knowledge to make basic tools, farming, and hunting: the gods protected them from being killed by the beasts of the jungle.
* In Prumthesankhe mythology, a race of wild men were the creation of seven wild gods: these became the ancestors of the Greyfolk.
* Each of the couples began making their own calendars. Their starting date was either the date of their first meeting, or the date when they discovered sex.
	+ As a result, each tribe has their own new year's day on a different month of the year. It is one of two "great birthdays", the other being the date of their protoplasts' creation. Adults celebrate these new year's days by marrying or making love.
	+ The two months without a great birthday, January and February, are considered unlucky months as they are believed to have no life.
	+ In later times, the Auteans and Prumthesankhe marked the date of Raun and Wair's birth or creation as the start of their history. The dates of the couple's meeting or first sex was regarded as a day of romance.

* Seven months after their first meeting or bonding, each of the ten couples produced their own children, and when the children reached adulthood, a spouse was created for each man or woman. The children of the first man and woman were Pessal, Kletru, Zil (sons), Prukha, and Thira (daughters).
	+ Usually a new spouse was created when any of the first offspring dreamed of an adult of the opposite gender on their thirtieth birthday. On the next morning or night, the gods would then create a naked man or woman as that person's friend and then spouse.
* In the 4th year, the ten couples built the first shrines.
* In the 13th year, Papaks and Tiakna (the ninth couple) built the first temple, to honour the star people who occasionally visited them. This became known as the Temple of Stars, Wefishta.
* In the 25th year, Ruwo of the Hossor clan killed Tinthe in a fight. The gods banished him to the jungles, where he made various monsters with many monster women out of his lust. Ruwo himself became a serpent-man who hunts and kills people for fun.
* In the 29th year, seven sons and two daughters of the Awol clan murdered five men and three women. These murderers were banished eastwards, where they courted wild men and women to form four tribes of monsters: Kolithn, Wothn, Klethrn, and Skarathn. A fifth tribe, Thaushn, was killed and eaten by Ruwo and his band of serpent-men.
	+ The five men and three women are known as the Thilakswi, the guardians of the directions.
* In the 32nd year, the gods created a woman as Pessal's spouse. One month later, a man was created as Prukha's spouse.
* In the 34th year, Puia of the Mathna clan (a woman) and her husbands Tustur and Ulsand (men) were the first humans to die, having being eaten by wolves: they belonged to the Pulkhua clan. At first, the humans were frightened that they will be next to be eaten like the lesser animals, until the god Kneitha taught them to fight and defend themselves.
	+ Puia, Tustur, and Ulsand became the next ghosts, appearing in the form of wolves. Their tribe worshipped them as their totems.
	+ It was said that Puia wanted two men, so the gods created Tustur and Ulsand as her friends and lovers. To compensate their deaths, a tree grew from their spilled blood, which grew men and women to populate and defend the Mathna clan until it became the most populous of the ten tribes.
* Many years later, the ten couples produced hundreds of men, women, and children. In the 30th year, they formed ten tribes, ruled by the founding patriarchs and matriarchs: Jarka (Raun and Wair's tribe), Hossor, Mesan, Awol, Mathna, Pabeis, Welkit, Nerin, Pulkhua, and Anka.
* 230 years after the creation of the Twenty Protoplasts, Papaks and Tiakna were eaten by a leopard. Their tribe, the Pulkhua, mourned for them and killed the leopard as a sacrifice to their protoplasts. They interred the bones of their ancestors within the Temple of Stars, and elected Khelur and Raula as their next king and queen.
* Within 300 years, the ten tribes became a single nation ruled by the gods. One by one, the remaining protoplasts turned into gold statues and died, their souls joining Papaks and Tiakna in Heaven to become the high ancestor gods.
	+ Klaruwa was a descendant of Raun and Wair. He bowed before Raun as he was crowned as the first High King, crying as he knew that after the month passes, Raun and Wair will die.
	+ Klaruwa named his united nation, Kekhausel. His people became known as the Kekhaunkre, Kekhauns, or Kekhaulids.
* 304 years - The Kekhauns explore the uninhabited north, establishing new towns and cities.
* 312, 314, 316 - The first three nations seceded from Kekhausel as they set up their own kings and queens: Lukair, Tulsal, and Wersil. At the start of Wersil's coronation, the first of the nine suns vanishes from the sky.
* 356 years after creation, the peoples of the Kekhaulid nations were swept by a wave of creativity, spurring thousands of men, women, and children to create beautiful works of art. Their sheer creativity caused four gods and four goddesses to burst into existence: two goddesses and one god were white, and the others were black.
* The white gods create three new races in the north and southwest, while the black gods create five new races at a continent to the east. The white races became the ancestors of the Mannurlings, the Ardeschen and proto-Tuksharans, and the Pelgir; while the black races became the ancestors of the Rifandians. All eight races were gifted with unusually-high skill in artistic creativity and intelligence, as these gods wanted to see them make exceptionally beautiful works.
* 576 years - Kekhausel is torn apart by a succession crisis between a northern prince and a southern prince. The northern prince, Wolsar, wins and banishes five of the tribes to the north. These five tribes became the ancestors of other races.
* After 500 years or producing more tribesmen and tribeswomen, Āks and Leksa crumble to dust and die.
* As more murders break out within the tribes, the god Kanca creates the three Fates (Rutsra, Mirca, and Carca) to control the murderers' minds.
* Takus became the forty-fifth human to die after a bear killed and ate him. Ever since his death, humans began to experience fear. Men also began to fear other men who looked bigger than them; and women became frightened of men that looked tougher than them, hiding their children away from women and men of other spouses.

## Kalpators (Ancient Gods)

### Legend

These deities were worshipped by most Kekhaulid peoples except those listed with these letters, who were venerated and/or preferred by specific peoples and cultures.

* P - Prumthesan-only
* A - Aute-only
* M - Minumakh-only

### Deities

* Ikatei - High Queen of the gods, goddess of the stars and creator of the world. She created the Night Gods and Moon Goddesses as her companions.
* Knaito - Falcon god of war
* Zamkari - Goddess of rain
* Swaler - Goddess of thunder
* Halkhos - God of the earth
* Rowei - Goddess of the forests
* Ara - God of fire
* Tinkar - Goddess of writing and wisdom.
* Akiltha - God of the forge, technology, and progress
* Keitholna - God of carpenters, sculptors, and tradition. He is Akiltha's twin brother.
* Tholkad - God of the sea
* Roisad and Droisad - Goddesses of the northern and southern seas. They are wives of Tholkad who produced their royal court.
* Solinda - God of the Sun.
	+ In some Autean cities, hundreds of young men wear gold armour as the warriors of the god, the Sun Guard. They serve to defend their cities from attack.
	+ It is acceptable for a Sun Guard and a Moon Guard to marry, but if they have any children, sons will join the Sun Guard, while daughters will join the Moon Guard. Men cannot join the Moon Guard, and women cannot join the Sun Guard.
* Milinkha (P: Mlinkha, Blinkha), Josto, and Nansuila - The three wives of the Sun God.
	+ Milinkha protects children, Josto guides people in adulthood, and Nansuila protects the elderly and brings them to paradise where they join their ancestors to enjoy an eternity of bliss in lush gardens.
* Luinda - Goddess of the Moon.
	+ In some Autean cities, hundreds of women wear silver armour as the warriors of the goddess, the Moon Guard. They serve to defend their cities from attack.
* Nerad - Goddess of the new or dark moon and dreams. She represents stress, fear, desire, and yearning.
* Rukhal and Rekhal - Gods of the night. Rukhal became Luinda's husband, and Rekhal became Nerad's husband. From their union and love, the stars were born.
* Thurimas - God of the moon, philosophy, poetry, inspiration, and architecture, son of Luinda and Rukhal.
* Kisenas - God of technology, the forge, chariots, races, games, youth, happiness, men, students, and education. Son of Luinda and Rukhal, and student of Akiltha. A rival of Thurimas who goes on chariot races with him across the sky.
* Norotia - Goddess of fate.
* Kalor - Goddess of death and the underworld. His symbol is the black wolf.
* Atikelia - Goddess of the earth
* Thilakswi - Guardians of the directions. Five men and three women that were murdered by the Awol clan.
* The White Gods, Narasanoi - Gods of northern people, or Mannurlings. These gods were created when the Kekhaulid peoples were swept by a wave of creativity. Their creations, the peach-skinned Mannurlings, were gifted with unusual creativity and intelligence.
	+ Each deity represents a different art. In later times, they are regarded as muses.
	+ No one is allowed to paint the lips, cheeks, feet, or fingers of any idol of the White or Black Gods in bright colours, as that would mock the deities and anger them. They must have the same colour as the idol's skin.
* The Black Gods, Toresanoi - Gods of eastern people, or Rifandians. These gods were created when the Kekhaulid peoples were swept by a wave of creativity. Their creations, the dark-skinned Rifandians, were gifted with unusual creativity and intelligence.
	+ Each deity represents a different art. In later times, they are regarded as muses.

### Ancestors

* Ancestor Gods - Ten men and ten women worshipped as the mothers and fathers of the original humans, the Kekhaulid peoples. Their tribes were Jarka (Raun and Wair's tribe), Hossor, Mesan, Awol, Mathna, Pabeis, Welkit, Nerin, Pulkhua, and Anka. Eventually, some of the proto-Kekhaulids migrated to other continents, where they became the ancestors of all the other races of the world.
* Raun and Wair - the first man and woman.
* Papaks and Tianka - the ninth man and woman.

### Folk heroes

* Pulutokas - the Great Hunter. He is surrounded by phoenixes. He later became the god of the hunt.

### Spirits and creatures

* Ruwo - the first murderer
* Thankhwaril - star-demons. Later a term for the Eimarin Celestials who invaded Jerde.

### Evil beings

* Ruwo - the first murderer
* Thankhwaril - star-demons. Later a term for the Eimarin Celestials who invaded Jerde.
* Mjoth and Loth - a blood god and a bone god that fought on the cursed mountain of Maith Skobuithaz. They once rampaged in a great slaughter until Pulutukhas wounded them and bound them to Maith Skobuithaz, where they fought each other for eternity.
	+ The Emperor of Rabydos, Bel-muludpergum, the founder of the country, violated the taboo never to approach the caverns of the accursed mountain to seek its treasures. For this, his Mur'hundi dynasty was cursed, and his grandson became a vampire.
	+ A rebel lord was drawn to its treasures, stored as the tomb of an earlier evil king to test anyone unfortunate enough to trespass into the caverns. He was so obsessed with the wealth, that when the vampire emperor wanted to punish him, he destroyed himself by detonating spinel crystals all over the tomb, killing him. The spinel crystals nullified the hauntings, as the rebel lord did not realise that they were consecrated by the gods of the north. The sanctity of the gems also overwhelmed and incinerated the dark gods, ending their threat forever.
* zlenuthri - cannibals. A lost civilisation of outlaws who became a mighty kingdom in the west, where they traded beggars to be eaten. The ancient Auteans and Minumakhians fought this evil empire, until it was destroyed by meteor storms and floods.
	+ In ancient times, this was attested as Zelthudenker, descendanrs of Autean criminals who fled from punishment.

## Raidjapurs (Sixteenth Age deities)

* Mauturi - Goddess of snow
* Thurunda - God of the north and the Gauvajut Empire. A cruel god.
* Thiwesil - Goddess of the frozen ice wastes of the south. A cruel goddess.
* Aruwels - Goddess of the western ocean
* Arawisal - Goddess of the eastern ocean
* Maltura - God of war
* Miwatris - Goddess of the night and the stars
* Lutorna - Goddess of wealth

## Kieltapers (Sarmelonid era deities)

* Hakola - Descendant of Kaidor, god of freedom
* Paitelur - God of firearms and archery
* Amethal - Seventy-two gods of the constellations and arts. The most prominent of these were Wenia, Khwamankhe, Aupnara, Ruwas, Hosilor, Ontha, Sechara, Walkitar, and Thominar.

## Kennarors (modern deities)

Over time, the peoples of Rabydos, Nartathi, Falturia, and nearby lands became more distinct. Even their own pantheons -- versions of their Kekhaulid ancestors' gods -- diverged into different versions as different gods were preferred over the others, and newer cults were established to popular or folk deities.

### Commonly-worshipped

These gods and goddesses are worshipped by most modern Kekhaulids.

* Rons and Waide - the first man and woman
* Kaitera - Queen of the Gods
* Knaito, Knaitor - Falcon God, Warrior God
	+ Sometimes syncretised with Svarog due to his association with falcons.
* Ar - God of fire
* Halkhos - God of the earth
* Kaulor - God of death
* Pulutukos - Warrior hero with a phoenix. The national god of Falturia and Volzeraen.
	+ Known as Pulutokas in Falturia.
* Mimaros - God of winter and death. Not worshipped, but feared. Enemy of Pulutokas.
* Akiltha and Keithol - Gods of construction, technology, the forge, and carpentry. They are twin brothers.
* Thurimas and Kisenas - Brother gods who are sons of the new moon gods. Both of them are heavenly charioteers, and the patrons of learning, happiness, games, and youth.

### Falturian version

* Larothsal - God of the Sun.
* Limmakha, Lidnakh, Drinaktar - God of the Moon.
* Aumaira and Iuroima - Goddesses of the full and new Moon. The wives of Limmakha.
	+ These two wives were the mothers of several dynasties of Falturia's ancient history, along with certain Minumakh and Minurid tribes.
* Ferasor - God of acting, the arts, and emotions.
* Kednos - Falcon god.
* Mimaros - God of winter and death.

### Nartathian version

The Nartathiek believe that the gods appeared in generations. Some of the older gods still exist, but they are no longer as powerful as the current pantheon.

* Laundon - God of the Sun, current king of the gods
* Weluni - Goddess of the Sun, queen of the gods
* Mulkhadi - Goddess of the Earth
* Patairal - God of agriculture
* Minaran - Goddess of the Stars
* Chäthars - God of machines and technology
* Mulinun - God of the Moon
* Maruni and Parnikha - Goddesses of the Full Moon and New Moon. Wives of Mulinun who gave birth to the Celestials.
* Halotha - Goddess of love and birth. She, Hänatha, and Hethala were siblings, but Hethala became an exile after she
* Hänatha - Goddess of desire and fertility
* Hethala - Goddess of hatred and murder

### Volzeraenir version

Although Volzeraen has a syncretic religion that worships videogame characters as its gods, Falturian and Kekhaulid deities are also venerated in lavish ceremonies.

* Pulutokas - The Great Hunter. He is surrounded by phoenixes.
* Kednor - The Falcon God, who sees all.
* Tinalara, Tilara - The Mistress of the Myriad Words, she watches over writing and language. Poets pray to her for her inspiration before they write.
	+ She also has a warrior aspect known as Tila, whom warriors of Volzeraen prayed to when they fight their enemies. Tila is depicted as a woman raising a sword, clad in silver armour.
* Aro - The Fire God, master of judges and righteousness.
	+ Invoked in national prayers to judge the nation for its deeds every year.
* Akil and Kiltal - The Twins, masters of technology and the forge.
* Mimaar - The Winter Lord. Enemy of Pulutokas and all humanity. God of murderers, death, and slaughter.

### Porasonid version

* Ikoteira
	+ The goddess of the heavens, the queen of the gods.
* Pulutokka
	+ The falcon god of hunters and warriors.
* Hal'honos
	+ The god of the earth and farmers.
* Ravui
	+ The goddess of the forests and trees.
* Teinokar
	+ The god of education, books, and wisdom.
* Salonto
	+ The god of the sun.
* Jarui and Kjarui
	+ The wives of the sun god. Jarui protects children, while Kjarui protects the elderly.
* Loinda and Narid
	+ The goddesses of the full and new moon.
* Rihal and Rohal
	+ The husbands of Loinda and Narid. They were the fathers of the stars of Heaven.
* Ara
	+ The god of fire.
* Amesalle
	+ The seventy-two chief constellations of the southern sky, the wardens of Heaven.
* Father Kankanta
	+ The god of trees, the supposed creator of the Ontemazei's souls.

"Makha" is a word used before worshipping any of the gods. It comes from a very old word that means "therefore [let it happen]".

## Locations

### Legendary

These are legendary places in Kekhaulid myths that existed in the real world, including actual or historical locations.

* The Red Peaks - three pyramids capped with spinel gems, in the deserts of Gimbarish high in the north. According to folklore, the god Knaito or the hero Pulutokas took the form of a falcon as a guardian of the north, becoming the god Horuw. The three mountain-tombs became his sanctuaries, as the Falcon God's Nests.

### Mythological

These include dimensions and domains of gods and spirits.

## See also

* Sakautari mythology
* Autean language
* Prumthesan language