6

**6** (six) is a number that comes after 5 and before 7.

## Significance

Because of its symbolism of the Six Ancient Gods, the Celestial Empire and their Malendor successors regard the number as a sacred symbol.

Possibly for the same reason and the Six Gods' association with magic, it also became sacred to the Konjor Supercorporation's sorcerers and religion. In Konjor law, there are six capitals where the greater affairs of the Supercorporation are handled, reflected by the highest officers who govern the Konjor Supercorporate government, the Supreme Bureau.

The hexagon is also a sacred shape in Novantirna culture, as it symbolises the power and harmony of the Six Gods and their domain of magic and science. It, therefore, is a symbol of magic. The homeworld of the Novantirnas and the capital of the Malendor empire, Holy Novantir, has six continents.

    There were six main goddesses in the religion of the Hjokkunzar Celestials.

Six was also a holy number to the Ontemazei, the doll-like creations of the Konjor tyrants, because it was the number of magic and their goddess Mithura.

Because of the Ontemazei's near-extermination of Jerde and the Galaxy, the number six became an unlucky number in Vozonid culture. In Azgo, buildings sometimes replaced the 6th floor with 5A, 7A, and rarely when 5 is also avoided, as 4B (4A is for the fifth floor).

Six is also holy to the Tuxavin Celestials, descendants of the Celestial Empire who turned away from their ancestors' wickedness.

Sevraejans also venerate the number six, because it is a symbol of their god Stribog. It represents the winds, water, snow, gentleness, beauty, creativity, and snowflakes. The snowflake is also a common motif in Sevraejan architecture.

In Bujan, the hexagon was popularised during the revolution and by opponents of the July massacres as a symbol of Perun and of justice.

## In other languages

* Early Eimarin, Old Celestial: hjoaxa
* Eimarin, Celestial: hjoxa/hjokk-
* Anevondir: agin
* Kuelgon: daiquol
* Old Novantirna: hôloks, hôlhs, jol'hs (magical speech)
* Novantirna: vrûs
* Tuxavin: vilora

## Gallery of sixes

### Hexagons

The flag of Great Novantir, capital city of the Malendor Supercorporation.Malendor military flag.Malendor general's flag.Malendor commander's flag.The official flag of the planet of Holy Novantir.Flag of Red Ardesch.The flag of Gdjestrana, a fictional nation in Bujanski pop culture.Pogimmel. The hexagon in the middle represents faith in Perun.The emblem of Dostagir's royal house, representing justice. It was based on an ancient symbol representing Perun, Slavic god of thunder and justice.Flag of the King's Men, Dostagir's own royal army. Later used throughout Buyan to represent revolution and justice; and then by the succeeding regiments of the King's Men after independence.
## Trivia

* The symbols of the Slavic gods, Perun and Svetovid, are circles with six parts.
* The usage of six in the Rabydosverse was originally a teasing nod to the Mane Six, the main characters of the memetic show "Friendship is Magic", one show the author was fond of.
	+ There were six main goddesses in the Hjokkunzar religion. Both they and the Hjokkunzar were also influenced by My Little Pony.
* In 2021 and 2022, the author decided to appropriate the hexagon in his stories. During that time, NFT scammers and artists changed their icons to be shaped like hexagons, earning them ridicule and condemnation from many netizens.
	+ So he decided to use hexagons as a symbol of Novantirna culture, religion, and magic; including one incident when the Novantirnas fought against Terran scam-hordes who also used hexagons as their symbols, which was seen as blasphemous against the Novantirna gods.
* Six is the number of Slaanesh, the Chaos God of pleasure, obsession, and art.
* The Vozonid practice of avoiding 6 in building floors was derived from a superstition in Chines culture, where the author came from. In some buildings in Malaysia, the number 4 in floors is replaced with 3A due to the similarity of the Chinese word for "4" with the word for "death".

## See also

* 8
* 9
* 16