Tag: Animism
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Shamanism 582 of the Primordial Hearth Rattle
Lore: During the early Wilderness Conquest across the volcanic archipelagos of Saṃsāra, ancestral shamans faced an environment dominated by unbridled elemental clashes where subterranean magma vents, sudden gale winds, and toxic mire-pools constantly threatened newly settled encampments. Recognizing that the elemental spirits of the moon were not mindless hazards but conscious entities born during the…
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Tunguska 412 of the Ever Thaw Needle
Lore The Tunguska 412 is a relic of the “Stitch-Shamans,” a sub-sect of Nenets furriers who believe that a garment’s spirit is just as vital as the creature it came from. The needle is carved from the tusk of a frost-mammoth that perished in the Great Searing and is perpetually warm to the touch. It…
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Creed of the Apex
Name of Deity: The Great Marrow (Korr-Thun) Lore The Creed of the Apex is not a religion of gods who live in the sky or answer prayers. Its core belief is that divinity, or The Great Marrow (Korr-Thun), is the primal, spiritual essence left behind in the bones, teeth, and horns of powerful creatures after…
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Way of the Slumbering Giant
This is the deeply animistic faith of the semi-nomadic peoples of the Cordilleran Marches, a vast and rugged nation of snow-capped mountain ranges, dense temperate rainforests, and winding river valleys that lead to a misty coastline. The Cordilleran religion is one of stewardship, balance, and a profound, reverent fear of the living land itself. Lore:…