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== Etymology ==
"Vatoral" comes from the proto-ayaupian "Vatel", meaning
== Elemental balance ==
There are two attributes to these elements : earth and air are "mineral", as they are
=== Origins ===
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At one moment, an anomaly made one of the spirits desiring to be above others and be the unique spirit among all. That entity trapped those into the ground, the ocean, the air and the underworld, making the world of Urth alive. The earthquake and landslides, the tempest, the waves, the forest fires, and all natural phenomenons, are the spirits trying to escape the elements they had been trapped into. By animating elements, they made them into opposite or complementary forces.
To punish the egoistic spirit, the four others transformed them into an element that, if animated, wouldn't have any power and couldn't do anything dangerous, therefore turned into a single
There has been a debate during centuries between scholars to determine if the first sentient person ever was a feline, an elf or a human. The three branches of Vatoral ; Nestonism, Palayonism and Asconism, tried to give their own answers.
[[File:Vatoral Religion Fundamental Scheme.png|200px|thumb|right|A schematics of Vatoral with sidenotes.]]
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== Vatoral and modernity ==
If a majority of ayaupians are still religious, only a minority follows the prophets verses. Most of the believers consider the religion as a philosopy and use the elemental balance as a way to answer existential questions, or to succeed in everyday life.
=== Discriminations ===
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Many forms of reject inside ayaupian society is due to religious beliefs. Behaviours, personal favorites and likings, thoughts, relationships, are attached to religion and thus numerous citizens can face critism and stereotypes in their jobs, school or social interactions. Some phrases are popular amongst people, as "you have white eyes", to say someone is a debauched and has a lot of sexual relationships, as white is the color of air, and air is related to the character of not taking life seriously. See [[List of ayaupian phrases]].
Psychiatric illnesses were often during a long time attributed to the unability
In the current days, such illnesses rose in consideration and more and more people can have access to medication and diverse treatments and therapies.
Homosexuals and other non-heterosexuals were seen as abnormal as they couldn't reproduce, and as the spirit inhabiting each individual is determined to perpetuates himself by reproducing with opposite sex, they were creatures where the spirit couldn't find a way and got stuck, thus
Today, the federal government has actively made a campaign about accepting homosexuality and other minor sexualities, as supporting a foundating idea that is "all individual are born equal, no matter what
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▲Today, the federal government has actively made a campaign about accepting homosexuality and other minor sexualities, as supporting a foundating idea that is "all individual are born equal, no matter what their made of". There are still rejections in very conservative and isolated groups.
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