Vatoral
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| Vatoral | |
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 The symbol of Vatoral | |
| Belief | Panentheism Polytheism |
| Deity | Spirits |
| Region(s) | Ayaupia and northern Libertanny |
| Founder | None |
| Founded | 5th century CE |
| Origin | Vatoral mythology, elemental balance |
| Temples | 250,450 |
| Followers | 15 millions |
| Denominations | Vatoran |
Vatoral is an indigenous panentheistic and polytheistic nature religion originating from Ayaupia. The adherents of Vatoral, named Vatorans, believe the universe is possessed by genderless and bodyless spirits who live through the elements and phenomenons of nature. Divided into three branches, each ayaupian species follows a prophet from their community, whose dictated their view of the religion and lead to unique interpretations.
There is no unique established sovereign power ruling every followers, but rather a network of influential priests and scholars known as the "Federal Masters", which was created in 1957. Each tribe had traditionally a master, which was a priest considered to have the most knowledge and to be the most wise person of the religious community. They were chosen by the people and kept their role until their death. They were the most eminent in representing a tribe and used to act as diplomats, as they were, for instance, invoked to manage conflictual matters and promote alliances.
Elemental balance
The religion is founded on balance between the four elements - fire, water, air, earth - that are believed to be inhabited by spirits, who foundated the world as it is. The balance is based on opposite and complementary forces : fire is opposed to water, as air is opposed to earth, which are the major oppositions, as earth and water as well as fire and air are secondary opposites, while earth and fire, also air and water, are complementing each others. There are two attributes to these elements : earth and air are mineral, as they are static and completed, water and fire are organic, as they are moving and formating.
Are related to the four elements, two "human elements" : the body, linked to earth and water, the spirit, linked to air and fire. It is said that humans were made from a mix of earth and water, as modelled by mud, and were made alive by infusing them a breathe of fire and air, which gave them a mind.
It is believed that these forces are how the world is made, and that life couldn't exist without them.
Origins
At the very beginning of all things, the world was inanimate. Although continents, oceans, atmosphere existed, they were lifeless and static, as eternally stuck in the same state of being. In this world, spirits were freely moving around. Those were without body and mind, in a form that transcended any form of life we knew today. They were perfect, complete and without any default or degradations, and were eternal.
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 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've been trapped into. By animating elements, they made them in 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 against them, thereform turned into a single human. That human was made by a bit of each element, as he couldn't be a unique and pure essence, therefore losing its power. As to be sure to lower its abilities, he was divided into two humans completely opposed, a wan and a woman. Since then, that spirit tries to obtain power again by populating Urth with humans, which are multiple forms of himself. It is believed that if humans want to reproduce, it can only be explained by that spirit desperate to get a revenge on the elemental spirits.
