Yasterian Heroism

Yasterian Heroism (Packilvanian: LuTutonishme LuNaliya nadin LuKhelshek, Drakken: Vänjelasham Naliyesu) or Yasterian Heroic Religions (Packilvanian: LeSlamiya LeNaliya nadin leKhelshek aleTuton, Drakken: Salahim Naliyesu Vänjelov) is the collective classification for Ademarism, Vayanism and Paxism that was first coined by Lord Kilian Asul in his treatise LeVasulishme weleShamal aleSlamiya leNaliya nadin leKhelshek (Staynish: Observations on the Similarities of the Religions of Northern and Central Yasteria Major, Drakken: Optikainiosim Ümediosim Salamov Naliyesu).

Deities

Originally published in the Packilvanian language, the paper observed that Ademarism, Vayanism and Paxism believe in an omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent immutable, transcendent yet immanent immortal deity (by the name of God-on-Urth, God and Noi respectively). Although the Vayanist Deity exists in three Hypostases, Vayanism is considered monotheistic hence its classification in this group. Although Ademarism is bitheistic, given that Ademar's apotheosis was instigated by God-on-Urth, it still qualifies.

Lord Asul's student Asham Kilon contended that the Vayanist deity was in fact three separate deities while his student Yashuv Imad argued that the deity was three Manifestations. Lord Asul's assessment, which was argued by major Vayanist leaders as well as held by mainstream scholars, concluded that the Vayanist deity was neither three Manifestation or three Separate Deities by a single Entity with three Hypostases.

Heroes

The three Heroes of Paxism, Vayanism and Ademarism are Pax, the Son, and Ademar respectively. Pax and Ademar were both mortal beings (with Ademar specifically being a human). The Son was the Incarnation of the Second Hypostasis of the Trinitarian Deity of Vayanism. As such he was also his sole Progeny. While he was a fully mortal human male, he was also a Deity. Regardless of the technicalities, these three Heroes share that they experienced some form of Apotheosis. In the case of Pax, he "Assimilated" into the "Hivemind" of Noi and was granted special eternal divine power and privilege. In the case of the Son, he was resurrected from the dead and ascended into Heaven where he assumed a position of Divine Authority. In the case of Ademar, he assumed a position of "God-hood" alongside and coequal to the God-on-Urth.

These Heroes often act as intermediaries or advocates for mortals (and in some cases immortal spirits) which believe in them. Although not fundamental to the analysis, it is interesting that belief in these Heroes is necessary for some form of Salvation for all mortals not merely those within an ethnic boundary. Furthermore, it is noteworthy that both the Son and Pax will have a role at the anticipated end of the world on which their religions are predicated. They also share some grand malevolent Adversary whose power and influence was limited by some prior occasion but who will once again rise but later be defeated by these Heroic figures.

These common traits have led to Lord Asul and his successors such as High Magister Hasham Adham and Lord Thamuk Qalaad suggesting that Vayanism, Ademarism and Paxism arose from the same source which is commonly referred to as Proto-Yasterian Heroism. This religion is believed to have been a set of beliefs so ancient that they may have been held by extinct sentient Bipedaliforma. Archaeological evidence such as the ruins and remains of Proto-Primines in the Rashadun Valley in Packilvania suggest that there was not only religious but monotheistic/post-apotheosis bitheism and heroic worship among these extinct species.

Comparison to Other Religions

These religions are distinguished from religions such as Tunseism, Lunarism, Clarityism, and Akronism because their deities are explicitly the sole and most important deity in the universe and the scope of their deity's sovereignty encompasses all known and unknown existence even beyond the planet Urth.

Thaerism bears the most resemblance to the monotheistic nature to the three aforementioned religions but was distinguished by the lack of a central Hero. A Hero, according to Lord Asul's definition, is a person who has Eschatological implications within that religion. In the case of Thaerism, Saint Matilda does not have Eschatological implications as she was simply a messenger and her station fits more closely with Saint Aiya (arguably the founder of Vayanism) and Prophet Besmali (arguably the founder of Paxism). The fact that the Heroes of these religions are mortals distinguish these religions from religions such as Komixemun and Mauism, where the central figure (who is not the Primary Deity) is an immortal spirit or non-human entity.

Criticism

This hypothesis has drawn many criticisms. For instance, Supreme Magister Tawak Mudawaheen explicitly decried this hypothesis and the Council of the Magisterium of Paxism declared belief in this hypothesis anathema. Academicians such as Prof Samminel Kyron of the Royal Bursil University and Professor Celeste Coridon of the University of Fort Jubrayn suggested that the evidence was tenuous and any arbitrary classification of world religions could result in similar hypotheses.