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| The humans of [[planes:aurius:caskaris:start|Caskaris]] necessarily derive their cosmological beliefs from the proto-humans, the [[races:humans:caskaric:neraics:start|Neraics]] and the [[races:humans:caskaric:ayanics:start|Ayanics]], those ancestors whose essential cultural features and thought were circumstantially contrasted by way of a propensity towards the spirit, as the Neraics would possess, and the physical, as the Ayanics would possess. Thus, there is a wide range of beliefs among the Caskaric humans, and it is without agreement that their descendants exist amongst each other. | The humans of [[planes:aurius:caskaris:start|Caskaris]] necessarily derive their cosmological beliefs from the proto-humans, the [[races:humans:caskaric:neraics:start|Neraics]] and the [[races:humans:caskaric:ayanics:start|Ayanics]], those ancestors whose essential cultural features and thought were circumstantially contrasted by way of a propensity towards the spirit, as the Neraics would possess, and the physical, as the Ayanics would possess. Thus, there is a wide range of beliefs among the Caskaric humans, and it is without agreement that their descendants exist amongst each other. |
| === Iluayanic Cosmology === | === Iluayanic Cosmology === |
| The [[races:humans:caskaric:iluayans:start|Iluayanic peoples]], who were described as such by the [[:ayoskova|Ayoskovic Potentate]], believed notably in the existence of [[pantheons:deities:harmena|Harmena]], who breathed life and soul into the first of those that could be called human so that they might know consciousness and awareness. From this goddess of life and soul came all aspects of mortal existence, and notably, the [[pantheons:class:vaniel|Vaniel]] were born as aspects of the natural world. Then, the Vaniel were regarded as gods to be worshipped, and from them came the very structure and foundation of the mortal world of [[planes:aurius:caskaris:start|Caskaris]]. These aspects were furthermore seen as totems by the animistic ancestors of the Iluayans, and they were thus worshipped as envoys of the gods of the natural world, the Vaniel. The Vaniel were later contrasted by the [[:druids_of_caleya|druids]] with the [[pantheons:class:aesyth|Aesyth]], beings who were of a heavenly nature whose powers did not belong to that of the natural world. | The [[races:humans:caskaric:iluayans:start|Iluayanic peoples]], who were described as such by the [[planes:aurius:caskaris:countries:ayoskova|Ayoskovic Potentate]], believed notably in the existence of [[pantheons:deities:harmena|Harmena]], who breathed life and soul into the first of those that could be called human so that they might know consciousness and awareness. From this goddess of life and soul came all aspects of mortal existence, and notably, the [[pantheons:class:vaniel|Vaniel]] were born as aspects of the natural world. Then, the Vaniel were regarded as gods to be worshipped, and from them came the very structure and foundation of the mortal world of [[planes:aurius:caskaris:start|Caskaris]]. These aspects were furthermore seen as totems by the animistic ancestors of the Iluayans, and they were thus worshipped as envoys of the gods of the natural world, the Vaniel. The Vaniel were later contrasted by the [[:druids_of_caleya|druids]] with the [[pantheons:class:aesyth|Aesyth]], beings who were of a heavenly nature whose powers did not belong to that of the natural world. |
| == Druidic Cosmology == | == Druidic Cosmology == |
| The [[:druids_of_caleya|druidic peoples]] who descended from the [[races:humans:caskaric:neraics:start|Neraics]] believed that the world began first with an unknowable, ineffable being who encompassed all aspects of existence and creation within itself. This being is referred to as [[pantheons:deities:the_light_disambiguation:aion_teleos|Aion Teleos]], the broadest of the immortal [[pantheons:class:aion|Aions]], whose true name is not freely shared by the druids to any others. Then, from the being of pure essence and soul, there came to be two sexually dimorphic consciousnesses, referred to as the [[pantheons:class:euras|Euras]], who were differentiated between them by the role in which they brought about existence and perfection. These differentiating consciousnesses of Aion Teleos's were called by the druids [[pantheons:deities:izabela|Izabela]] and [[pantheons:deities:aurideon|Aurideon]], and they were female and male respectively. Izabela, the feminine identity of Aion Teleos, contained within herself a potentiality that could become anything, while Aurideon, conversely, was the actualized principle of the ineffable, who contained the perfection and principled nature of the heavens. Aurideon could not reproduce without Izabela, though Izabela could reproduce though imperfectly through emanation. Thus, when Aurideon no longer wished to create [[pantheons:class:aesyth|divine offspring]] that were of a perfection, Izabela's essence overflowed, the potentiality no longer being able to be contained and constrained by actuality. From this action was born the [[library:cosmologies:ovum_of_light|ovum of light]], and all of creation would come to be from it. When Izabela overflowed, an aspect of herself emerged among the mortal plane, and this aspect was called [[pantheona:deities:harmena|Harmena]], and it was she that was identified as the consciousness of the ovum, being a daughter cell that was yet identical to her mother. | The [[:druids_of_caleya|druidic peoples]] who descended from the [[races:humans:caskaric:neraics:start|Neraics]] believed that the world began first with an unknowable, ineffable being who encompassed all aspects of existence and creation within itself. This being is referred to as [[pantheons:deities:the_light_disambiguation:aion_teleos|Aion Teleos]], the broadest of the immortal [[pantheons:class:aion|Aions]], whose true name is not freely shared by the druids to any others. Then, from the being of pure essence and soul, there came to be two sexually dimorphic consciousnesses, referred to as the [[pantheons:class:euras|Euras]], who were differentiated between them by the role in which they brought about existence and perfection. These differentiating consciousnesses of Aion Teleos's were called by the druids [[pantheons:deities:izabela|Izabela]] and [[pantheons:deities:aurideon|Aurideon]], and they were female and male respectively. Izabela, the feminine identity of Aion Teleos, contained within herself a potentiality that could become anything, while Aurideon, conversely, was the actualized principle of the ineffable, who contained the perfection and principled nature of the heavens. Aurideon could not reproduce without Izabela, though Izabela could reproduce though imperfectly through emanation. Thus, when Aurideon no longer wished to create [[pantheons:class:aesyth|divine offspring]] that were of a perfection, Izabela's essence overflowed, the potentiality no longer being able to be contained and constrained by actuality. From this action was born the [[library:cosmologies:ovum_of_light|ovum of light]], and all of creation would come to be from it. When Izabela overflowed, an aspect of herself emerged among the mortal plane, and this aspect was called [[pantheona:deities:harmena|Harmena]], and it was she that was identified as the consciousness of the ovum, being a daughter cell that was yet identical to her mother. |
| == Ayoskovic Cosmology == | == Ayoskovic Cosmology == |
| The potentate of [[:ayoskova|Ayoskova]] believe that from the [[pantheons:class:vaniel|Vaniel]] were born the gods of the four seasons, whose essences became united in [[:aryela|Aryela]] such that [[pantheons:deities:lyosithar|Lyosithar]] came into being. Similarly to their [[races:humans:caskaric:ayanics:start|Ayanic ancestors]], they believed that animals and other natural beings of the world were aspects of gods, and that the [[pantheons:class:gods_of_the_four_seasons|gods of the four seasons]], who represent the four physical elements that were produced by those who achieved the perfection of the mortal world, were to be regarded as more supreme beings than the less perfect Vaniel. These Vaniel nonetheless had birthed the four [[:ayoskovic_elements|Ayoskovic elements]] from which came the seasons, creating a pendulum that alternated in extremes between summer and winter. Before the Vaniel, however, there was [[pantheons:deities:harmena|Harmena]], and it was from her boundless fertility and life that the preceding Vaniel could emerge from and take after in their aspects of being. It is thought that Harmena descended from a distant nebula to provide shape among the chaos, birthing the gods that were the Vaniel so that they could act as agents and points of stability among the first incarnation of the structure of the mortal plane. The Vaniel, then, were the initial elements, and, being subordinate to the infinite Harmena, were finite, thereby causing them to assimilate into the world in their binding to it such that they could no longer identify themselves. The gods of the four seasons are thus regarded as a more penultimate aspect of being than these of the Vaniel, who were able to identify themselves despite their progenitors not being able to themselves. | The potentate of [[planes:aurius:caskaris:countries:ayoskova|Ayoskova]] believe that from the [[pantheons:class:vaniel|Vaniel]] were born the gods of the four seasons, whose essences became united in [[:aryela|Aryela]] such that [[pantheons:deities:lyosithar|Lyosithar]] came into being. Similarly to their [[races:humans:caskaric:ayanics:start|Ayanic ancestors]], they believed that animals and other natural beings of the world were aspects of gods, and that the [[pantheons:class:gods_of_the_four_seasons|gods of the four seasons]], who represent the four physical elements that were produced by those who achieved the perfection of the mortal world, were to be regarded as more supreme beings than the less perfect Vaniel. These Vaniel nonetheless had birthed the four [[:ayoskovic_elements|Ayoskovic elements]] from which came the seasons, creating a pendulum that alternated in extremes between summer and winter. Before the Vaniel, however, there was [[pantheons:deities:harmena|Harmena]], and it was from her boundless fertility and life that the preceding Vaniel could emerge from and take after in their aspects of being. It is thought that Harmena descended from a distant nebula to provide shape among the chaos, birthing the gods that were the Vaniel so that they could act as agents and points of stability among the first incarnation of the structure of the mortal plane. The Vaniel, then, were the initial elements, and, being subordinate to the infinite Harmena, were finite, thereby causing them to assimilate into the world in their binding to it such that they could no longer identify themselves. The gods of the four seasons are thus regarded as a more penultimate aspect of being than these of the Vaniel, who were able to identify themselves despite their progenitors not being able to themselves. |
| === Varayanic Cosmology === | === Varayanic Cosmology === |
| ==== Ethrekasan Cosmology ==== | ==== Ethrekasan Cosmology ==== |