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 ====== Hoshania ======
-One of the few monotheistic religions in the 4th Age, Hoshanism and its offshoots originate from [[polemos:4th_age:factions:lahamel|Lahamel]] and worship a singular God called [[polemos:celestials:el|El]].
+One of the few monotheistic religions in the 4th Age, Hoshanism and its offshoots originate from [[polemos:4th_age:factions:lahamel|Lahamel]] and worship a singular [[..:..:celestials:creator|Creator]] God [[polemos:celestials:el|El]].
+===== Sacrifices =====
+A major theme of Hoshanism is the necessity of sacrifice to atone for wrongdoings, large and small.
+These culminate in "state sacrifices" performed by the Dahbeqite priesthood on behalf of all the people of Lahamel.
+Daily sacrifices of lambs and oxen are made along with time-keeping rituals of incense and lighting of lamps.
+Several times a year major festivals require every head-of-household to gather in [[..:locations:Amahshalem]] and offer sacrifice to El on behalf of their family.
+These sacrifices can vary widely and typically include a portion of whatever harvest or goods the household has yielded that year, but at least one animal sacrifice is expected to be included.
+===== Principalities =====
+Hoshiana associates some so-called gods of the [[..:..:religions:classical_pantheon|Classical Pantheon]] with angels and demons, with [[..:..:celestials:agkelos|Agkelos]] being merely one rank or form of angelic being.
+Orthodox Hoshania makes little attempt to study or categorize the spirits underneath El, focusing mostly on any given spirit's loyalty to El instead of their place within the heavenly hierarchy.
+More mystical sects pay more attention to the "princely" spirits and their hierarchy, with the typical arrangement being:
+  * [[polemos:celestials:el|El]] (aka [[..:..:celestials:creator|The Creator]], [[..:..:celestials:malakel|Malakel]])
+    * The Holy Ones
+      * The Two Holy Words
+        * [[..:..:celestials:krisis|Krisis]]
+        * [[..:..:celestials:hilasteria|Hilasteria]]
+      * The Three Wheels
+        * Hophshiel - [[..:..:celestials:eleytheria|Eleytheria]]
+        * Tamamel - [[..:..:celestials:moira|Moira]]
+        * Orel - [[..:..:celestials:erevno|Erevno]]
+      * The Four Living Ones
+        * Oriel "The Lion" - [[..:..:celestials:erihal|Erihal]]
+          * Archangel [[..:..:celestials:Michael]]
+        * Chesedel "The Ox" - [[..:..:celestials:symponia|Symponia]]
+          * Archangel [[..:..:celestials:Uriel]]
+        * Zaphkiel "The Man" - [[..:..:celestials:chronos|Chronos]]
+          * Archangel [[..:..:celestials:Raphael]]
+        * Shalemel "The Eagle" - [[..:..:celestials:iremia|Iremia]]
+          * Archangel [[..:..:celestials:Gabriel]]
+    * The Fallen Ones
+      * Abaddon - Apollyon The Destroyer
+      * Lilith - [[..:..:celestials:perifania|Perifania]]
+      * Nergal - [[..:..:celestials:basano|Basano]]
+      * Ishtar [[..:..:celestials:psema|Psema]]
+      * Chemosh [[..:..:celestials:thymos|Thymos]]
+      * Tiamat [[..:..:celestials:konran|Konran "The Twelfth"]]
+===== Serat Hoshania =====
+An ethnic variant of Hoshanism practiced by the [[..:factions:lahamel#gobahim|Gobahim]].
+It holds to all the basic beliefs and rituals of orthodox Hoshanism, with the additional oral history of promises made by Malakel to their patriarch Hahak.
+According to the Gobahim El did not establish the temple at [[..:locations:Amahshalem]] as the only acceptable site for state sacrifices, but as the only site for the Shahtafim.
+The Gobahim were granted their own site for sacrifice, specifically upon Mount Serat.
+This claim is disputed by the Dahbeqite priesthood, who insist that the temple is the center of the world, and view worship at Serat as heretical.
+They also speak of Seratism as the "foot in the door" that led many wayward Dahbeqites to begin sacrificing on the myriad mountaintops instead of traveling to Amahshalem.