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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 [[..:..: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 =====
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       * 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.