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| ====== Ophis ====== | ====== Ophis ====== |
| A [[..:..:religions:perifanic_pantheon|Perifanic]] religion mostly practiced on the northern side of the Tannah Sea, often in regional cultic structures or as a disorganized folk religion. | A [[..:..:religions:perifanic_pantheon|Perifanic]] religion mostly practiced on the northern side of the Tannah Sea, often in regional cultic structures or as a disorganized folk religion. |
| It considers all gods as belonging to a "Divine Council" often with equivalents to the [[.:Qashdean]] pantheons, with spirits of all kinds serving the gods in a web of shifting loyalty and tribute. | It considers all gods as belonging to a "Divine Council" often with equivalents to the [[.:Qhashdean]] pantheons, with spirits of all kinds serving the gods in a web of shifting loyalty and tribute. |
| Ur (ascribed to El/[[..:..:celestials:Chronos]]) is seen as King of the gods and Creator of the cosmos, but absent due to having to hold the door to [[..:..:3rd_age:characters:elesh|Elesh's]] prison shut. | Ur (ascribed to El/[[..:..:celestials:Chronos]]) is seen as King of the gods and Creator of the cosmos, but absent due to having to hold the door to [[..:..:3rd_age:characters:elesh|Elesh's]] prison shut. |
| Ophis also ascribes human flaws to all the gods, and organizes them in a complex family tree mirroring a royal court. | Ophis also ascribes human flaws to all the gods, and organizes them in a complex family tree mirroring a royal court. |
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| In many Ophistic cults the dragon Abad (ascribed to [[..:..:celestials:Apollyon]]) is currently serving as the dragon-consort to Arsara, and dragons are highly revered as servants of the divine council. | In many Ophistic cults the dragon Abad (ascribed to [[..:..:celestials:Apollyon]]) is currently serving as the dragon-consort to Arsara, and dragons are highly revered as servants of the divine council. |
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| | ===== Syncretism ===== |
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| | ==== The Divine Council ==== |
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| | <WRAP quarter> |
| | ^ Perifanic Deity ^ Classical Pantheon Deity ^ |
| | | Royal Heads of the Council || |
| | |Elesh |[[..:..:3rd_age:characters:elesh|Elesh]] | |
| | |Ur |[[..:..:celestials:chronos|Chronos]] | |
| | |Abad |[[..:..:celestials:Apollyon]] | |
| | |Arsara |[[..:..:celestials:Perifania]] | |
| | | Ministers of the Council || |
| | |Nahar |[[..:..:celestials:erihal|Erihal]] | |
| | |Shali |[[..:..:celestials:iremia|Iremia]] | |
| | |Tallai |[[..:..:celestials:symponia|Symponia]] | |
| | |Pidray |[[..:..:celestials:eleytheria|Eleytheria]] | |
| | |Arsay |[[..:..:celestials:psema|Psema]] | |
| | |Hadad |[[..:..:celestials:basano|Basano]] | |
| | |Mot |[[..:..:celestials:thymos|Thymos]] | |
| | |Ashima |[[..:..:celestials:moira|Moira]] | |
| | |Kothar |[[..:..:celestials:erevno|Erevno]] | |
| | |Marqod |[[..:..:celestials:konran|Konran]] | |
| | </WRAP> |