polemos:4th_age:religions:ophis [Earth Sphere]

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====== 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.
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.
Ophis also ascribes human flaws to all the gods, and organizes them in a complex family tree mirroring a royal court.
Importantly the goddess Arsara (ascribed to [[..:..:celestials:Perifania]]) is believed to be queen to Ur, and serving currently as regent 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.

===== Syncretism =====

==== The Divine Council ====

<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>