Menxism - Revision history

Hatshepsut: Reorganized and ported some stuff in from the Arangoth article.

2014-09-30T23:44:21Z

Reorganized and ported some stuff in from the Arangoth article.

Stygian: /* Worship of Menxvan and Menxruk */

2013-06-16T17:24:30Z

Worship of Menxvan and Menxruk

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	Two distinct groups exist out of the differing worships:		Two distinct groups exist out of the differing worships:

	The [[Templars of Menxvan]]and the [[Guardians of Menxruk]].		The [[Templars of Menxvan]] and the [[Guardians of Menxruk]].

	=Symbology=		=Symbology=

Vile at 04:14, 5 June 2013

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Bornfor at 00:07, 6 May 2013

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Nymphetamine at 00:06, 6 May 2013

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	-- This story was collected from an illiterate peasant woman in the Sresar Vale by Professor Kenglith of the Royal Arangothian University, a close colleague of Serisious Blendwythe.		-- This story was collected from an illiterate peasant woman in the Sresar Vale by Professor Kenglith of the Royal Arangothian University, a close colleague of Serisious Blendwythe.

	[[Category:Arangothian Customs and Rituals]] [[Category: Menxism~~]] [[Category: Religion~~]]		[[Category:Arangothian Customs and Rituals]] [[Category: Menxism]]

Bornfor at 00:00, 6 May 2013

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	-- This story was collected from an illiterate peasant woman in the Sresar Vale by Professor Kenglith of the Royal Arangothian University, a close colleague of Serisious Blendwythe.		-- This story was collected from an illiterate peasant woman in the Sresar Vale by Professor Kenglith of the Royal Arangothian University, a close colleague of Serisious Blendwythe.

	[[Category:Arangothian Customs and Rituals]] [[Category: Menxism]]		[[Category:Arangothian Customs and Rituals]] [[Category: Menxism]] [[Category: Religion]]

Bornfor at 23:58, 5 May 2013

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	-- This story was collected from an illiterate peasant woman in the Sresar Vale by Professor Kenglith of the Royal Arangothian University, a close colleague of Serisious Blendwythe.		-- This story was collected from an illiterate peasant woman in the Sresar Vale by Professor Kenglith of the Royal Arangothian University, a close colleague of Serisious Blendwythe.

	[[Category:Arangothian Customs and Rituals]] [[Category: ~~Religion~~]]		[[Category:Arangothian Customs and Rituals]] [[Category: Menxism]]

Stygian at 16:45, 7 January 2013

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	In addition, the temples also serve as repositories of knowledge and history, containing accounts of the deeds of the faithful, and the collected teachings of particularly holy people, to be passed on for the edification of the people. In many areas, temples are the only source of education available. Menxvanic temples will teach literacy and basic mathematics to any person, provided that they are willing to work in the service of the temple for the duration of their studies. Temples also serve the function of hospitals in many areas of the kingdom, housing the sick, the injured, and the dying. Menxvanic priests are well versed in the arts of medicine and healing, and a number of them are also versed in the ways of magical healing.		In addition, the temples also serve as repositories of knowledge and history, containing accounts of the deeds of the faithful, and the collected teachings of particularly holy people, to be passed on for the edification of the people. In many areas, temples are the only source of education available. Menxvanic temples will teach literacy and basic mathematics to any person, provided that they are willing to work in the service of the temple for the duration of their studies. Temples also serve the function of hospitals in many areas of the kingdom, housing the sick, the injured, and the dying. Menxvanic priests are well versed in the arts of medicine and healing, and a number of them are also versed in the ways of magical healing.

			=The Origin of Things=

			A little while after the separation of the parts of the world out of Menxned, Van worked iron upon his anvil, and struck it with his hammer, and made out of it a great iron plate. Ruk was envious of Van for having this plate, and he decided to take it for himself. He seized it with both his hands, but Van held tight to it, and the more Ruk pulled, the firmer grew Van's grip. Finally the plate broke into a million pieces, and these pieces were scattered throughout the sky by a great wind. Ruk then said, "I can make a better plate myself," and went off to make a plate of his own. In the meantime, Van made another iron plate upon his anvil, brighter and bigger than the first one. Ruk made a plate as well, but he made his out of stone and bone, and as he was making on it he kept thinking of the first plate, which had broken, and so the plate he made kept breaking and coming back together again. Finally, Van and Ruk came together and compared their plates, but they could not agree on which was the better plate. So Van and Ruk together made the first Man to judge which plate was the better of the two.

			Man looked first at Van's plate and then at Ruk's plate, and then he said, "I'm thirsty, and I can't decide which plate is better until I have something to drink." And so Van and Ruk together made the Sea and the Lakes so that Man would have something to drink, so that they could hear from him which was the better plate.

			Man looked first at Van's plate and then at Ruk's plate, and then he said, "I'm hungry, and I can't decide on an empty stomach which plate is better." And so Van and Ruk together made all the edible animals and all the edible plants so that Man would have something to eat, so that they could hear from him which was the better plate. Man looked first at Van's plate and then at Ruk's plate, and then he said, "I'm lonely, and I can't decide which plate is better while I'm feeling depressed." And so Van and Ruk together made another person, and called the person Woman, so that Man would not be lonely, so that they could hear from him which was the better plate.

			Man and Woman looked first at Van's plate and then at Ruk's plate. And then, finally, Man said that in his opinion Van's plate was the better one. But Woman said that in her opinion Ruk's plate was the better one. So Van and Ruk pulled their hair and cried out that they still had not learned which was the better plate. And so they decided they needed yet another person to break the tie, and gave the Man and the Woman their distinctive features, so that they would have a child.

			The first time Woman gave birth, she gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, and the boy agreed with his father, and the girl with her mother. And so Van and Ruk waited.

			The second time Woman gave birth, she gave birth to quadruplets, two boys and two girls, and the two boys agreed with their father, and the two girls with their mother. And so Van and Ruk waited. The third time Woman gave birth, she gave birth to sextuplets, three boys and three girls, and the three boys agreed with their father, and the three girls with their mother.

			Ruk finally grew impatient of waiting, and he took both of the plates and flung them into the sky, cursing, "Let you fly off into the sky like a bird, let you hide under the ground like a root!" Van's plate became the Sun, and Ruk's plate became the Moon, and because Ruk had cursed them both to fly like birds and burrow like roots, they keep rising through the sky and falling under the ground, day after day, year after year. And this is also how Man and Woman first came to be, and even to this day they often do not agree about what is best.

			-- This story was collected from an illiterate peasant woman in the Sresar Vale by Professor Kenglith of the Royal Arangothian University, a close colleague of Serisious Blendwythe.

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Suzthulhu: /* Temples */

2013-01-06T00:37:23Z

Temples

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	In addition, the temples also serve as repositories of knowledge and history, containing accounts of the deeds of the faithful, and the collected teachings of particularly holy people, to be passed on for the edification of the people. In many areas, temples are the only source of education available. Menxvanic temples will teach literacy and basic mathematics to any person, provided that they are willing to work in the service of the temple for the duration of their studies. Temples also serve the function of hospitals in many areas of the kingdom, housing the sick, the injured, and the dying. Menxvanic priests are well versed in the arts of medicine and healing, and a number of them are also versed in the ways of magical healing.		In addition, the temples also serve as repositories of knowledge and history, containing accounts of the deeds of the faithful, and the collected teachings of particularly holy people, to be passed on for the edification of the people. In many areas, temples are the only source of education available. Menxvanic temples will teach literacy and basic mathematics to any person, provided that they are willing to work in the service of the temple for the duration of their studies. Temples also serve the function of hospitals in many areas of the kingdom, housing the sick, the injured, and the dying. Menxvanic priests are well versed in the arts of medicine and healing, and a number of them are also versed in the ways of magical healing.

	[[Category: Religion]]		[[Category:Arangothian Customs and Rituals]] [[Category: Religion]]

Stygian: /* Worship of Menxvan and Menxruk */

2012-12-26T00:04:18Z

Worship of Menxvan and Menxruk

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	The structure and hierarchy of organized Menxvan worship is open to development. Perhaps it is governed by a council of the leaders of the largest sects in the kingdom. (Or perhaps it isn't. This is something that will need to be worked out in the future.) As both deities have such wide spheres of influence, there are a variety of Menxvanic and Menxrukic sects, and a wide variety of worship. (This has a lot of potential here for player innovation.) Menxvan worship in rural areas tends to focus more on nature and fertility aspects due to importance of agriculture. In contrast, Menxvanic worship in urban areas tends to be more philosphical and intellectual, overall more complex than many of the folkish rural sects. The varying sects can take widely different philosophies and approaches toward the same subject. For example, on the subject of warfare, sects can vary in philosophy from militaristic to pacifistic, or any stance in between.		The structure and hierarchy of organized Menxvan worship is open to development. Perhaps it is governed by a council of the leaders of the largest sects in the kingdom. (Or perhaps it isn't. This is something that will need to be worked out in the future.) As both deities have such wide spheres of influence, there are a variety of Menxvanic and Menxrukic sects, and a wide variety of worship. (This has a lot of potential here for player innovation.) Menxvan worship in rural areas tends to focus more on nature and fertility aspects due to importance of agriculture. In contrast, Menxvanic worship in urban areas tends to be more philosphical and intellectual, overall more complex than many of the folkish rural sects. The varying sects can take widely different philosophies and approaches toward the same subject. For example, on the subject of warfare, sects can vary in philosophy from militaristic to pacifistic, or any stance in between.

			In the absence of any authoritative "sacred writ" of the Menxvanic faith, the poetic work ''[[Dream of the Nine Otherworlds\|Mintrat ul Pinquo Degdrelthoss]]'' (Dream of the Nine Otherworlds) has often been considered the closest thing to this. Note that this account is not accepted by all followers of Menxvan or Menxruk, but that it is widely referred to as an authority and has considerable cultural weight.

	Worship of Menxruk is much more disorganized, and individualized, with little in the way of a formal theology. Large gatherings of Menxrukists would be a glaring target for Menxvanic warriors. Indeed, worship of Menxruk need not take any specific form, and depends largely on the whims of the priest leading the ritual. Cannibalism, human sacrifice, blood drinking, and bacchic orgies are have been practiced by sects claiming loyalty to Menxruk, but there are other, more subtle ways to do Menxruk's will. Menxruk accepts blatant atrocities as acts of devotion, though he prefers subtlety. Such overt acts are merely a distraction from the true source of evil, and intended to be as much. True evil is darker, more mysterious, and more difficult to track down. The worst mischiefs are done out of sight by Menxruk's more insidious agents while the heroes of the land are off battling obvious foes. The surest way to destroy something is not through brute force, but rather by corrupting it. Even the strongest, purest things things will rot and fall apart if infiltrated by perverting influences.		Worship of Menxruk is much more disorganized, and individualized, with little in the way of a formal theology. Large gatherings of Menxrukists would be a glaring target for Menxvanic warriors. Indeed, worship of Menxruk need not take any specific form, and depends largely on the whims of the priest leading the ritual. Cannibalism, human sacrifice, blood drinking, and bacchic orgies are have been practiced by sects claiming loyalty to Menxruk, but there are other, more subtle ways to do Menxruk's will. Menxruk accepts blatant atrocities as acts of devotion, though he prefers subtlety. Such overt acts are merely a distraction from the true source of evil, and intended to be as much. True evil is darker, more mysterious, and more difficult to track down. The worst mischiefs are done out of sight by Menxruk's more insidious agents while the heroes of the land are off battling obvious foes. The surest way to destroy something is not through brute force, but rather by corrupting it. Even the strongest, purest things things will rot and fall apart if infiltrated by perverting influences.