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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rhialto" data-source="post: 2199946" data-attributes="member: 630">What makes the conclusion particularly laughable to the Shay is that their sun god, Bel, who has come to be identified with Tarsinus, is Alanna and Vinnaron's child, thus making the cross-faith situation extremely amusing.Bel (or more properly Lord Bel) is in fact one of seven children. His siblings are Lady Ishta, the Moon, Lord Darmuk, the Sky, Lord Kazamon, the Wind, Lady Brigid, the Water, Lady Ashta, the Fire, and Lady Arun, the Death.  To each of these seven, their father Vinnaron (also called "the Dagd") entrusted part of creation, and each of them generally does their best to uphold it, though of course there are fights and trouble, with the exception of course of Lady Arun, who always does what she has to, no more, no less.According to Shay (and Tuatha) legend, they are the children of Lord Bel and Lady Ishta, the result of an epic affair between the brother and sister that was both fiery, passionate, and quarrelsome, and ended with Lady Ishta depositing her children in the Faegrim.  The Shay honor both their "parents", as well as their various "aunts" and "uncles".The identification between Lord Bel and Tarsinus (and there are many points of resemblence between the two gods, despite their differing myths) has greatly aided the Aleasani God's cult since the Asani's arrival.  Back in the Old Land, Tarsinus's cult had declined from the royal religion to a secondary one, and then finally an illegal one, in those frenzied years before the Ruin sent San'sai beneath the waves.  After the Asani found Aleasana and became the Aleasani, the persecutions initially continued--in the famous "Chronicle of the First Year" Tarsinus's name is noticible mostly in its absence, and references to executions of followers of 'the Shining One' abound.  But eventually, the vastness of the land and the apparent worship of this diety by many of the natives strengthened the cult, and eventually lead to its ascendency over its persecutors.  These days, Tarsinus is one of the most popular Aleasani gods, easily eclipsing Dar, Callach, Delar and Kithea.</blockquote>

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