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Forgotten Realms - What Gods and Languages Does Kara-Tur Have?
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<blockquote data-quote="Arkhandus" data-source="post: 3930652" data-attributes="member: 13966"><p>Ia! Ia! Wikipedia Ftaghn! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /> </p><p></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kara-Tur" target="_blank">Kara-Tur link</a></p><p></p><p>"The Shou practice mainly two forms of religion, "The Path of Enlightenment" (analog for Confucianism) and "The Way" (analog for Daoism and Theravadan Buddhism). The majority of the people in Shou Lung practice the Path of Enlightenment, in which they worship the Celestial Emperor and the Nine Travelers and a whole host of lesser immortals and spirits who make up what is called the Celestial Bureaucracy. Unlike the people of Faerun, devotion to a single deity is very rare in Shou Lung. The other Shou religion, which is more popular in the southern provinces, is simply called "The Way" and is more of an ethical philosophy than a true religion characterized by divinities, spirits and a fully realized metaphysics. It focuses on the enlightenment of the self through the practice of certain spiritual exercises rather than the worship of particular gods. Kana and her family were practitioners of the Way."</p><p></p><p>"Kara-Turan pantheon</p><p>Most people in the far eastern lands of Kara-Tur follow one of the two philosophical religions called "The Path of Enlightenment" and "The Way".</p><p></p><p>In the island kingdom of Kozakura the worship of a large number of spirits collectively called "The Eight Million Gods" is predominant.</p><p></p><p>The people of Shou Lung believe in the Celestial Empire headed by the Celestial Emperor who is served by the Nine Immortals:</p><p>Kwan Ying: Goddess of compassion, mercy, joy </p><p>Chan Cheng: God of war, the martial arts, combat, bravery</p><p>Ch'en Hsiang: God of poetry, music, literature</p><p>Chih Shih: God of history, lore, tradition</p><p>Ai Ch'hing: Goddess of love, marriage</p><p>Fa Kuan: God of justice</p><p>Hsing Yong: God of fortune, prosperity</p><p>Shi Chia: God of artificers, the arts</p><p>They in turn are aided by the Lesser Immortals, namely Jade Ladies, Rice Spirits, Moon Women, Spirit Warriors, Ladies of Compassion, the Lords of Karma and the Sages.</p><p>Mad Monkey is a demideity of mischief who sometimes helps and sometimes hinders the Celestial Bureaucracy"</p><p></p><p>"The current Emperor is Kai Tsao Shou Chin."</p><p></p><p>Good ol' Wikipedia.</p><p></p><p>Too bad I couldn't find any info on Kara-Tur languages, other than mention of the Shou language in the FRCS.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Arkhandus, post: 3930652, member: 13966"] Ia! Ia! Wikipedia Ftaghn! :p [URL=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kara-Tur]Kara-Tur link[/URL] "The Shou practice mainly two forms of religion, "The Path of Enlightenment" (analog for Confucianism) and "The Way" (analog for Daoism and Theravadan Buddhism). The majority of the people in Shou Lung practice the Path of Enlightenment, in which they worship the Celestial Emperor and the Nine Travelers and a whole host of lesser immortals and spirits who make up what is called the Celestial Bureaucracy. Unlike the people of Faerun, devotion to a single deity is very rare in Shou Lung. The other Shou religion, which is more popular in the southern provinces, is simply called "The Way" and is more of an ethical philosophy than a true religion characterized by divinities, spirits and a fully realized metaphysics. It focuses on the enlightenment of the self through the practice of certain spiritual exercises rather than the worship of particular gods. Kana and her family were practitioners of the Way." "Kara-Turan pantheon Most people in the far eastern lands of Kara-Tur follow one of the two philosophical religions called "The Path of Enlightenment" and "The Way". In the island kingdom of Kozakura the worship of a large number of spirits collectively called "The Eight Million Gods" is predominant. The people of Shou Lung believe in the Celestial Empire headed by the Celestial Emperor who is served by the Nine Immortals: Kwan Ying: Goddess of compassion, mercy, joy Chan Cheng: God of war, the martial arts, combat, bravery Ch'en Hsiang: God of poetry, music, literature Chih Shih: God of history, lore, tradition Ai Ch'hing: Goddess of love, marriage Fa Kuan: God of justice Hsing Yong: God of fortune, prosperity Shi Chia: God of artificers, the arts They in turn are aided by the Lesser Immortals, namely Jade Ladies, Rice Spirits, Moon Women, Spirit Warriors, Ladies of Compassion, the Lords of Karma and the Sages. Mad Monkey is a demideity of mischief who sometimes helps and sometimes hinders the Celestial Bureaucracy" "The current Emperor is Kai Tsao Shou Chin." Good ol' Wikipedia. Too bad I couldn't find any info on Kara-Tur languages, other than mention of the Shou language in the FRCS. [/QUOTE]
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