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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Levistus's_Leviathan" data-source="post: 9476200" data-attributes="member: 7023887">Here's what I currently have for the Xrytosian religion. Aluhpet is a mix of the Indo-European sky gods, Horus, and a few other ideas. Zamatra is an evil, chthonic Mother Earth. As I mentioned in the OP, I want there to be 7 gods so each deity needs to have a pretty big portfolio. <h3>Aluhpet the Sky Father</h3>An eagle-headed humanoid figure stands upright, with arms outstretched. Golden plates shaped like feathers hang from his arms, with silver stars scattering the metal wings. In his left eye is the golden sun and the right is the silver moon. This is Aluhpet, the King of Heaven and Father of Creation. The rains fall like tears from his eyes, weeping for his children to be freed from their tyrannical mother. God of the sky, weather, magic, fatherhood, death, and eagles, Aluhpet is the head deity of the Xrytosian religion. He is considered the father of the Xrytosian people and king of heaven. All that is in the sky are his; the stars, the Seven Heavens, lightning, birds, wind, and so on. The Xrytosian practice of sky burials and creating burial mounds on earthmotes is dedicated to Aluhpet, as a way of sending their souls to the God of Heaven and to deliver them from the Earth Mother's grasp. Those that are killed by lightning, tornadoes, cyclones, and other forms of weather are seen as being shunned by Aluhpet, and thus forbidden to be given the proper burial rites.There are many stories about Aluhpet in Xrytosian mythology, as he is the most important figure of the religion. The monarchs of the Heavenly Horde claim direct descent from Aluhpet, and that they are his stewards on Tibil, as Aluhpet cannot descend onto it. According to the Eschatonomicon, the world will end when the skies fall, killing all living creatures on Tibil and taking their souls back home to Aluhpet. Domains: Light, Nature, TempestSacred Animals: Birds (especially falcons and eagles), griffons, pegasi, couatls, sphinxes. Symbol: Probably something <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shen_ring#/media/File:Ram-headed_falcon_amulet-E_80-IMG_2503-with_reflection-gradient.jpg" target="_blank">like this</a>, or <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=ashur+god+symbol&sca_esv=fe6507be86e52302&rlz=1C1ONGR_enUS938US938&udm=2&biw=1745&bih=866&sxsrf=ADLYWIJOlZGAbMeoKwsVCUkMiDyXGU_XPg%3A1728289281646&ei=AZoDZ7OVJ8mh0PEP2dLAyQk&ved=0ahUKEwjzmc6l6_uIAxXJEDQIHVkpMJkQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=ashur+god+symbol&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiEGFzaHVyIGdvZCBzeW1ib2wyBxAAGIAEGBhImA5QywZYnAxwAngAkAEAmAGWAaAB7ASqAQMzLjO4AQPIAQD4AQGYAgOgAqQCwgIGEAAYBxgewgIIEAAYBxgIGB6YAwCIBgGSBwMyLjGgB8cL&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#vhid=Cc0P1-xe3qg17M&vssid=mosaic" target="_blank">this</a>, or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faravahar" target="_blank">this</a>. Maybe with the head of the <a href="https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=fe6507be86e52302&rlz=1C1ONGR_enUS938US938&sxsrf=ADLYWILbwQ9_NCoxWIJ8idWDWgjqG_kE2A:1728289348980&q=cahokia+birdman&udm=2&fbs=AEQNm0A-5VTqs5rweptgTqb6m-Eb3TvVcv4l7eCyod9RtZW9874wvsYjTfpwMQKGHqKPG-IB7j9flyfH28tJSLVuVdcT1tesPpIhTR_8sOQ3FQrQWiVTfWhoIplDgGh5JzUv9F4u3riMB636EHR41DrkNY_uSRk347tLZsVeJqqyuWPTyXrtg-EYkFQYZqw6rWM1khGHS26HrYFGhj2QeE1uCS-2MrLbBw&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjO-NvF6_uIAxW_JDQIHb9PCp8QtKgLegQIDBAB&cshid=1728289497024628&biw=1745&bih=866&dpr=1.1#vhid=kOVjALDzH7xdqM&vssid=mosaic" target="_blank">Cahokian birdman</a>. <h3>Zamatra the Earth Mother</h3>An obsidian mare with a glowing orange mouth and magma-red eyes gallops across the plain. Each step of her foot causes an earthquake and her breath spews pyroclastic clouds. Her children scream as their villages are destroyed and the souls of the dead are reborn into new bodies. Although her children fear and hate her, Zamatra cares not. In time they will grow to forgive her and cherish every abuse she "gifts" them. Goddess of the earth, wealth, the wilds, motherhood, reincarnation, gravity, and horses, Zamatra is the second most important god of the Xrytosian religion. Everything on and below the Earth are hers; gold, gemstones, terrestrial plants and animals, the Underdark, and the buried dead. Zamatra is a greedy mother, the tyrannical world that created karma to keep her children’s souls trapped on earth and away from their father. The Xrytosians believe that earthquakes, sinkholes, landslides, and other earthly disasters are Zamatra’s attempts to trap her children in her embrace for eternity. It is said that when someone dies underground, their soul is stuck in the earth for decades. Eventually if enough souls find an exit at a volcano, they can all escape at once, causing a volcanic eruption. Some claim that they saw the faces of screaming spirits in the ash and clouds of volcanic eruptions. In Xrytosian legends, Zamatra is often the antagonist, a jealous, spiteful goddess that kills people on a whim. While the Xrytosians do call her the mother of the world, they are terrified of her, often refusing to say her name. She is normally referred to as "the Dreaded Mother" by those that fear her. Domains: Death, Nature, TrickerySacred Animals: Ants, horses, moles, purple worms, flightless birds, the Tarrasque.Symbol: A silver horse skeletonNext I'm working on a war/fire deity and a water god of serpents and healing. They might also be gods of the sun and moon respectively. I haven't decided yet. I considered making Aluhpet also the god of the sun, but he already has a pretty big portfolio. Please give any thoughts or ideas if you have any.</blockquote>

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