This is a cheat sheet, so to speak, for comparing the major religions of Selt.
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Solar Monotheism |
Twofold Way |
Other Murinali Religions |
Belvestine Religion |
Kensene Religion |
Traditional Shamanism of the Horse Peoples |
Southern Tribal Religions |
An Dai Relgion |
Walserane Heathery |
Sus Traditional Reigion |
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Worship of One True God, immanent in the sun, as taught by His prophet Ardamar |
Advancing the cause of Good in the cosmic struggle for the fate of the universe |
N/A |
Winning the favor of the gods through moral living and sacrifice |
Protecting the secrets of the divine |
The gods show us how to live virtuously |
N/A |
Discovering the divine order of the universe and the human place within it |
Honoring the gods and following ancestral customs brings good fortune |
The shadow world must be propitiated, for its wrath is terrible. |
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Old Temple |
Imperial Temple |
Presently Guided Temple |
Unsullied Temple |
Orthodox Twofold Way |
Eghanhadine Twofold Way |
Traditional Murinali Religion |
The Luminous Faith |
Southern Belvestianism |
Northern Belvestianism |
Belvestine Syncretism |
N/A |
Western |
Eastern |
Horse-Eating |
N/A |
State Religion |
Dawn Cult |
Morilian |
Mainland |
N/A |
Geographic or National Origin |
Southern Coast of the Northern Continent |
Empire of Atsef |
Pustile |
Heghom |
Murinal Empire |
Eghahadine Dominion |
Greater Murinia |
Tributary Principalities |
South Bel |
Kingdom of the Belites |
East Bel |
The Kensus |
Western Steppes of the Northern Continent |
Eastern Steppes of the Northern continent |
Shadak Mountains |
Southern Coast of the Southern Continent |
Great Anshan |
Western Great Anshan |
Morile |
Walserane Isles |
Boreal Forests of the Northern Continent |
Founder |
Prophet Ardamar |
Emperor Atsef |
Patriarch Vesten |
N/A |
The Seven Prophets |
Prophet Memeran |
N/A |
The Prophetess of the Morning Star |
N/A |
N/A |
Tondzo |
Many |
N/A |
N/A |
Shenjazudak |
N/A |
Rusing the First Coordinator |
Shan Buul |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Time of Foundation |
1 PD, by definition |
870 PD |
1617 PD |
18th Century PD |
7th century PD |
11th century PD |
Time Immemorial |
New religious movement |
3rd Century PD |
Time Immemorial |
12th Century PD |
Time Immemorial |
Time Immemorial |
Time Immemorial |
16th Century PD |
Time Immemorial |
4th Century AD |
17th Century PD |
Time Immemorial |
Time Immemorial |
Time Immemorial |
Principle Holy Texts |
Book of Lights |
Book of Lights (Imperial Canon) |
Book of Lights |
Book of Lights |
Many |
Many |
Various |
The Book of Final Things |
The Belvasamar |
The Belvasamar |
The Belvasamar and others |
Various, secretive |
None |
None |
None |
None |
Divine Law of Harmony |
Divine Law of Harmony (Mystic Interpretation) |
Various |
Various |
None |
Number of Believers |
Tens of Millions |
Hundreds of Millions |
Hundreds of Millions |
Hundreds of Thousands |
Hundreds of Millions |
Millions |
Millions |
Hundreds of Thousands |
Millions |
Tens of Millions |
Tens of Millions |
Millions |
Millions |
Millions |
Hundreds of Thousands |
Millions |
Hundreds of Millions |
Millions |
Tens of Thousands |
Tens of Thousands |
Hundreds of Thousands |
God(s) |
One |
One (Trinitarian) |
One |
One |
Two |
Two |
Many |
One |
Many Aspects of One |
Many |
Up to Interpretation |
Many |
Many |
Many |
Many |
Several |
Gone |
Yet to be |
Many |
Many |
Many |
Eternal Life |
Heaven, Purgatory or Soul Death |
Heaven or Hell |
Heaven, Purgatory, or Soul Death |
Universal Salvation |
Reincarnation until End of World |
Reincarnation |
Reincarnation or Common Underworld |
Reincarnation |
Reincarnation |
Common Underworld |
Common Underworld |
Common Underworld |
Heaven or Hell |
Heaven or Hell |
Heaven or Hell |
Universal Salvation (Mostly) |
None |
Heaven |
Universal Salvation |
Universal Salvation |
Common Underworld or Reincarnation |
Prophecy and Divination |
Rare |
Rare |
Rare |
Not Literally |
Rare |
Rare |
Common |
Rare |
Common |
Common |
Common |
Common |
Common |
Common |
Common |
Common |
No |
Rare |
Common |
Common |
Common |
Magic |
Forbidden |
Mostly Forbidden |
Mostly Permitted |
Neutral (Subject to interpretation) |
Permitted |
Neutral |
Neutral |
Permitted |
Religious use only |
Permitted |
Permitted |
Neutral |
Neutral |
Neutral |
Forbidden |
Mostly Permitted |
Mostly Forbidden |
Permitted |
Permitted |
Permitted |
Mostly Forbidden |
Sex and Sexuality |
Marital fidelity required |
Marital fidelity, chastity otherwise, fairly conservative |
Marital fidelity |
Marital fidelity |
Ritual purity requirements impact sexuality, otherwise has little to say |
Detailed requirements for sexual behavior |
Mostly sex-positive, holy people expected to be chaste |
Polyamory encouraged for all |
Fairly conservative, polygamy permitted |
Marital fidelity required, polygamy permitted |
Not much to say about sexuality specifically |
Fairly conservative |
Very conservative, polygamy permitted |
Very conservative, polygamy permitted |
Fairly conservative |
Not much to say about sexuality, marriage encouraged |
Fairly conservative, marital fidelity required, chastity otherwise |
Celibacy obligatory |
Not much to say about sex |
Not much to say about sex |
Fairly conservative, celibacy frowned upon |
Gender Equality |
Moderate |
Diminished |
Moderate |
Relatively High |
Moderate |
Moderate |
Variable |
Very High |
Diminished |
Low |
Moderate |
Moderate |
Low |
Low |
Diminished |
Low |
Moderate |
Very High |
High |
High |
Low |
Clergy |
Extensive Hierarchy |
Extensive Hierarchy |
Extensive Hierarchy |
Simplified Hierarchy |
Variable organization of Seven Priestly Orders |
Extensive Hierarchy |
Local Organization |
Extensive Hierarchy |
Simple Hierarchy |
Simple Hierarchy |
Local Organization |
Many Religious Orders with variable organization |
Simple Hierarchy |
Simple Hierarchy |
Simple Hierarchy |
Local Organization |
Very Extensive Hierarchy |
Simple Hierarchy |
Morilian |
Mainland |
Sus Traditional Religion |
Monasticism |
Uncommon |
Common |
Common |
Rare |
Common |
Common |
Rare |
No |
No |
No |
Rare |
No |
No |
No |
Rare |
Rare |
Uncommon |
Very Common |
No |
Rare |
Uncommon |
Special Places for Worship |
Important |
Important |
Important |
Less Important |
Very Important |
Very Important |
Important |
Unimportant (with exceptions) |
Important |
Very Important |
Important |
Very Important |
Unimportant |
Unimportant |
Relatively Unimportant |
Relatively Unimportant |
Relatively Unimportant |
Important |
Relatively Unimportant |
Rela |
Sus Traditional Religion |
Religious Symbols |
Old Temple |
Imperial Temple |
Presently Guided Temple |
Unsullied Temple |
Orthodox Twofold Way |
Eghanhadine Twofold Way |
Traditional Murinali Religion |
The Luminous Faith |
Southern Belvestianism |
Northern Belvestianism |
Belvestine Syncretism |
Kensene Religion |
Western |
Eastern |
Horse-Eating |
Southern Tribal Religions |
State Religion |
Dawn Cult |
Morilian |
Mainland |
Sus Traditional Religion |
Moral Orientation |
Deontological |
Deontological |
Deontological |
Strong-Rule Utilitarian |
Virtue Ethics |
Virtue Ethics |
Deontological |
Weak-Rule Utilitarian |
Deontological |
Deontological |
Virtue Ethics |
Deontological |
Virtue Ethics |
Virtue Ethics |
Deontological |
Mainly Deontological |
Deontological |
Virtue Ethics |
Virtue Ethics |
Virtue Ethics |
Mainly Virtue Ethics |
Special Diets |
Various proscriptions |
Not really |
Various proscriptions |
Not really |
Semi-vegetarianism |
Semi-vegetarianism |
Semi-vegetarianism |
No or Veganism, depending on sect |
Some taboos |
Some taboos |
Not really |
Taboos very by local cult |
No eating horses |
No eating horses |
Not really |
No |
No |
Extensive proscripts and prescriptions |
Not really |
Some taboos |
No |
View of Human Reason |
Positive |
Fatalistic |
Fatalistic |
Very Positive |
Neutral |
Neutral |
Neutral |
Very Positive |
Neutral |
Neutral |
Fatalistic |
Neutral |
Neutral |
Neutral |
Fatalistic |
Neutral |
Positive |
Neutral |
Neutral |
Neutral |
Fatalistic |
View of Human Virtue |
Needs Work |
Fatalistic |
Needs Work |
Positive |
Very Positive |
Very Positive |
Neutral |
Negative |
Positive |
Positive |
Positive |
Positive |
Positive |
Positive |
Fatalistic |
Positive |
Fatalistic |
Very Positive |
Positive |
Very Positive |
Positive |
Interfaith and Universalism |
Bad Idea |
Bad Idea |
Bad Idea |
Might be OK |
Good Idea |
Might be Okay |
Might be okay |
Bad Idea |
Might be OK |
Bad Idea |
Might be ok |
Bad Idea |
Bad Idea |
Bad Idea |
Might be o.k. |
Might be O.K. |
Bad Idea |
Bad Idea |
Might be okay |
Might be okay |
Bad Idea |
Proselytism |
Very Much So |
Yes |
Very Much so |
Ambivalent |
Ambivalent |
Ambivalent |
No |
Very much so |
Ambivalent |
No |
Yes |
Closed religion |
Closed religion |
Closed Religion |
Ambivalent |
No |
Very much so |
Very much so |
No |
Ambivalent |
No |
Apostasy |
Their loss |
Forbidden |
Forbidden |
Their loss |
Neutral |
Forbidden |
Neutral |
Neutral |
Neutral |
Neutral |
Neutral |
More gods for us then |
Forbidden |
Forbidden |
Forbidden |
Neutral |
Forbidden |
Forbidden |
Neutral |
Neutral |
Their loss! |
Funerary Praxis |
Simple |
Simple |
Simple |
Very Simple |
Complicated |
Very Complicated |
Complicated |
Very Simple |
Moderate |
Moderate |
Moderate |
Moderate |
Very Simple |
Very Simple |
Simple |
Simple |
Simple |
Complicated |
Simple |
Moderate |
Moderate |
Eschatology |
Not emphasized |
Not emphasized |
End is nigh |
No |
Important but not soon |
Important but not soon |
Not really |
No |
Cyclic history |
Cyclic History |
cyclic history |
Various |
No |
No |
Cyclic History |
No |
No |
Eternal recurrance |
Not very important |
Not very important |
No |