Skraeling Religion
The Skraelings have many deities. Of these the most important is the Great Spirit, the Master of Life, Father of the Sky, Great Mystery, Wakonda. He appears as a disc of white light more brilliant than the sun, and mortals daring to look upon him are always blinded. Although the Great Spirit is aware of all things, he rarely intervenes in affairs of men. He is much too busy controlling the heavens and the earth.
Lesser deities are:
The Sun, also called Shakur. He is charged by the Great Spirit with casting warmth and light over the world.
The Moon, who is also known as Pah, is the sister of the Sun. Her duty is to light the night. Hers is the duty to hold at bay the dangerous things which lurk in the night.
The Earth Mother, often known as Nokomis, and the Grandmother. She is the beginning and the end of all life, for all mortal beings spring from her bosom upon birth and return to it upon death. She feeds all animals, men and plants, and is the provider of the Water of Life.
The Morning Star. To the Morning Star the Great Spirit has entrusted the Breath of Life, which Morning Star must spread over the earth each dawn. she is a benevolent goddess who is also the Goddess of Mercy.
Wind, also known as Hotoru, is the master of weather and climate. Upon his breath he carries life-giving rains. He can cool off a hot day or he can uproot trees and topple even the strurdiest of lodges with a tornado. Wind is a capriscious spirit, exercising his powers with carpice and whim.
Fire, also know as Hastsezini, can destroy anything living. He is also the giver of warmth and light, but he is resentful of this duty and only executes it if constantly fed.
Thunder is the herald of disaster and the bearer of good fortune. He is also known as Heng or the Thunderbird.
Raven is the spirit of death, but he can also be the spirit of good fortune. He is the giver of omens and the foreteller of what may come to be.
Coyote is the Trickster, the must cunning and clever of the spirits. He is the great swindler, always caniving and trying to cheat either his followers or the other deities.
A Skraeling Shaman will always consult the gods and ask for omens before his tribe sets out on any important mission or event, and he will ask the aid of the gods in all of his tribe's endeavors, for it is from the gods that all things come.
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