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The history of the Mhun is a long, sad tale - oppressed by Dwarves, Rajamala, Goblins, and Humans, freedom has at once been the highest ideal in their minds, and yet the most unattainable. Long thought to be mysteriously bereft of Divine patronage, the Mhun system of worship, which prioritized seven Spirits, was thought to be an invention by an envious race. Recent times have revealed, however, that the Mhun held Albedi faith in the distant past, and their ill-remembered Spirits were in fact gods of Albedos. The Mhun consider seven of these deities to be primary in traditional practice: | The history of the Mhun is a long, sad tale - oppressed by Dwarves, Rajamala, Goblins, and Humans, freedom has at once been the highest ideal in their minds, and yet the most unattainable. Long thought to be mysteriously bereft of Divine patronage, the Mhun system of worship, which prioritized seven Spirits, was thought to be an invention by an envious race. Recent times have revealed, however, that the Mhun held Albedi faith in the distant past, and their ill-remembered Spirits were in fact gods of Albedos. The Mhun consider seven of these deities to be primary in traditional practice: | ||
Laasen, associated with stone and earth, whom the Albedi call Aechros; Promentesh, associated with labor and crafts, whom the Albedi call Ilimos; Mheribus, associated with hardship, darkness, and death, whom the Albedi call Muadi; Lokhanni, associated with wisdom and ingenuity, whom the Albedi call Odravh; Haddeneh, associated with wealth and bounty, whom the Albedi call the Faceless God; Cheshehe, associated with cold, damp, and the waters, whom the Albedi call Ohlsana; and Mhuinnah, the mother and nurturer, whom the Albedi call Dejaani. | [[Laasen]], associated with stone and earth, whom the Albedi call [[Aechros]]; [[Promentesh]], associated with labor and crafts, whom the Albedi call [[Ilimos]]; [[Mheribus]], associated with hardship, darkness, and death, whom the Albedi call [[Muadi]]; [[Lokhanni]], associated with wisdom and ingenuity, whom the Albedi call [[Odravh]]; [[Haddeneh]], associated with wealth and bounty, whom the Albedi call the [[Faceless God]]; [[Cheshehe]], associated with cold, damp, and the waters, whom the Albedi call [[Ohlsana]]; and [[Mhuinnah]], the mother and nurturer, whom the Albedi call [[Dejaani]]. | ||
These Gods - or spirits, as they were called - were, until a few centuries ago, represented materially by the Great Mhunna (literally, 'Great Mother', in a gender-neutral sense), high priest and a leader of the people, who held sole religious and political authority over all Mhun. The Great Mhunna is considered a position inherited by reincarnation; that though the Great Mhunna has possessed multiple embodiments, they are the same soul, returning again and again. Thus, in Mhun history, there were points at which the Great Mhunna ruled alone, and points at which the caste-leaders ruled by consensus. | These Gods - or spirits, as they were called - were, until a few centuries ago, represented materially by the Great Mhunna (literally, 'Great Mother', in a gender-neutral sense), high priest and a leader of the people, who held sole religious and political authority over all Mhun. The Great Mhunna is considered a position inherited by reincarnation; that though the Great Mhunna has possessed multiple embodiments, they are the same soul, returning again and again. Thus, in Mhun history, there were points at which the Great Mhunna ruled alone, and points at which the caste-leaders ruled by consensus. | ||