Traditions of Glasmarn: The Gods of Glasmarn and Their Cults
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At least fifteen gods inhabit Glasmarn. While outsiders are unfamiliar with religious aspects of the Glasmarnc people, the Glasmarnc people tend to mostly worship gods that most reflect the lives of people.
Horken takes the form of an Ox. Horken is associated with the bounty of the land under human industry. Horken's worship is the least distrusted by outsiders, as all rituals and rites of Horken are public affairs. Most of Horken's rituals are rites are performed while doing labor and are not ornate or exaggerated affairs. Horken's worshippers are mostly farmers, though Horken is respected in heart of towns and villages as well. Written records by outsiders referring to Horken didn't exist until about 1500 years ago which aligns with an agricultural expansion in Glasmarn when whiskey became the first export out of the lands, suggesting Horken is the youngest god.
Walzliah is a god that lives in the lakes and takes the form of a fish. Walzliah has few true worshippers, but every fisher and sailor prays Walzliah, as well as the Old Whale God, when they are out on the water. Walzliah is a cunning god, and even curious sirens have been tricked to their deaths because of this god. Walzliah is associated with the dangers of being curious and bold. Every Glasmarnc fisher knows that if Walzliah is on the end of their, that the fisher has been caught, and soon to be wheeled into the god's razor sharp teeth.
Failow's worship is common in the larger towns and villages although her worship is almost never overtly public. Failow is the god of whispers, and the tiniest of words can become the husks of truth and cornucopia of lies. Failow is always encountered in the shape of a black cat.
Corlain is the god of bravery and dragons. While Corlain's name and image in invoked often, the majority humans do so for symbolism rather than worship. Gaidsach had been the seat of a mostly human dragon cult, though during the Imperial Table's conquest and annexation of Glasmarn 600 years ago, the dragons burned all humans, friend and foe alike. Today, Corlain is still worshipped among the goblins of Glasmarn who revere the dragon god's courage, bravery, and tenacity. Bards have songs of Corlain shapeshifting into mortal forms, taking lovers, and their lovers giving birth to dragons. The few humans who do worship Corlain have said that the dragon god still takes lovers to bear his dragon children, all mothers have been goblins since the Imperial Table's conquest.
Frawdallain is the god of the forests who manifests within the land and trees. Frawdallain is viewed as not a singular deity, but a greater collection of wild ideals. Subsequently, Frawdallain's manifestation is therefor viewed as a plurality, The reclusive elves primarily worship Frawdallain. Frawdallain is both destructive and restorative, oftentimes both at once. The Imperial Table has treads with caution in the Glasmarnc woods for Frawdallain has manifested and fought the Imperial Table armies themself. The elves claim that Frawdallain is ambivalent so long as their woods are left alone.
Old Whale God is said to be the reason the Glasmarn has never been claimed by naval conquest. Sailors say that the Old Whale God breached the water and threw Walzliah into the lakes of Glasmarn. Abandoned since the Imperial Table's conquest, Ualbhaidh, what had been the city farthest north in Glasmarn, had significant whale imagery.
The Old Beetle God supposedly reinvigorated the earth where the forests that would give rise to Frawdallain grew after an even older, wicked god, was sealed to slumber. While the Old Beetle God's name has been lost, some elves still honor the god as much as Frawdallain. Beetle imagery is common in funerary work, though humans have forgotten where the imagery comes from other than a vestige of the far-forgotten times when humans and elves lived together in the forests.
The Old Ram God is believed to be the defiance of Glasmarn itself or even the lands beyond Glasmarn. Mortals aren't known to worship the Old Ram God, yet the god sends warriors to guard the rocky borders in the northwest of Glasmarn near and past the Shodder Cliffs. The Old Ram God may be the oldest God in Glasmarn as the satyr warriors she creates have always been known since mortals have lived and her satyrs have always manifested and been sent to guard Glasmarn's rough, rocky borders.
The Old Serpent God has the most secretive yet persistent of cults. Once nearly as popular as Failow and Horken, the Old Serpent God's worship waned as the great towns like Weirdsdale, Craw Magdol, and Oddirtan expanded. By the time of the Imperial Table's conquest and annexation, only a few dozen nobles worshipped the Old Snake God. Worship of the Old Serpent God persists, and his clergy have constantly changed their identity, tactics, and image. In the present, few who engage in the rituals and rites of the Old Serpent God even know they're doing so. The few who keep all the secrets of the Old Serpent God believe the Old Serpent God is key the restoration of Glasmarn as it was before annexation by the Imperial Table.
Kerd, Flesh Caller is a god of fertility and unity among the living. Though Kerd's imagery of the manlike god fornicating with followers remains in Glasmarn, only a few know the divine origins such imagery. Amassing life together, Kerd's power remains strong as the greater towns and villages, such as Oddirtan and Craw Magdol continue with hardy fortitude. Or, perhaps the majors villages remain strong even through witchfinder persecutions because Kerd oversees those villages.