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==Religion== | ==Religion== | ||
Religion is not hugely important in Sjowaázh society. Syncretism (commonly with Naquian theaterism and Hetmic religion) is common and tolerated. In fact it is considered improper to be too | Religion is not hugely important in Sjowaázh society. Syncretism (commonly with Naquian theaterism and Hetmic religion) is common and tolerated. In fact it is considered improper to be too dedicated to religion, and shamans are usually lower class. | ||
===Traditional beliefs=== | ===Traditional beliefs=== | ||
The Sjowaázh traditionally believed in a "spirit-complex" which links all spirits together. A spirit leaves the spirit-complex when a person is born, and one's spirit reenters it upon death. This spirit-complex was held to be the source of morality. Since everyone is of the spirit-complex, morality involves both respect for the living and the dead. | The Sjowaázh traditionally believed in a "spirit-complex" which links all spirits together. A spirit leaves the spirit-complex when a person is born, and one's spirit reenters it upon death. This spirit-complex was held to be the source of morality. Since everyone is of the spirit-complex, morality involves both respect for the living and the dead. | ||
===Practices=== | ===Practices=== | ||
Shamanism and ancestor veneration is not unusual even in modern Sjowaázh society. | Shamanism and ancestor veneration is not unusual even in modern Sjowaázh society. | ||