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===Cosmography=== | ===Cosmography=== | ||
The origin of the universe begins with ''Cipyl'', mother goddess, who created the universe by dividing herself, as the rock of the earth, from the heavens, represented by her brother ''Kial'', and the oceans - another brother ''Acen''. With Kial, Cipyl gave birth to a son, ''Aśtuln'', | The origin of the universe begins with ''Cipyl'', mother goddess, who created the universe by dividing herself, as the rock of the earth, from the air of the heavens, represented by her brother ''Kial'', and the water of the oceans - another brother ''Acen''. With Kial, Cipyl gave birth to a son, ''Aśtuln'', while Kial alone created two attendants: the sun god ''Sual'' (creating day/light) and the lunar goddess ''Lun'' (creating night/darkness). | ||
Hintyl, wandering the blossoming earth, came across a laurel tree that had sprung from the blood and ate one of its fruits. Falling pregnant by it, she eventually | When Aśtuln grew up, he overthrew his father by castrating him and throwing his genitals into the sea, becoming ruler of the heavens and earth, and creator of plenty. From the discarded genitals sprang ''Hintyl'', a goddess of love, beauty, sexuality and fertility, while the spilling of blood upon the earth gave rise to plants. | ||
Aśtuln and Hintyl were married and had six divine children. Three sons ruled spheres of the universe: ''Zu'' became god of the sky, ''Netun'' god of the sea and ''Prus'' god of the underworld. Three daughters became rulers of prosperity: ''Zun'' goddess of marriage and love, ''Heśt'' goddess of the hearth and home and ''Kiar'' goddess of the fields and crops. | |||
Hintyl, wandering the blossoming earth, came across a laurel tree that had sprung from the blood and ate one of its fruits. Falling pregnant by it, she eventually gave birth to a beautiful son named ''Atit'' but she abandoned the child in the reed beds that lined edge of the earth and the sea. The boy was discovered by Cipyl, who created animals to help raise him under her care, until he, in turn, abandoned her in his youth and wandered the earth in search of carnal satisfaction. Cipyl's heartbreak caused the earth to shudder and the land to break apart - it was this that caused the island of Zaq to separate from the original land inhabited by the gods, which lies to the east. | |||
After many years, Atit returned to his foster mother, now haggard and exhausted from his years of fruitless searching. Regretful and repentant, he castrated himself as a symbol of his devotion to the earth mother, and laid down to die beneath a viburnum bush (the red berries of which represent his blood). Afraid of losing her son again, Cipyl returned him to his youthful form and placed him on the island of Zaq, where he promised to remain faithful to her and worship her for eternity. He thus became the first of the ''katyl'' - priests who worship Cipyl to this day. | After many years, Atit returned to his foster mother, now haggard and exhausted from his years of fruitless searching. Regretful and repentant, he castrated himself as a symbol of his devotion to the earth mother, and laid down to die beneath a viburnum bush (the red berries of which represent his blood). Afraid of losing her son again, Cipyl returned him to his youthful form and placed him on the island of Zaq, where he promised to remain faithful to her and worship her for eternity. He thus became the first of the ''katyl'' - priests who worship Cipyl to this day. | ||