8,625
edits
Verse:Yunyalīlta: Difference between revisions
m
→Currents
m (→Currents) |
|||
| Line 166: | Line 166: | ||
===Currents=== | ===Currents=== | ||
The Yunyalīlta is a fairly unified religion but, for it is often more of a philosophy rather than a religion in our sense, there are different currents depending on the area it is followed in. Anyway, most followers, independent of their current, identify the Inquisition as the defender of the faith and, therefore, the Great Inquisitor (sometimes together with the head monk of the Vādhaṃšvāti Lake Monastery) as the ultimate religious authority. The principal currents are: | The Yunyalīlta is a fairly unified religion in its core beliefs but, for it is often more of a philosophy rather than a religion in our sense, there are different currents depending on the area it is followed in; these currents mostly differ in rites and para-religious beliefs. Anyway, most followers, independent of their current, identify the Inquisition as the defender of the faith and, therefore, the Great Inquisitor (sometimes together with the head monk of the Vādhaṃšvāti Lake Monastery) as the ultimate religious authority. The principal currents are: | ||
* Chlouvānem Yunyalīlta ([[Chlouvānem|Chl.]]: ''chlǣvānumi yamei yunyalīlta'' or more simply ''yamei yunyalīlta'': it is the | * Chlouvānem Yunyalīlta ([[Chlouvānem|Chl.]]: ''chlǣvānumi yamei yunyalīlta'' or more simply ''yamei yunyalīlta'': it is the numerically and politically dominant current, followed in the Lands of the Chlouvānem Inquisition and in most of the scattered smaller communities, including ethnically Chlouvānem settlements across the former Kaiṣamā. It is not completely unitary, as liturgical rites vary across the area; however, there has been a considerable centripetal evolution since the Consolidation. Some local or ethnic variants, such as the Jīrandašumi Yunyalīlta, are peculiar enough that some theologians consider them to be separate currents. | ||
* Qualdomelic Yunyalīlta ([[Qualdomelic|Qua.]]: ''Junjălilta căiši Cwaldewmẹljăd''): it is the Yunyalīlti current followed in Qualdomailor and parts of the former Kaiṣamā - notably Leñ-ṱef and Ebed-dowa - and Ylvostydh in Greater Skyrdagor. | * Qualdomelic Yunyalīlta ([[Qualdomelic|Qua.]]: ''Junjălilta căiši Cwaldewmẹljăd''): it is the Yunyalīlti current followed in Qualdomailor and parts of the former Kaiṣamā - notably Leñ-ṱef and Ebed-dowa - and Ylvostydh in Greater Skyrdagor. | ||
* Bronic Yunyalīlta ([[Brono-Fathanic|Bro.]]: ''Taragá ke Yonya fa Barônoa''; Fth.: ''Taraŋá k-Yoń f-Faϑanŏ''): the current followed in Brono, Fathan, parts of southern Skyrdagor, most of Gorjan, and parts of the Chlouvānem area around the former Bronic city of Moamatempony—Måmatempuñih. | * Bronic Yunyalīlta ([[Brono-Fathanic|Bro.]]: ''Taragá ke Yonya fa Barônoa''; Fth.: ''Taraŋá k-Yoń f-Faϑanŏ''): the current followed in Brono, Fathan, parts of southern Skyrdagor, most of Gorjan, and parts of the Chlouvānem area around the former Bronic city of Moamatempony—Måmatempuñih. | ||