In a message dated 3/9/04 10:29:17 PM Mountain Standard Time, tosa_mir@yahoo.com writes: > I am not arguing with you, I am just explaining what I > have been working on for the Mirish religion. Thanks > for making me think about it a little. > > Mir is Pantheistical. I think you mean POLYtheist. > People on Mir tend to worship a > couple of Gods. The Goddess Miracradasa is almost > universally worshiped on Mir, but people also worship > other gods as well. Outside of Mirabalpur people tend > to also worship Gods, with in the original Mirish > Pantheon, that relate to their living in addition to > Miracradasa. In Mirabalpur you have a wider diversity > of nationalities. Those who's family have lived in > Mir for two generations or more and those who are > Mirish worship Miracradasa, but they also worship other > Gods, for some it is gods who relate to there living, > others it is the God who was from there ancestral home > (Like Lucia and others). > > Miracradasa is the Zeus or Odin or Ra of the Mirish > Pantheon but with even more focus. A ruling god cannot be too focused or it will lose worshipers to those seeking aide in other ways. How is the worship of Miracradasa focused? > The creator is also recognized, though not really > worshiped since he does not call a priesthood. > > The Sorcerers of Mir are also priests. Most of them > are for Miracradasa, but the other deities do have > priests who are Sorcerers. The Archmage is High > Priest of Miracradasa. So they actually do uses there > deities for a little of there powers. Not all of > their power. They do uses other sources as well. What powers does Miracradasa give to her chosen? Does she ever give powers to non-mages? Jefferson (Exquaestio) http://www.picotech.net/~jeff_wilson63/rpg/ ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send mail to celandra-off@phoenyx.net.
