Anagomism

Anagomism is an ancient, polytheistic religion practiced mainly by the Koigus-Ndere People. Although large details vary between denominations, the core element of Anagomism is the worship of the death god Anagom plus the belief that existence is seperated into two realms, the earthly world Lapje and the afterlife Dzlerok. A follower of Anagomism is called an Anagomist.

Anagomists believe that in Dzlerok is the goat god Sngagrokgwo who is described as being the most powerful god in all of existence, having the form of a giant and titanic goat with horns made of raging fire. Despite being described as a goddess Sngagrokgwo is both male and female as it is believed that men and women are two halves of one whole, and Sngagrokgwo is said to be whole and pure.

=Etymology= "Anagomism" is from the name of the death god Anagom which itself is a MOPKN rendering of the Proto-Koigus-Ndere name for the death god *anaɣ̂òm- which means "that which declares death" (*an- "to declare", *-aɣ̂ "agentive suffix", *-òm "death"). The god Anagom is one of the major figures of the religion despite being a god of death as he is also the god of ressurection, guidance and guardianship.

=Creation= In the beginning there was only the Dzlerok realm which consisted of a chunk of land floating in a void among the stars. On the chunk of land were three inhabitants who were Sngagrokgwo the Goat Goddess, a tree named Epktengok and the god Dzugok. Dzugok has the form of a tall man whose body and clothes were made from black crystal. Once Dzugok played a trick on Sngagrokgwo by rendering Epktengok invisable and calling the goat goddess to him. when Sngagrokgwo ran to Dzugok she crashed into the great tree, ripping its roots out of the soil and tipping it over. Dzugok was standing behind the tree at the time and so when it fell he was crushed. The immense force caused him to shatter into countless shards, leaving behind a smaller god in his stead, that god being Anagom. The uprooted tree left a large hole where it once stood and in that hole filled with water to form a pond. Sngagrokgwo gazed into the pond and her own relfection defined the pool. The reflection of her nose became the earth and the reflection of her eyes became the sun and the moon and thus the Lapje realm was created. The countless shards of Dzugok's body flowed into the pool and entered lapje where they spread throughout the world. The shards that landed on earth became the first people and the shards that remained in the sky became the first stars. Life on earth was caused by Dzugok's death and such was Anagom's domain to be the god of life and death. Having saw that the world within the pool's reflection was filled with the life of the shards, Anagom leapt into the pool to enter lapje, with the ultimate goal that at the end of time he would collect all of the shards in order to be reborn once again as Dzugok.

=Denominations=

=List of Dieties=
 * Anagom God of Death
 * Dzugok
 * Epktengok
 * Sngagrokgwo