Paajastism

Paajastism is the religion native to Gwozhaltasyr. It was originally practiced by the Jǫteihbes but it was also later adopted by a some of the Lammi people. The religion has a pantheon of 15 gods plus a collection lf many lesser dieties.

STRONG AKCHOTIBIAN INFLUENCE

=Name= The name Paajastism is taken from the name Paajast, god of the earth and gravity. “Paajast”itself is from the Proto-Sumric *pājaṡt, compare with name of the Fate Pėjart in Old Sumrë and Buojaṡd in Old Tuura.

=Origin= The religion derives completely from Proto-Sumric mythology and so it has strong resemblances to Golden Age Mythology and Tuuric Mythology. Paajastism is the more innotive belief system, having diverged quite a bit from its ancestors. Originally in Proto-Sumric Mythology there were three major classes of dieties (as can still be seen in Golden Age Mythology and Tuuric Mythology). These included the Fates - the highest and most powerful dieties, the Gods - the beings who had direct rule under their own domains, and the Vaipni - a set of lesser dieties who acted as servants to the gods. In Paajastism the set of lesser beings became full gods in their own right (AKCHOTIBIAN INFLUENCE AS THE AKCHOTIBI REVERE TREE GODS). Although where before the lesser dieties included hundreds of individuals which belonged to 14 subgroups, in Paajastism each subgroup was represented by one manifestation and it these these manifestations that became the new gods. The Gods of the older mythology became forgotten or remembered as lesser dieties. The Fates were totally forgotten except for the King of the Fates who became Paajast the god of earth and gravity.

=Similarities with other Sumro-Letaeric mythologies=

=List of Gods=

Paajast
Paajast is the central figure in Paajastism. He is heralded as being the most powerful and ancient of the gods.

Loop
God of war, anger, boars, endurance and alder trees. Has the form of a boar.

Baet
God of choice, danger and wisdom. Has the form of a salmon with butterfly wings.

Ivǫ
God of aspen, caution and alertness. Is invulnerable to fire. Has the form of a beaver with a butterfly’s wings and a crow’s beak.