Krymnans

Faronian desa: Krymnol /k^hrɪːmnɔːl/

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The krymnans¹ are main ethnic group of Krymna, a country on the southern coast of Gysikan.

History

Krymnans are among the oldest ethnic groups inhabiting Gysikan, along with the neighbouring Þargaleans to the east and Feráans further northeast, though they are not the original of the land, having migrated there from eastern Gysikan in the distant past. Native communities are still found in the hinterland, and keep mostly to themselves aside from yearly tributes.
Like many gysikani along the coast, krymnans were heavily influenced by the Faronians during bronze age and were for a time subjects of the latter, during which their main settlement of Lybrasía was built, but eventually rebelled as they began manufacturing their own bronze weapons and armour.

Language

Krymnan tongue is an isolate split into two main dialects, a coastal one containing a number of faronian loanwords, and one spoken inland with a significant vocabulary derived from the native languages there. Written krymnan uses an alphabet derived from faronian desa script, though with heavily modified letters.

Religion

Major deities

Feinías

God of fertility and kingship, adopted from góalanic mythology.

Gitú

A mother goddess associated with cattle, music and revelry. She's a syncretic deity, with elements of various native fertility goddesses as well as the faronian goddess Kíþó.

Þerkas

God of the sun and patron deity of Krymna. A white horse, bull and ram are sacrificed to Þerkas during summer solstices.

Þí

Goddess of the moon, her cult spread to the krymnans via the Rómúkans who form the majority of the country's cavalry, and is worshipped by many krymnans as well.

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¹Original icelandic: Krymnverjar, singular: Krymnverji

Encompassed species

• Humans

Related Organizations

• Krymna