Mehriti

Mehriti is the religion of the Erzihari people.

How the world came to be

Coiling in nothingness and timeless eternities God awoke as he is now, brimming with the first question the world would know. So God made the world, to answer his question, and filled it with all matter of creatures and life. But they acted much as he did, woodenly, efficiently, as expected, like one sees rain falling, earth cracking, or flame flickering.
So God made evil and good.
He plucked the seven wisest creatures of the sky, broadened their wings, cast his own reflection upon them, and imbued them with his own divine breath, whispering to them his will was the ways of righteousness.
He fished out nine creatures of the greatest depths, and cast his long shadow upon them, feeding them dark seething drops of his ichor, whispering to them that his will was destruction and ruin.
Finally, he took three creatures that walked the earth, and rose them up much like he had the others, blending the craft of his two other works. And thus Man was born. But though he raised them up, he whispered no words to them. They shouted to the wind, pounded at the earth, and braved the sea, asking for a directive. None came.
The first man of the three took to thought. He thought until he was buried by sands and stone… Some say he still thinks to this day, others say he returned to the earth itself, rejecting the spark that uplifted him.
The second man lurked by the sea, staring into its swirling depths. A dark thing from the sea, the first its kind, whispered to him that the creator desired ruin, the dissolution of the world he had made and the beings in it. And thus the man turned against his kin, and sought to slay the third of his kind, wrapped in fell gifts granted from the deep darkness.
The third man fled from his kin day through day and night… Running through the land with no rest or food as his kin inexorably pursued him. Finally exhaustion brought him to the earth, and as his foe approached, he begged the sky itself for help, supplicating himself before God.
The wise Lord of the creatures of the sky, the great angel called Mehr by the creator, so righteous and pure that he had never once touched the earth witnessed his distress, and flew to his aid, soiling himself with upon unholy ground to aid the man. Carrying him aside, and driving away his evil kin, the man supplicated himself before Mehr. Mehr stood before the man, and proclaimed he was the protector of this world, but not its creator. Upon seeing the man could not answer he clawed a tongue from the man's throat, and molded the secrets of speech into his throat. Now equipped, a great conversation ensued between the two, with both finding merit in the other, as they debated the nature of the one who had created them. When they spoke of how they had been made, and how Mehr had molded the man a tongue, the man asked if he too could gain the tools to create. So Mehr again tore into his body like loose river clay, and ripped two arms and hands from his torso. Praising Mehr's name, the man knelt again, and said:
"Now I may speak and move my limbs, I am filled with the desire to do nothing more than to use these hands to clasp before you in prayer, and to use my mouth to speak your praises. I am alone, my brothers are lost or turned evil, and I have nothing but you." Mehr answered:
"We have become great friends you and I, and I offer my gifts in beneficence and not desire for worship, but I see now without me you will suffer. I thus offer a third gift to you... If you accept it. You have no good facing kin left, but I can split your spark, and grant you a companion. You will be less than you were, but you will not be alone, and together you may populate the world with good and faithful guardians of the world, and stand in opposition to your kin who listened to darkness". The man assented and presented himself before the angel's claw, and with a shout, Mehr split them in twain, and returned to the sky. Armed with the gifts of the sky, the two who were one spread throughout the world, and built bastions against the sinful, always respecting and thanking great Mehr and his kin.

Type

Religious, Organised Religion