Caniic Religion

Caniic Religion, or Ahrafnar, is the most common name for a branch of Hazurian religion which originally developed during the Proto-Andarctiic period, when the Southern Oraziic peoples separated into a distinct branch of the Oraziic peoples. Although still practiced to the present day, certain elements have been forgotten during the meritocization of Hazura. Scholars reconstruct aspects of Southern Oraziic religion by historical linguistics, archaeology, toponymy, and records left by Southern Oraziic peoples, such as runic inscriptions in the Durni, a distinctly Southern Oraziic extension of the runic alphabet.
Caniic religion is polytheistic, entailing a belief in various gods and goddesses. These deities in Caniic mythology are divided into two groups, Fǫrǫg, and the Oraðr, who in some sources are said to have engaged in an ancient war until realizing that they were equally powerful. Among the most widespread deities are the gods Dhigstus, Avan & Ava, Sýr, and Fąlirök—although philosophies use language that seems to assume a single transcendent deity. The worship of these deities, and several others, is found across the Caniic World, though they often have different epithets that distinguishes aspects of the deity, and often reflect the absorption of other local deities into the pan-Hazurian scheme.
Transmitted through both oral culture and codified texts, Caniic religion focus' heavily on ritual practice, with governmental leaders playing a central role in carrying out public services. Various spaces are used; initially, outdoor spaces such as groves and lakes are typically selected, but after the sixth century CE, worship houses are also purposely built for ritual activity, although they are never widespread. Caniic society also contains practitioners of Vámǫng, a form of sorcery which some scholars describe as shamanistic. Various forms of burial are conducted, typically accompanied by a variety of grave goods.

Terminology

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Sources

Hazurian textual sources

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Non-Hazurian textual sources

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Archaeological and toponymic evidence

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Modern textual sources

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Historical development

Iron Age origins

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Andractiician Age expansion

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Meritocisation and evolution

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Post-Meritocracy survivals

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Beliefs

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Deities

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Localised and ancestral deities

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Cosmology

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Afterlife

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Practice

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Religious rituals

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Formation 7500 BCE

Type Hazuran folk religion

Location Tíreia: Hazura and Acluth, Colonies: Atis, Anzion, Nitis, Corth, and Surniic

Membership 870,160,742

Official language

• Hjaldrvargr mál

• Torgvargr