Belief of the Honru

The Honru peoples have no official name for their belief system, which is really more of an existence system.

Structure

There is no official structure with leaders and hierarchies. It seems to simply be a shared understanding among the Honru peoples.

Mythology & Lore

Before the first thing, life breathed in, and it lived. It created noon and the high tide and mountains. Then life breathed out, and it became death. It created midnight and the low tide and the valleys. Life breathed in, and there was force and energy and time. Life breathed out, and there was rest and quiet. These things happen.
The Honru peoples share a tradition of storytelling to pass on their knowledge of the world and values of their individual cultures. People are encouraged to alter the wordings and details of the stories as long as the end result is not a "lie." Above, however, is an exception that has baffled foreign scholars: a story that has never been recorded to text and whose words are recited the same way across time and culture across the Honru peoples.
Translating it has been difficult: the language has a series word, like "first, second, third..." that comes before "first" and has no direct translation; the concept of something coming before the first thing seems to have cultural significance and understanding. The words for "force," "energy," and "time" were the first recorded instances of those concepts being put into single words, particularly to encompass the scientific and magical connotations as one. It is a verse famous for its fiendish complexity hidden below apparent simplicity.

Divine Origins

Unknown

Ethics

The greatest sin and taboo is murder. All living things are granted a time to live, as nature gives them; for one living thing to end the life of a fellow member of its group (species? Phylum?) is against nature.
The next great sin is cannibalism. One member of a group may use the life of members of other groups, but not one's own.
The next great sin and taboo is dishonesty. One may tell things that are not true if the one listening agrees and understands that it is not true, but if the one who tells things knowingly tells something that is not true as if it is, then this is an act of betrayal.
All three of these sins are based on the overarching wrong of betrayal, which is to go against the world and the group that one shares the world with.

Worship

Worship is done through living. Death as seen as a rest before the next world, in which all people will live and die again; so it always has been, so it always will be.

Political Influence & Intrigue

None; as this is simply a shared school of thought and worldviews, it both has nothing to do with politics and everything to do with politics by the fact that it has everything to do with everything.

Founding Date

Prehistory

Type

Religious, Other

Location

O gon Ti Vl Ai’Ai Isles

Related Ethnicities

• Honru