Solara
Solara is the primary deity worshipped by humans of Astra. In many cultures she is the only deity worshipped. Solara is the sun and the force of creation. She was the first and she shaped the world. Humans are her children and she cares for them. Some people claim the elves lost contact with their homeworld and went to isolation because of her. They claim that Solara punished the elves for endangering her children. However, there is no concrete proof to these claims.
Solara, protect us from evil, nourish us and keep us healthy
Holy Books & Codes
Sunlight Codex
Sunlight Codex is the most important holy book of the Solaran Church. The legend says that it was written by Solara herself and delivered to humans by her angelic emissary. The Codex presents the tenets of faith as well as examples of how those tenets should be implemented in everyday life.
Dawn Codex
Dawn Codex is a book about birth and life. It talks about the rituals related to birth of a child and how to raise a child as a good Solaran. Today, many people start to critcize it for being stuck in the past.
Thank you, Solara, for granting us this child. A beam of your light has entered our house through them.
Dusk Codex
Dusk Codex is the opposite of the Dawn Codex. It talks about death and funerary rites.
The same as sun hides beneath the horizon, life also hides from this world. Remember, though, that the sun always returns in the morning. The same they will return as the life force of new children born every day.
Divine Symbols & Sigils
The Seed is the main symbol of Solara. According to the Sunlight Codex, it is the seed from which Solara created the world and humans. It is said that every human that has been ever born and every human who will be born comes from the Seed. After death humans are said to return to the Seed. There their lifeforce can be used to mold a new human child.
I love the 3 holy books. the Dawn and Dusk codices especially, never thought about having holy text dedicated to life and death as such. I also love that some deem them outdated which shows some tension in the common religious community, allowing for some growth and better understanding eventually.
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