The Nine Fox Scholars
The Nine Fox Scholars, also known as the Nine Fox Dieties or simply the Nine Scholars, are a spiritual manifestations of the nine sciences that are considered essential within East-Ganaesa.
According to legend, the Nine Scholars originate from Yulian's nine Pearls of Wisdom, which were a gift to humanity, delivered by the creature Urma, who accidentally swallowed them and later gave birth to the Nine Fox Scholars. There are also plenty of legends in which one or several of the Fox Scholars task the heroes with accumilating scriptures or other items linked to their specific realm of science, or travel the world themselves in search for knowledge.
Unlike most other dieties, the Fox Scholars rarely have temples or shrines dedicated to them; instead libraries or institutions dedicated towards one or several sciences are considered places of worship for the Fox Scholars and contain statues and other iconography of the Fox Scholars. Figurines are usually placed nearby entryways or next to rooms of major importance, or they specify sections within libraries through miniatures on the shelves.
According to legend, the Nine Scholars originate from Yulian's nine Pearls of Wisdom, which were a gift to humanity, delivered by the creature Urma, who accidentally swallowed them and later gave birth to the Nine Fox Scholars. There are also plenty of legends in which one or several of the Fox Scholars task the heroes with accumilating scriptures or other items linked to their specific realm of science, or travel the world themselves in search for knowledge.
Unlike most other dieties, the Fox Scholars rarely have temples or shrines dedicated to them; instead libraries or institutions dedicated towards one or several sciences are considered places of worship for the Fox Scholars and contain statues and other iconography of the Fox Scholars. Figurines are usually placed nearby entryways or next to rooms of major importance, or they specify sections within libraries through miniatures on the shelves.
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