The Divine Trinity
To Trust The Gods In The Light Is Nothing, But To Trust Them In The Dark - That Is Faith
The name "Divinity Trinity" refers to the Gods, who are the three incorporeal, but near infinitely powerful beings that were created during the Second Great Surge. They do not have physical forms, or perhaps no physical forms that mortals can comprehend, and thusly the mortals who worship them have given them symbols to praise them by, with even the names the mortals have given them being the closest thing a mortal can pronounce of the name the God has given themself. The mortal religions also agree upon their symbols, which the Gods made themselves and imparted upon the races shortly before their disappearance.
In the earliest days of their creation, they were fascinated by the civilizations the Intelligent Races had made for themselves, with their little chariots and fancy metal tools, though they rarely made an appearance to mortals, preferring to stay somewhere no mortal knows. Over time, though, these beings of immense power grew vain and greedy and stopped assisting the races in any meaningful way, knowing fully well they would continue to worship the Divine Trinity. Indeed, the Gods do not care for the average mortal, and only exert their power upon the land if they, in their infinite knowledge, see that a mortal has begun to reject their divinity, at which point they smite them.
However, they do not mandate how they are worshipped, and the premier religions of the world worship them in very different ways, often boiling over into conflict. This concerns the Gods little, though, as if the mortals are happy to kill each other over what ancient wise men commanded them to do, they are more than happy to give the Gods the attention and honor they feel they deserve.
The Gods themselves are three, giving them the collective name of the Divine Trinity. In their earliest days, when they saw the Intelligent Races as a novelty rather than a resource, each God chose some of their favorite things and ideas as Divine Domains, and to this day, mortals will pray to a different God depending on their lifestyle and need, though they respect all equally. For instance, a soldier will not often pray to Qhaxsus, who holds domain over agriculture and charity, but he will pray to Yxotl quite often, due to his position as the God of warriors and battle. Due to the wide range of ways the Gods are worshipped, each religion prioritizes some aspects of a God over others, often giving the God an epithet to show this.
The Gods and their domains are as follows:
Yxotl:
God of War, The Sea, Animals, Weather, Hunters, Fishermen, and Bravery. Qhaxsus:
God of Agriculture, Plantlife, Luck, Charity, Wealth, the Home, and Love. Oxlan:
God of Craftsmanship, Medicine, Art, Science, Wisdom, Justice, and Law. As a whole, the Gods are represented by a three-pointed, white star. Various religions will also use their own symbols for both their faith and the Gods: for instance, the Orthodoxy uses a Triskelion, and the Commonalists use flowers, usually with three petals.
God of War, The Sea, Animals, Weather, Hunters, Fishermen, and Bravery. Qhaxsus:
God of Agriculture, Plantlife, Luck, Charity, Wealth, the Home, and Love. Oxlan:
God of Craftsmanship, Medicine, Art, Science, Wisdom, Justice, and Law. As a whole, the Gods are represented by a three-pointed, white star. Various religions will also use their own symbols for both their faith and the Gods: for instance, the Orthodoxy uses a Triskelion, and the Commonalists use flowers, usually with three petals.
The Sigil Of Yxotl, which makes it known that the faithful will have the courage to breach any obstacle.
The Sigil Of Qhaxsus, which represents the roots that tie us to this world.
The Sigil of Oxlan, which inspires the faithful to create new wonders and progress to even greater heights.
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