Retenian folks and mythology
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Retenian mythology is linked with retenistic religion(s) and others beliefs, sometimes related with animistic sources. Some beliefs come from the peoples who live in the island of Retenia before Proto-Retenian migration, others beliefs were brought by Proto-Retenians and are often related with Greek, Roman, Indian or Lithuanian mithology.
Nowadays, they are around 20% of the Retenian population who continue to practice retenistic cults, sometimes mixed with christian elements to form a synchretism. Much traditionnal folkloric beliefs can be found in christian or agnostic population. Others 80% of the populations are mostly christians and there is an important muslim minority and also others religions, however in the majority of cases, their believes are combined with rituals that are traits of the old retenistic religions like the veneration of ancestors or spirits that is frequent among the people that claim to be christian or muslim, even if a small minority of the most purist christian or muslim considere that this is a form of idolatry or heresy. There are 12% of atheists or agnosticists.
Amara / Amaruda [ɐˈmaɾɐ] primordial goddess
She created the earth (and is the earth) and with Arasaybe, they gives birth to Jozarri, goddess of the sun, Selasa, godess of the sea and Sanzōáta, god of the sky.
Arasaybe [ɐɾɐˈsai̯.be] a giant cosmic snake
Ancient retenians believes that the milky way was the body of Arasaybe.
Shūkán [ʃuːˈkan]
She is the goddess of the moon. The moon is seen as a guide for spirits in the old beliefs.
Awsha [ˈau̯ʃɐ]
He is the god of the destruction and war. Because of the red coloration, the planet Mars is named after him in Retenian.
Jozarri [ʒoˈzarːɪ] goddess of the sun
He is the son of Amara and Arasaybe
Ingan [iŋˈgan] godess of the fire and life
She is the daughter of Jozarri
Menasu [meˈnasɯ] son of Sanzōáta
He killed his brother the giant Yamareke to make humans with his flesh.
Natare [nɐˈtare]
She is the godess of prosperity, agriculture, sexuality, children and wealth and is associed with fertility.
In Retenian, the name of the planet Venus is named after her.
Sanzōáta / Andosha [sanˌd͡zɔːˈatɐ] god of the sky
He is the brother of Dayaru.
Selasa [seˈlasɐ] godess of the sea
Also known as Sarasa or Salas.
Tanoru god of thunder and storms
Tarako [tɐˈɾako] A flying snake with three head and wings
It's a sort of dragon.
Tarako, the three-headed flying snake of the Retenian mythology, here represented in a Shirruya.Shirruya symbol maybe has Indo-European origin and may be related to the Indian svastika or maybe it's related with the Basque Lauburu.
Yamareke / Imarek [ˌjamɐˈɾɛke] mythological giant
He is the brother of Menasu, he was the king of the giants who lived on Earth before the creation of humans. (Ancient Retenians believes that megalithics structures like dolmens or alignements of monoliths were build by giants).
Osuzetan [osɯzeˈtan] folklore creatures plural: Osuzetanji
The legend says that they are little creatures who lives in the forest (Ôtsu = Osu), they are like demons
Sarrutama [ˌsar.rʉˈtamɐ] guardian spirits plural: Sarrutámaji
The belief in Sarrutamas is very widespread in Retenia. In religions based on Retenian mythology ("Retenistic religions"), Sarrutamas are spirit that live in animated or inanimated objects, they can live in trees, rocks, mountains, animals, persons... and are generally benevolent but some of them may be malevolent.
This belief has animistic origin and is certainly older than the retenian mythology. Nowadays, despite the fact that majority of Retenians are christians, the belief in sarrutamas still very widespread and transcend religions.
Most christians that believe in sarrutamaji also believe that the gods of retenian mythology are sarrutamaji.
For example: Jozarri is the sarrutama of the sun, Amaruda (Amara) is the sarrutama of the Earth, Shūkan is the sarrutama of the moon... and that sarrutamas were created by God and are assimilated with saints. This belief comes from the fact that the Retenian church decided to integrate traditionnals elements of Retenian culture to encourage conversions but this sort of synchretism continued.
Herroyru
The herroyrus are folkloric creatures that look like humans (they are bipeds) but their bodies are covered with hair. They are supposed to live in the mountains of western Retenia, especially in dense forests. The legend say that they kidnap children. Some peoples believe that it's an unknown species of hominidae, so it interest cryptozoologists. While other peoples believe that this is just a story for scaring children to dissuade them to enter alone in forest and be victims of animals like bear, wild boar or eventually wolves.
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