Coacuendo Mythology

Coacuendo Mythology refers to the diverse set of beliefs of the Coacuendo people's of Inyursta.

Ouiras (Gods)

Quaylano

Quaylano is the god of the moon, or more accurately the moon itself. Most Coacuendo sects considered Quaylano to be the chief deity, due to his control of both the skies, the night and the seas.

His representative shape is an oval.

Personality

Quaylano is depicted as fair and benevolent, but often detached and disconnected from the mortal realm. He is considered to have a set schedule in his mind for the world, and will enact that schedule and cyclical changes regardless of human or animal requests. However, he is often depicted as caring for the human and animal races, especially when they are threatened by other Ouiras or Loas.

Exploits

According to legend, Quaylano battled Yocoroc, a titan in control of the sea. Yocoroc, being rambunctious and thinking it humorous to rise and fall the oceans at his whim, was challenged by Quaylano to cease his callous ways bringing flooding onto the land and drought & dessication onto the sea. During the fight, Quaylano was able to bind Yocoroc into a deep trench, and steal his powers to rise the seas.

Quaylano reportedly allowed the founding of the ancient city of Quica-yuru, approximately 40km NW of modern Cordoba, when he shone down a beam of moonlight through a pass in the Sierra Miraco and showed the wayward King Rupu the fertile ground.

Muroco

Muroco is the god of the son, like his brother Quaylano he is also considered to be the sun itself. A minority Coacuendo sect actually worship Muroco as the chief deity, believing the daylight hours to be more valuable for plant growth and therefore human civilization by proxy.

His representative shape is a hexagon.

Supaipu

Supaipu is the god of the underworld, particularly caves, cenotes and deep crevices. He is the youngest son of Qumu, and the most rebellious.

Supaipu is represented by a horizontal diamond.

Loas (Demigods)

Quija-Loa

Quija-Loa are half-titan, half-god demigods. They generally take the form of monsters or beasts themselves, and rule the mortal realm as powerful predators or masters of their environment. The Quija-Loa are believed to be immortal, and generally regarded to be unable to enter the spirt world. Many Coacuendo sects believe that the end times will see a reduction of humankind to extinction while the Quija-Loa engage each other in a never-ending war for what's left of the mortal world.

Yacún-Borão

The Yacún-Borão or Yacúbora is a winged serpent descended from the

Majcha-Loa

Majcha-Loa are half-human, half-god demigods. Their exact relation to the mortal realm and the spirit world remains debated, even among Coacuendo mythology. For example, the hero Pactaygo was the son of Amiroca and a human warrior chief, and he is alleged to have lived over 500 years, implying a level of delayed mortality beyond humans but inferior to the Quija-Loa. On the other hand, Tucalaq Moquisu II a.k.a. "King Tucalaq" or "The Shark King" claimed that he was also the son of Amiroca and his father, king Tucalaq Moquisu I; though he was ultimately considered to be mostly mortal and ultimately died at the hand of a "Sun Warrior". It is generally believed that unlike the immortal Quija-Loa, the Majcha-Loa will ascend to the spirit world after death; though even this varies based on legend as some Quija-Loa ascend to the Placha of their patron Ouira while others ascend to their own personal placha and live in death as a minor god of their own.

Pactaygo

Artist Depiction of Pactaygo

Pactaygo, also spelled Pak Tay-goh, is the firstborn half-human son of the life god Amiroca. It is said that Amiroca, mother of all mortal species, feared the destiny of her human children; and so she chose a mortal human warrior chief, a chaste man who only had time to lead and protect his tribe, to father her firstborn Loa.

Even at an early age, Pactaygo showed a fearless nature and aptitude as a hunter.

Legends say that Pactaygo lived over 500 years, keeping the Quija and Quija-Loa at bay and allowing life - both human settlements and natural floral & faunal communities - to gain a foothold in an otherwise disruptive and chaotic world.

Misc

Sun Warriors

In the lore, Sun Warriors are the half-human, half-supernatural vanguard of Muroco. They were born on the Placha of [XXX], but imbued with human blood to allow them to walk the mortal plane. It is said that mortal rulers who enrage Muroco, such as defiling his temples or trying to conquer the sun for themselves, can expect to receive a vist from the Sun Warriors.

They are depicted as tall in stature, speaking a language unknown to mortal humans but can command certain animals. Sun Warriors wear a gold-colored armor which shines brightly in the morning and afternoon. Different eras depict different weapons and armor, for example Ioqua-Era (800BC - 100AD) paintings show them wearing golden furs & bone-mail-like armor with tradition tooth-club style weapons; while latter Coa-Era (750AD-1600AD) depict them wearing mostly Eulabian/[European] style plate armor with ornate spears and heavy, squared shields. One feature which is uniform across time is helmets which obscure their faces.

Kinq Tuculaq supposedly fought a protracted war against the Sun Warriors (where he ultimately met his end); which were alleged to be the agents of a rogue Muraco waging an usurpation of his brother, father and sisters-in-law - coincidentally, most human opponents who opposed Tucalaq's "unification" efforts were also accused of being mortal worshippers of rogue Quiras. However, like most King Tucalaq stories, this was considered largely fluff until 2016 when an archeological dig uncovered several Mericki Imperium helmets in southern Borasoles. Further explorations revealed the heavily corroded and degraded bronze ram of a Mericki quinquereme. Given the armor color of the day (light bronze) it is now theorized that Tucalaq and his followers actually fought the lost Mericki 2nd Legion. Interestingly enough, the few survivors of the infamous 2nd Legion reported being overrun by "Shark Men" - when at the time Tucalaq and his personal royal guard wore the skins of sharks they had fished and killed with spears.