Schonghue
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Schonghue is a religion which originated from Janpia and the Unschon Isles. They are inherently different from usual mono or polytheistic religion, primarily since the worship belongs to natural aspects or animism, compared to the usual otherworldly beings. Furthermore, as compared to other religions, Schonghue believes in human supremacy over spirits, albeit it also believes that there are more higher form than humanity itself.
Beliefs
Dieties
Origins
In the beggining, there was Masetheka, who is a powerful dragon that reigned and lives in the far eastern ocean. The Masetheka was believed to be the one who created the Janpian Island, the Unschon Isles, and, to some practitioners, the Kaihima Island, as well as Matsume. These islands were regarded as the domain of the Masetheka, wherein his order has defined the laws of nature and spirits, the heirarchy being over the islands, and the laws of anyone who is in it. After creating the islands, he parted his spirit to create the living, starting with the Mathaska, which are deities incantated from mere non-living objects that he made, to take care of his other creations. He also did so as a proof of Masetheka's living spirit, which, in all essence, the Mathaskas symbolizes that all living things are attributed to Masetheka.
Among the deities, the most important is Juschoyumuscho, which is the incantation of the entire Janpian Domain, and Sumuschayomuka, which is the incantation of the entire Unschon Domain. Together, they were among the highest deities on the Masetheka Domain, controlling any spirits or smaller Mathaskas in their own land. Since the two were the most powerful, they were given the capability to do anything they wanted with Masetheka's creation. However, they only have one particular rule that they must follow: Every living creation that they make must be based off of the non-living creations that the Masetheka made. Any deviation from Masetheka's living spirit is a sign of rebellion as it opposed the source of living itself, which is Masetheka.
For thousands of years, the two deities lived in harmony like brothers along the Masetheka's Domain, transforming natural objects created by Masetheka, such as rocks or rivers, into living deities, which rule over their smaller areas. However, as more Mathaskas were created, there was growing resentment among the lower and less powerful deities about their role in the hierarchy. To fix this, Sumuschayomuka decided to incantate and create a human out of nothing, to act as caretakers for the rest of their Mathaska spirits. Seeing his fellow deity disobey Masetheka's only rule, Juschoyumuscho followed suit and made one his own as well for the Janpian Domain.
Upon finding out, Masetheka punished the two deities and has put humans above their Mathaska creations. And upon this, Masetheka created his own human, whom he calls her daughter, to rule over the human creations that the two deities made. This daughter was named Hanoschiyasu, which means "The living dragon". And by her own flesh and blood, Hanoschiyasu became the first Emperor of the Janpian Domain, which also created different human rulers.