Vishchash
The Great Spirit of Yearning
Idols • Legends of the Old Worlds • Origin Deities • Ulmfae Spirits
Wanting is a constant struggle for the addicted and the eventual delight of the patient. Vishchash in wanting is the grand chaser of fulfilment, and the consequential teacher of moderation and poise. Vishchash in waiting is the great attractor, knowing the satisfaction of having.
“The closest word I could come up with was greed or gluttony in my translations, but as I have furthered my understanding I have found, Vishchash is the journey from wanting to having, then no longer needing.”
Vishchash in art is depicted as wealthy of a kind, surrounded by their wants whether family, trinkets, or gold. A grin on their face speaking wanting with true satisfaction already in the lines of their eyes.
Shrines of Vishchash
In the places we store our wealth and excess, especially Aulrufae, will keep a shrine to Vishchash. They are made to ward who might steal away what is had.
Vishchash Mystics
They teach yearning as an irony. Vishchash mystics tend to be poor and lack wants for things in life. They serve as a purpose to show those who do not yearn and want enough may end up with nothing. They also tend to have hoarded wealth which would easily let them get off the streets. They are not impoverished. They simply have left behind the ways they once were.
Ulmfae Spirits
“When I first began studying their religion, I was shocked by the shear volume of values they revered. At first I blamed the translation. I thought the communication concepts were describing traits of individuals. Now, as I’ve become fluent in the language. These words are as much the general concept as the names of the spirits in their pantheon. The Wordsake are living beings. All with irrefutable proof of divinity.”
Divinity, Legend, & Spirituality
Idols • Legends of the Old Worlds • Origin Deities • Ulmfae Spirits
The road is paved with good intentions. Most of these legends, these deities, and these spirits are not inherently aligned or addressed as good or evil. They each have their bailiwick. Divine conflicts are usually driven by the believers and not the beings themselves, though, there are exceptions.
The Divine Hierarchy follows authorization levels, with the base elements the foundation for all which is, the aspects for all which could be, and then the personas of collective divine traits. Time blurs the weight of those who came before, all in stories passed down embellished by the energy of the storyteller. Those who gather among each other in the belief of teachings of the individual idols form community through the structures of those teachings, and the morality of the stories passed down through generations.
“Incredible power is associated with the name sake of deities, legends, and spirits.”