Raevism

Raevism
Common Keleic symbol of Raevism
Estuarian symbol of Raevism
Area	Tenurria
Related ethnic groups	Keleans: Krönslandians and Estuarians
Type	Polytheistic philosophy
Key tenets	Partial creationism, spiritualism, shamanism
Deities	Vardur Kiannar and Kiana Martur and Maira
Scripture	Skhaga
Holy animal	Fox
Language	Keleic
Founder	F. Fozmant (de-facto)
Foundation	approx. January 2017

Raevism is a representative cult of Tenurria. Its name is a derivative from Keleic, Estuarian and Krönslandian "Raev", which means "Fox", and refers to the main sacred animal of this confession and the main 5 deities. Raevism is being solely constructed by its founder, Vladislav Chokin, who created it primarily to serve as his own fictional universe's internal religion. Unlike the latter, the manifest and chronicles of Tenurrian version of Raevism doesn't mention any fictional lands and is generally more adjusted to the real life. It is also, though its predominant position and priority within Tenurrian state building and being an almost exceptional part of national self-identity of Keleans, is not intended to be the only recognized religion of the micronation.

Raevism in its nature is a neopagan cult restoring a religion of hypothetical pre-historic European nation with some elements of Native American cults. Both decentralized (tribal) and cathedral (more or less secular) sets of ceremonies are possible to be used, authentically to the Raevism of fictional Keletír, where various areas and various tribes/communities of the territory were subjected to different customs of the cult, as well as they could prioritize allegiance to one or two of the five deities, de-facto creating a partially independent sect with own ideology and traditions.

Among the features of this religion are: factual admission of all gods and spirits existence, negation of their exceptional power and the absence of spiritual explanations of universe creation. Sometimes it can be considered as religious philosophy (as, for example, Buddhism).

The Pantheon

Raevism is a confession admitting the chance of existence of various deities. It explains them as the egregor of human thoughts and collective belief. Yet it predominantly puts the "human" religions as naturally opposed towards the Raevist values: the depiction of god of the world's main Abrahamic monotheistic religions is a deity which is straightforwardly opposes the Raevist ones (just like with the other gods of Earth's common "pantheon"), seeking power over the Earth and humanity.

Vardur

Vardur (Krönslandian: Värdur; Estuarian: Vãrdul) is considered the main god of Raevism. The creator of the "conscious", intelligent life and, after the various defeats, the defender and champion of piligrims seeking a peace of life, freedom of body and soul, and independence from all the destructive powers, or deities and humans alike endangering them. Vardur is depicted as an anthropomorphic red fox and put on the highest point (beam) of the pentagram pedestal.

Kiannar and Kiana

Kiannar and Kiana (Krönslandian: Kjannar und Kjanna; Estuarian: Kjannul e Kjana) are considered the creators and patrons of "the brightness": love, family and connection between generations, household and farming, nature, art and culture, knowledge, soul development etc. Kiannar is depicted as an anthropomorphic red fox, whilst Kiana is described either like an arctic fox or a fennec fox. Both are put respectively in the middle of the pedestal, upper left and right beams of the pentagram.

Mart and Maira

Mart and Maira (Krönslandian: Martur und Majra; Estuarian: Martul e Majra) are two deities that are considered the creators and patrons of "the darkness": might, force and violence, hatred, war, fight for the own cause, materialistic wealth, self-respect and power, alcohol, lust and depravity, debauchery and promiscuity, and (very importantly) unnatural luck and spontaneous fateful decisions. Their role is close to one of Devil, but unlike the latter they are not considered as antagonist, sinful or "pure evil" and worshipped equally with the rest of the deities, as it is believed to be unwise to deny and reject the negative or "unclean" nature rather than give it a way and respect to hold it under control. Both deities are depicted as young coal-black foxes with glowing blood-red eyes and red fur marks, and are put on the lowest position, lower left and right beams of the pentagram respectively.