Category:Zamorian Pantheon

Regions of Worship & Patron Gods
Zamora - Different Zamorian cities have patron gods, forces that embody the city or an aspect of the city, for example — Yezud (Zath), Arenjun (Bel)

Most temples and cults in Zamora do not worship one god in particular but the entire weird pantheon of Zhemri divinities. Most Zamorians disagree over which divinities are dominant and which are irrelevant but the deities are there all the same. Zath, Omm or other spider gods figure prominently in many of these religions.

The King of Zamora keeps an eye on the religions and their influence on the masses; he will take whatever action or inaction is necessary to maintain power. The Zamorians worship many divinities. Most of them are local, embodying natural forces or places, such as Zath, the spider-god of Yezud. Few foreign gods are accepted alongside the authentic Zamorian deities derived from ancient Zhemri myths and beliefs, such as Bel, Shemite God of Thieves.

Religious Relationships
Zamorians are disliked by Mitrans in general and have not embraced Mitra at all. His faith is too austere and foreign for their own mindset. Certain specific gods within the Pantheon have relationships within the Pantheon and outside of it as noted in detail below.

Rituals and Beliefs
The Zamorians as a whole are polytheistic. Religion is considered a civilized refinement by the Zamorians and is embraced by most of them as a factor that raises even the lowest of them above the level of savage. Zamorians find religion to be economically important and they believe in the power of their multiple gods and priests. Like marriage, religion is considered by most Zamorians as an economic tool, not a spiritual tool.

Festivities: Two great festivals are celebrated throughout Zamora in its temples: The Spring Festival and the Festival of All Gods. Human sacrifice is practiced.

Places of Worship
Temples in Zamora are strange and beautiful buildings. Largely they are built in districts designated for temples. They are built out of white marble for the most part, with golden domes and silver inlays.

Sexuality & the Economy
Most of the religions the Zamorians find tasteful would shock a votary of Mitra, for Zamorian religions embrace vice to an alarming degree, daring the vengeance of long-suffering gods of purity. Most of these religions embrace and idealize gross or animalistic sexual theories and purely physical uses of sex. Zamorian religions tend to condemn the idea of a spiritual meaning toward sex and ideas about romantic love, as these theories run contrary to the obviously economic value of sexuality, virginity and marriage.

Since any Zamorian can see firsthand the economics of these concepts, the idea of a spiritual value of these things is alien and corrupt. Casual, mindless promiscuity is almost always emphasized over sentimental and non-measurable attitudes about purity and sexuality.

The Priests & Religious Leaders
Grim priests and foul sorcerers are abundant in Zamora, all practicing diabolisms such as murderous rites of human sacrifice, wicked acts of soothsaying and foul divination through ghostly contact with spirits and demons. Many Zamorian priests are eligible to marry into noble families, thus raising their own rank considerably.

For specific information on a deity's priesthood, see the god themselves.