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 ===== Theology and cosmology===== ===== Theology and cosmology=====
  
 +Techiuan is the protector and hunter of the land. He is depicted riding a brown-red horse with black socks. He always carries with him a short one-handed sickle and a stone-chipped spear. During times of war a shield will be strapped the horse and his chest and arms adorned with paints.
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 +He has often gone by the name //Warden//, //​Huntsman//,​ or //Loam// among his followers.
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 +The Followers of Techiuan know that he is but one of many gods, just as their are many stars in the sky, but the other gods are distant to the needs of the people. Techiuan came from the heavens to show The People how to hunt and grow crops. He taught them how to store food over the winter. Nothing of the earth should be wasted or the giving has been tainted.
  
  
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 ===== Practices ===== ===== Practices =====
  
 +The followers of Techiuan revere the soil and the hunt. Their practices are simplistic rather than ritualistic. ​
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 +==== The Land ====
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 +The **first planting** is always a high holiday, regardless of the day it falls upon. During the planting those working the fields will sing the songs of Techiuan to call upon a blessing of the earth. All followers must participate in the planting, from the lowliest peasant to the richest noble. Idle hands are the work of the [[#Living Darkness]].
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 +The **high blessing** will take place on the longest summer day of the year. When the sun shines longer upon the land than any other time. The followers go to their fields and sprinkle blessed water upon their crops. The day is spent tending to their fields and flocks.
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 +The **birthing** is a special ritual for the herder whose animals are nearing birth. A priest of Techiuan will visit the ranch and say a blessing over the animal for a strong and healthy offspring.
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 +**Harvest Festival** does not take place until the fields have been cleared and the food put into storage. All in the land participate in the festival. It is a good time for marriages and marriage announcements. Each follower is to take something of theirs and plant it into the fallow fields in thanks for the crops that year.
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 +==== The Hunt ====
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 +Before a hunting party embarks they are to take fresh mud and smear it on their boots with their bare hands. This signifies the bond between the earth and the animals they will hunt. All will return to the earth and the earth must be the start of the hunt. The animals of the hunt are those who live off the land.
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 +When a hunting party is successful a small measure that can be held in two hands is given back to the earth. A hole is dug and the measure put into the hole and buried. This will feed the smallest burrowers of the land, who in turn feed the larger.
  
  
 ===== History ===== ===== History =====
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 ==== Legacy of Marak ==== ==== Legacy of Marak ====