Keliosity/ATKAT AU

 

Keliosity entails the worship of the gas giant Coppelius, pictured here, as the deity Kelios.

Keliosity is a religion practiced by the native civilizations of Uingffh revolving around the worship of Uingffh's parent planet Coppelius as the god Kelios. It is the Uingffhians' largest and most popular religion, as well as the state-sponsored religion of the Imperial Kingdom of Kaywell; even then, over half of the civilization continued to practice some form of Keliosity after the fall of the Kingdom of Kaywell. Tabulons make up a majority of Keliostic practitioners.

Worship of Coppelius as a deity predates modern recordkeeping, but began to materialize into Keliosity in roughly 10,000 BCE. Keliosity existed as a religion of moderate influence until the 12th Century, when the rise and later expansion of the Kingdom of Kaywell allowed Keliosity to dominate Uingffhian society. When tabulon society began to modernize and Kaywell's influence began to wane, Keliosity's popularity began to fade in favor of secularism, but the revival of Kaywellian imperialism with the formation of Imperial Kaywell in the early 21st Century led to a revitalization of Keliosity attached to the ancient Izlondian Imbrialty. Keliosity maintained prominence until Kaywell's final fall in 2102, after which it entered its current trend of slow decline.

Keliosity currently contains four major denominations. Traditional Keliosity is faithful to the original form of Keliosity developed roughly 10,000 years ago. Kaywellian Keliosity is the form of Keliosity promoted by Kaywell during its first imperial conquests, when the nation imbued its artistic and intellectual characteristics into the religion. Keliocentrism, as its name implies, is a purely monotheistic version of Keliosity that centers Kelios and denies the divinity of all other deities depicted in traditional Keliosity. Lastly, Izlondo-Keliosity was created and promoted by Kaywell during its later interplanetary and interstellar conquests and views the Izlondian civilization as the divine disciples of Kelios. Numerous sects exist within each of the main denominations.

Denominations

Izlondo-Keliosity

Homura Keliosity

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