Festival of the Gods

[bearshermark]

Who: Eleven and OTA (everyone is invited!)
Where: Temple District
When: September 10th, Sundown- Evening
What: A Question of Belief Adventure Festival!
Warnings: Unlikely

[ooc: prompts in the comments! please feel free to make your own starters off the temple tours and festival streets prompts if you'd like! As this is a culmination of Eleven's adventure, I am going to make every effort to tag everyone that tags in]

Comments

[travelpants]

(Having come from a land known for its ancient temples and mythology surely screams for Lena to join the tours of the temple. Despite being part of the Greek Orthodox Church like a majority of her relatives, her own family, from what she can recall, weren't the biggest of church goers with her parents being wrapped up in their careers and not being so devoutly religious.

Still, she makes the effort to pay respect to the culture and the deities of Anastara since she is in their world after all, so she might as well come along and explore the temple district.)

You know, the temples here are starting to remind me of the old temples from my family's country of origin. Greece is very well-known for their architecture in the ancient times, so it does resonate some familiarity to me.

[bearshermark]

[Eleven listens, head tipped toward her as they walk, curiosity piqued, then turns a considering eye over the structure of the temples in easy view]

..They must be beautiful. The churches in my world seem rather plain in comparison. What sort of gods are worshipped in yours?

[travelpants]

Back during the ancient times, the ancient Greeks used to worship a lot of Gods and Goddesses, most especially the Olympians: they were a group of deities who called the top of a mountain their home and ruled over Greece. The names of the main gods were Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Hades, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Ares, Hermes, Hephaestus, Aphrodite, Dionysus, Hestia, and Demeter.

(Thankfully, she hasn't lose knowledge on Greek mythology in school despite just having into the land of her ancestors recently.)

Nowadays though, many modern Greeks just worship one God and many other countries have practiced other religions throughout my world's history as well.

[bearshermark]

[The names pass too quickly to keep hold of any of them, but it's certainly an extensive list. He only knows of a few other beings worshipped in Erdrea. Eleven hums a thoughtful note]

There must have been many temples. Are they still maintained? It sounds like it would be a shame for such beautiful structures to fall into disrepair.

[travelpants]

(Lena nods in return, taking a deep breath as she gazes at the temple interiors.)

I do hope that they're all in good hands these days: it is necessary to keep the memory of the past still for generations to look back upon and remember what our ancestors have accomplished in the old times of my world.

[bearshermark]

[It's a pleasant thought, even as he wonders what happened to the other gods who sound as though they'd fallen out of favor. He nods]

Faith is important. It gives people hope when everything else looks dark. Sometimes we do need those reminders.

[travelpants]

(Lena could give a sigh of relief as Eleven tells her about how faith can give people hope in the darkest of times.)

That's at least heartwarming to know and be reminded that there is someone out there looking after us and cares for us dearly, even if we don't know that too often.

[bearshermark]

[He smiles, looking about]

That's what this festival is for. I hope it will help.

[travelpants]

Thank you so much, sir. At least I get to learn more about the religions of other worlds. It has to be among the most enlightening things I've learn about this place so far.

[bearshermark]

[Sir. He isn't a knight, but.. neither are they terribly acquainted]

It is always interesting. In my world, there is a giant tree floating in the sky called Yggdrasil. Her Heart is the source of all Life and Light in Erdrea. It's still odd to think that not all worlds have something like that.

[travelpants]

So there is a magical tree that gives life to your world? That sounds rather intriguing.

I don't remember or know if my world has something similar to Yggdrasil, but I do learn about something similar to her from school: something about ancient mythology if I can remember.

[bearshermark]

[Eleven hums shortly, intrigued]

Perhaps many do, but aren't as visible as Yggdrasil is..

[travelpants]

(This widens Lena's eyes more out of curiosity: perhaps Earth does have a world tree of its own similar to Eleven's world having Yggdrasil and still be invisible to everyone at the same time?

The possibilities are endless to see and think.)

Oh, so it could be possible that my world has an invisible world tree of its own as well? I am starting to wonder what's like to be in other worlds since I got here.

[bearshermark]

[He shrugs]

It could be. Or perhaps it takes some other form. I'd certainly be interested to know as well.

[travelpants]

(She too nods in return as she looks at the statues of Anastara's gods and marvel at the craftsmanship they displayed. The artisans who made sure did put a lot of effort into bringing so much details in them.)

The statues here look really amazing, I must have wondered how much effort the sculptors put into making them. I will admit that I'm more of a painter than a sculptor even back at home.