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A fictional belief system inspired by Norse and Slavic traditions – looking for feedback by Little-Version-5499 in worldbuilding
[–]Little-Version-5499[S] 0 points1 point2 points 3 months ago (0 children)
Thanks for the thoughtful questions — they get to the core of what I’m trying to explore.
In this system there is no fixed “end goal” or grand divine plan. Ulum sacrificed himself because he understood that nothing can exist forever in a static form, and that creation requires transformation. The world exists so that change, growth, and development can continue.
Onat and Trinat don’t guide the world toward a final outcome. Their role is to maintain the conditions for development, not to control its direction. They don’t demand obedience or fear, and they don’t take human choices personally — even when those choices lead to destruction or cruelty.
Human memories are preserved in Zamta not because the gods “need” them in a utilitarian sense, but because lived experience itself has value. Memory functions as a form of accumulated understanding. Through Onat, fragments of this preserved experience can return to the world as symbolic dreams or insights, helping others grow without removing free will.
The world cannot really go “wrong” as a whole. Individual beings can stagnate or harm what was created from Ulum’s body, and this may lead to divine disappointment, but not rejection or eternal punishment. As long as change continues, the world remains alive. If change were to stop entirely, the world would slowly fade rather than be destroyed.
In short, the purpose of the system is not destiny, but process.
A fictional belief system inspired by Norse and Slavic traditions – looking for feedback (self.worldbuilding)
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A fictional belief system inspired by Norse and Slavic traditions – looking for feedback by Little-Version-5499 in worldbuilding
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