Turruism

Turruism, called Turrisuea in the Azkali language, is a term describing either a single religion with widespread variance of practices, or family of closely related unorganized Azkali religions, religious beliefs, spiritual beliefs, and philosophical beliefs. Turruism is Azkali's native belief system, and is possibly one of, if not the oldest religion in the world. Its homeland is in northeastern Yamahat, alongside where Azkali culture likely first developed. In the modern era, Turruism only has a substantial following in Azkali, where it is followed by approximately 80% of the population. Elsewhere, it is followed by roughly a third of all Azkalis in Kalilonde, about a million Azkalis in Loremesia, 400,000 Azkalis in Alloti, and about 250,000 in Mallia, for a combined following of approximately 6,750,000 people.

The Arichez in Hogu, Azkali, one of the most important religious sites in Turruism.

There are many different sects of Turruism, with widely differing practices and beliefs, but all are unified by several beliefs and principles. All are unified by the worship of a primordial creator goddess called Mari, along with her mortal kali husband Ari, the Atuskireka, the pantheon of gods who are believed to be the offspring of Mari and Ari, and the Remotsa, the thousands of others "personal deities" worshipped by individuals.

Etymology

In the Azkali language, Turruism is referred to as Turrisuea. Turrisuea is made up of the word for grass, dirt, plants, and flowers, *terwa in Proto-Azkali, the word for to believe, *tae, and the definite article, *a. Followers of Turruism are called Turruists, or Turrisueago in Azkali. Turrisueago is made up of Turrisuea, and the first person singular ergative pronoun go.

History

Prehistoric Turruism

It is generally believed by a majority of scholars that Turruism as a faith was practiced before 8000-6000 BCE, the approximate timespan which it is believed Proto-Azkali as a language was spoken. Evidence for this can be found in temples and artifacts recovered across the Ukilen, Brausian, and partially the Zuvian continents which are broadly similar to contemporary Turruist design, though it is argued by some that said temples an artifacts may have been created by peoples following other religions. Paleo-Ukilenic temples have been noted to share several similarities in doctrine, and the design of religious sites, which supports the notion that the presence of temples with Turruist design characteristics is not proof enough to claim an ancient origin for Turruism. Many researchers, including the late Hagnatal Reiko, have posited a concrete relationship between Paleo-Ukilenic religions and Turruism, a hypothesis referred to as the [...] theory.

Regardless, Turruism had a wide geographic range in which it was followed at least starting around 4800 BCE, which is when the earliest Turruist temple still being used in worship, the Sechemearua temple in Pordmisktpelha, was created.

Scripture

Crossreligiously, Turruism is unique in that there is no central piece of holy text in almost all of Turruism. This is not to say that there are not any texts regarding Turruism, but that there is no one text that that is considered central to Turruism.