While the number of gods and their responsibilities varies from country to country, generally speaking they believe in a creator, an "Allfather" who created the world of clay from the banks of the River of Time, but the world's bareness drove the Allmother to breathe life into it.
The life however, was simple and stupid, and so the Blacksmith forged knowledge. As he did so, one of the embers of his forge flew up into the dark sky and became the sun.
The Blacksmith gave the newly created knowledge to the creatures of the earth; However, with this newfound knowledge, came Want, and Greed, and so started unending wars between all creatures of the earth. The Great Warrior, seeing this, created Peace, so that something would exist between the wars.
Other Gods and Spirits
In many Imunese religions, there exists a trickster god, who acts as a sort of guardian to the afterlife. Those seeking to enter the land of the dead before their time are lead astray by his tricks. He is mischievous, but wise and is often sought for advice in matters of minor consequence. Those who beseech him for much more important matters and who don't understand his ways, often wind up harmed bodily. He is believed to be responsible for the lights which are sometimes said to be seen weaving in and out of the Black Forest and over the Greenrock fen. Children are warned not to follow them, because while he leads those who are not ready to enter the land of the dead back to safety, he also occasionally leads those unaware of his tricks to an early demise. Some minor religions are dedicated primarily, if not wholly to the Trickster.
Fáirō - Name translates to Breath of Door - Spirit which is believed to hang about doorways and whisper the perfect retort into the ear of one who was just embarassingly outwitted, though often far too late for the remark to have any bite.
Fáirá - Name translates to Noise of Window - Twin brother to Fáirō, this mischievous spirit is responsible for rattling window shutters and rapping on panes in the middle of the night, as well as unlocking windows repeatedly and allowing them to blow open.
Funeral Rites
When the males die, their bodies are believed to replenish the earth, and make it fit for life, and when the females die, they are believed to replenish life on the earth. When an Imun dies, any important parts which cannot afford to be lost, such as the skull, are taken and cleaned and placed on altars, around which the grieving lament and sing to the deceased's honour. The bodies of the dead are then laid to rest in the open where they may return to the earth. Once the flesh is gone, the bones are collected and placed into family tombs. In the case of the Craghopper nations, warriors who have proven themselves in battle have the skin from their face removed and used to skin a ceremonial two stringed, bowed instrument, on which lamentations and ballads of the warrior's life and battles are sung.
