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====Moon====

The moon is the symbolic embodiment of the Second God, a deity that formed when the First God shed his mortal skin to become spiritual. The moon is viewed to be the pit of the universe, from which the remains of all humans go when they die. The physical moon is understood to be a pit of ashes and bones given its white-gray appearance. Unlike the round sun, the moon is understood to be cylindrical, like a "pit", with the rotting remains of the Second God at the bottom of the pit. Venua Faith adherents are greatly divided on the Second God's powers. The vast majority believe that he has the ability to inflict evil on the world while also sometimes acting in a neutral or even mischievous manner for unclear ends. Faith adherents believe he is the same being as the [[Arzalism#The_Death_God|Death God]] of Arzalism. His motives are generally unknown, although some believe that he seeks to enhance death and suffering so that he might grow and bring about the end of time when he will be reunited with the First God. The Second God is viewed to have more of a trickster and unpredictable nature than a truly evil one, but most Venua Faith adherents believe he has a direct hand in most evil actions and the deaths of most people.

===Creation and eschaton===

The Venua Faith creation story involves the First God, the first being with consciousness to emerge from the background swirl of life of the universe. The First God created the world, built the mountains by hand, and provided for the needs of all creatures. He inseminated the ground, from which human beings first emerged. The First God committed an act of carelessness, falling asleep far above the world. Due to his elevated nature, his soul emerged from his body during this sleep, and he became pure spirit sitting at the top of the universe. His physical body struck the earth as it fell from the top of the universe, setting the world spinning on both axis. It fell to the bottom of the universe. Due to the nature of the First God, his physical body soon took on a life of its own as it decayed into dust and bone. It became the Second God, the embodiment of physicality and death. When humans die, their souls are separated from their bodies, with their souls joining the Great Oneness with the First God in what became the sun, and their bones and dust falling off the world and joining the moon and Second God.