M'acunism: Difference between revisions

Ancestral worship is a key part of the M'acunist belief system. M'acunists acknowledge a Kānenaka, those who achieved greatness in life through a series of subjective judgments on the achievements during their lifetime. As mentioned in the section above, Kānenaka do not go to the Great Oneness upon death but rather ascend to a position of semi-divinity. According to M'acunists, Kānenaka are charged by the great Earth goddess Makuahine to guard and guide their descendants on Earth and to ensure their descendants contribute to the balance of the Great Oneness. Great people within a family remain in their role as Kānenaka until they are surpassed by one of their descendants, after which time they themselves go into the Great Oneness. M'acunists reverently view their Kānenaka ancestors as something resembling "household gods". Due to the subjective nature of greatness, the issue of a family's Kānenaka causes significant disagreement within Cronite society, leading to the fracturing of tribes and families. For M'acunists, belief in the wrong Kānenaka not only creates dishonor within the family, but will lead to immoral actions and people within the family and imbalance in the Great Oneness. Religious scholars draw comparisons to schism for these divisions, and historians posit that the huge number of distantly related tribes and peoples in Crona are likely due to family fractures over Kānenaka.