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Pre-Nahibian had a mix of regional legends which formed the basis of what might be called "scripture", plus a very small number of written texts - no more than three or four - shared by everyone. As the North Songun world became more integrated over time, legends from far-flung places like [[Telonaticolan]] became known to the people of [[Kelekona]] and vice versa, creating what scholars surmise was a sometimes-contradictory body of myth and legend. | Pre-Nahibian had a mix of regional legends which formed the basis of what might be called "scripture", plus a very small number of written texts - no more than three or four - shared by everyone. As the North Songun world became more integrated over time, legends from far-flung places like [[Telonaticolan]] became known to the people of [[Kelekona]] and vice versa, creating what scholars surmise was a sometimes-contradictory body of myth and legend. | ||
This religious tradition stressed the importance of the natural world, and eschewed a spiritual afterlife as commonly understood by most religions. Instead, it posited the existence of a physical underworld below the sea while a physical afterlife beyond the sea. In some early stories from this period, people could occasionally {{wp|reincarnation|return}} from the Land Abroad, albeit in a form altered by the gods and with no memory of their journey. Most proto- and early North Songun settlements along the sea are archaeologically characterized by large numbers of human remains placed off-shore. This, combined with surviving narratives, confirms that pre-Nahibians believed that individuals would either sail to the afterlife or sink to the underworld in a physical way. This belief inspired North Songunites to send the condemned abroad on what became known as [[Heaven Ships]], in hopes that these criminals or undesirables would still be guided to the afterlife despite their sins in this life. | This religious tradition stressed the importance of the natural world, and eschewed a spiritual afterlife as commonly understood by most religions. Instead, it posited the existence of a physical underworld below the sea while a physical afterlife beyond the sea. In some early stories from this period, people could occasionally {{wp|reincarnation|return}} from the Land Abroad, albeit in a form altered by the gods and with no memory of their journey. Most proto- and early North Songun settlements along the sea are archaeologically characterized by large numbers of human remains placed off-shore. This, combined with surviving narratives, confirms that pre-Nahibians believed that individuals would either sail to the afterlife or sink to the underworld in a physical way. This belief inspired North Songunites to send the condemned abroad on what became known as [[Heaven Ships]], in hopes that these criminals or undesirables would still be guided to the afterlife despite their sins in this life. Historians and medieval North Songun writers generally believed that Nahibe introduced the concept of spiritualism to the North Songun world, but subsequent research indicates a growing rejection of the traditional materialism of pre-Nahibianism was likely in the lead up to Nahibe's reforms. | ||
Religious scholars generally do not agree about how extensive the "pre-Nahibian consensus" was throughout Crona. A minority view expresses that it was functionally as far north and west as Anzo and the future [[Varshan]]i heartland, citing similarities between Kinichzo, Hunautab, and early aspects of Arzalism's [[Orthodox_Arzalism#The_Raid_God|Raid God]]. A small majority view says pre-Nahibianism only spread about as far as the later full extent of the North Songun civilization. | Religious scholars generally do not agree about how extensive the "pre-Nahibian consensus" was throughout Crona. A minority view expresses that it was functionally as far north and west as Anzo and the future [[Varshan]]i heartland, citing similarities between Kinichzo, Hunautab, and early aspects of Arzalism's [[Orthodox_Arzalism#The_Raid_God|Raid God]]. A small majority view says pre-Nahibianism only spread about as far as the later full extent of the North Songun civilization. | ||