Kora

Kora ( Irdenij : Sudkori, "Roots") is a group of sorillian monotheistic religions teaching of the existence of Djarlicak as the sole (or most important), God of humanity and the Universe. Kora is the national religion of Erdenjans and almost all of 3,1 million Kora believers ethnically identify themselves as being Erdenjan. The prmiary scripture of Kora is New Proverb, loosely based off of verbal tradition of early Sorillian religion and the Kvazist Book of Proverbs. Other important scriptures include The Writings of Sirgaj, Walls of Nonica and The Seventeenth Wave.

There are two canonical faiths recognized to be a part of the Kora group: Sajnakora and Jujnakora, both having substantial differences from eachother. Sajnakora's theology focuses on the oneness and omnipotence of Djarlicak, denies it's connection to the contemporary Kvazist faiths and focuses on the importance of Siraci - people that were given a special mission by Djarlicak during their life or before their birth. Jujnakora, on the other hand, presents a different view of Djarlicak: a deity limited in it's powers with a henotheistic importance above a group of Suridlicaki, ( Irdenij: "Servant Gods") all of which exist solely to protect their creation from destruction by chaotic forces beyond the human realm. Both religions stem from the same scriptures, have a similar understanding of afterlife, recognize the impending need for a Sbajanastra ( Irdenij: "Restructuring"), share some common Siraci, and include the ritual importance of the Cult of Decay.

Early Erdenjan religion originated from southern Sorillian paganism as well as Sorillian cultural tradition and superstitions and evolved during the Erdenjan migratory period. The formation of a distinct Kora religion started during jaturnization of Erdenja during the 10th century, when several Siraci such as Vajard Bosaci and Xord Jaralan authored the New Proverb as Jaturnian-speaking monks united Sorillian myths with the philosophy of a prominent jaturnophilic cult of ***. A few decades later, a radical anti-Sorillianist Siraci by the name of Sirgaj Soxoramis would create the foundation of Sajnakora through a series of gospels, guides and stories, now collectively known as The Writings of Sirgaj, and thus become an anti-Siraci, or, a Cirsiraci for Jujnakora believers. Both religions existed in relaive peace under Kartalian rule up until the formation of the First Kingdom of Erdenja, when the first independent king of the Rákletan dynasty adopted Sajnakora as the state religion. Escalation of religious violence resulted in the Council of Nonica that guranteed religious equality for both faiths. Despite that, Sajnakora's dominance in urban areas slowly turned into the dominance over the whole country, leaving contemporary Jujnakora believers only being around 3% of the population by the end of Torberian rule and industrialization.