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	== The Saurian Cosmology ==		== The Saurian Cosmology ==
	<~~blockquote~~>"Like everything, the world hatched from an egg.		<poem>"Like everything, the world hatched from an egg.

	The Mother split it open, and the shell's		The Mother split it open, and the shell's
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	to crack the moon, and a new world will rise.		to crack the moon, and a new world will rise.

	Like everything, it will hatch from an egg."</~~blockquote~~>		Like everything, it will hatch from an egg."</poem>

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The Saurian Cosmology

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	The Mother split it open, and the shell's		The Mother split it open, and the shell's

	two pieces formed the vast bowl of the earth		two pieces formed the vast bowl of [[the earth]]

	and the dome of the sky, and mountains were		and the dome of the sky, and mountains were
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	that all should be maintained, formed from the crude		that all should be maintained, formed from the crude

	clay of [[the earth]] the [[lizard folk]] to rule		clay of the earth the [[lizard folk]] to rule

	over creation. Then the Mother turned		over creation. Then the Mother turned

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	that all should be maintained, formed from the crude		that all should be maintained, formed from the crude

	clay of the earth the [[lizard folk]] to rule		clay of [[the earth]] the [[lizard folk]] to rule

	over creation. Then the Mother turned		over creation. Then the Mother turned

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	The <b>Saurian Cosmology</b> is a [[poem]] recorded from the [[Lizardfolk]] oral tradition by, as the historian and divinity student K———— wrote, "an unlucky series of flavorful graduate students." The name is a scholarly invention; the true [[Draconic]] name of the work is unknown. In his epigraph on the subject, K———— writes:		The <b>Saurian Cosmology</b> is a [[poem]] recorded from the [[Lizardfolk]] oral tradition by, as the historian and divinity student K———— wrote, "an unlucky series of flavorful graduate students." The name is a scholarly invention; the true [[Draconic]] name of the work is unknown. In his epigraph on the subject, K———— writes:

	<blockquote>Like those of many tribal peoples, [[Lizardfolk]] beliefs are ~~varied~~, informal, syncretic, and variously expressed. Common to almost all tribes is a belief in an entity known as [[The Mother]], the progenitor of the universe and creator of the Lizardfolk, who after creation left the surface for the warm, dank caverns at the heart of the Earth. In the Mother’s absence, a vast roster of minor gods – generally euhemerized ancestors, culture heroes, borrowed foreign gods, and saurifications of natural phenomena – governs the sacred. Some illustration of this can be found in the so-called “Saurian Cosmology.”</blockquote>		<blockquote>Like those of many tribal peoples, Lizardfolk beliefs are diverse, informal, syncretic, and variously expressed. Common to almost all tribes is a belief in an entity known as [[The Mother]], the progenitor of the universe and creator of the Lizardfolk, who after creation left the surface for the warm, dank caverns at the heart of the Earth. In the Mother’s absence, a vast roster of minor gods – generally euhemerized ancestors, culture heroes, borrowed foreign gods, and saurifications of natural phenomena – governs the sacred. Some illustration of this can be found in the so-called “Saurian Cosmology.”</blockquote>

	The standard translation into the Common tongue comes from [[elf\|Elven]] High Prefect [[Elandar Ancientblooded]]'s [[Crusader’s Guide to the Blasphemies of the Barbarous Races]], and is provided below.		The standard translation into the Common tongue comes from [[elf\|Elven]] High Prefect [[Elandar Ancientblooded]]'s [[Crusader’s Guide to the Blasphemies of the Barbarous Races]], and is provided below.

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	The Saurian Cosmology is a [[poem]] recorded from the [[Lizardfolk]] oral tradition by, as the historian and divinity student K———— wrote, "an unlucky series of flavorful graduate students." The name is a scholarly invention; the true [[Draconic]] name of the work is unknown. In his epigraph on the subject, K———— writes:		The <b>Saurian Cosmology</b> is a [[poem]] recorded from the [[Lizardfolk]] oral tradition by, as the historian and divinity student K———— wrote, "an unlucky series of flavorful graduate students." The name is a scholarly invention; the true [[Draconic]] name of the work is unknown. In his epigraph on the subject, K———— writes:

	<blockquote>Like those of many tribal peoples, [[Lizardfolk]] beliefs are varied, informal, syncretic, and variously expressed. Common to almost all tribes is a belief in an entity known as [[The Mother]], the progenitor of the universe and creator of the Lizardfolk, who after creation left the surface for the warm, dank caverns at the heart of the Earth. In the Mother’s absence, a vast roster of minor gods – generally euhemerized ancestors, culture heroes, borrowed foreign gods, and saurifications of natural phenomena – governs the sacred. Some illustration of this can be found in the so-called “Saurian Cosmology.”</blockquote>		<blockquote>Like those of many tribal peoples, [[Lizardfolk]] beliefs are varied, informal, syncretic, and variously expressed. Common to almost all tribes is a belief in an entity known as [[The Mother]], the progenitor of the universe and creator of the Lizardfolk, who after creation left the surface for the warm, dank caverns at the heart of the Earth. In the Mother’s absence, a vast roster of minor gods – generally euhemerized ancestors, culture heroes, borrowed foreign gods, and saurifications of natural phenomena – governs the sacred. Some illustration of this can be found in the so-called “Saurian Cosmology.”</blockquote>

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	The Saurian Cosmology is a [[poem]] recorded from the [[Lizardfolk]] oral tradition by, as the historian and divinity student K———— wrote, "an unlucky series of flavorful graduate students." In his epigraph on the subject, he writes:		The Saurian Cosmology is a [[poem]] recorded from the [[Lizardfolk]] oral tradition by, as the historian and divinity student K———— wrote, "an unlucky series of flavorful graduate students." The name is a scholarly invention; the true [[Draconic]] name of the work is unknown. In his epigraph on the subject, K———— writes:

	<blockquote>Like those of many tribal peoples, [[Lizardfolk]] beliefs are varied, informal, syncretic, and variously expressed. Common to almost all tribes is a belief in an entity known as [[The Mother]], the progenitor of the universe and creator of the Lizardfolk, who after creation left the surface for the warm, dank caverns at the heart of the Earth. In the Mother’s absence, a vast roster of minor gods – generally euhemerized ancestors, culture heroes, borrowed foreign gods, and saurifications of natural phenomena – governs the sacred. Some illustration of this can be found in the so-called “Saurian Cosmology.”</blockquote>		<blockquote>Like those of many tribal peoples, [[Lizardfolk]] beliefs are varied, informal, syncretic, and variously expressed. Common to almost all tribes is a belief in an entity known as [[The Mother]], the progenitor of the universe and creator of the Lizardfolk, who after creation left the surface for the warm, dank caverns at the heart of the Earth. In the Mother’s absence, a vast roster of minor gods – generally euhemerized ancestors, culture heroes, borrowed foreign gods, and saurifications of natural phenomena – governs the sacred. Some illustration of this can be found in the so-called “Saurian Cosmology.”</blockquote>
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	the fish, the stones. The greatest of her brood		the fish, the stones. The greatest of her brood

	became the gods, the numberless, who berth		became [[the gods]], the numberless, who berth

	among the stars. The Mother, to ensure		among the stars. The Mother, to ensure
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	that all should be maintained, formed from the crude		that all should be maintained, formed from the crude

	clay of the earth the lizard folk to rule		clay of the earth the [[lizard folk]] to rule

	over creation. Then the Mother turned		over creation. Then the Mother turned
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	night sky and warred together, raising hordes		night sky and warred together, raising hordes

	of monstrous men and elves, their blood like pools		of monstrous [[men]] and [[elves]], their blood like pools

	of wine staining the stone of their tall keeps.		of wine staining the stone of their tall keeps.
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	her lizard children, made the waters flow		her lizard children, made the waters flow

	and placed her egg, the moon, into the skies		and placed her egg, the [[moon]], into the skies

	to rule the tides. When the gods' final war		to rule the tides. When [[the gods' final war]]

	destroys the earth, she will emerge anew		destroys the earth, she will emerge anew

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	<blockquote>Like those of many tribal peoples, [[Lizardfolk]] beliefs are varied, informal, syncretic, and variously expressed. Common to almost all tribes is a belief in an entity known as [[The Mother]], the progenitor of the universe and creator of the Lizardfolk, who after creation left the surface for the warm, dank caverns at the heart of the Earth. In the Mother’s absence, a vast roster of minor gods – generally euhemerized ancestors, culture heroes, borrowed foreign gods, and saurifications of natural phenomena – governs the sacred. Some illustration of this can be found in the so-called “Saurian Cosmology.”</blockquote>		<blockquote>Like those of many tribal peoples, [[Lizardfolk]] beliefs are varied, informal, syncretic, and variously expressed. Common to almost all tribes is a belief in an entity known as [[The Mother]], the progenitor of the universe and creator of the Lizardfolk, who after creation left the surface for the warm, dank caverns at the heart of the Earth. In the Mother’s absence, a vast roster of minor gods – generally euhemerized ancestors, culture heroes, borrowed foreign gods, and saurifications of natural phenomena – governs the sacred. Some illustration of this can be found in the so-called “Saurian Cosmology.”</blockquote>

	The standard translation into the Common tongue comes from [[elf\|Elven]] High Prefect [[Elandar Ancientblooded]]'s [[Crusader’s Guide to the Blasphemies of the Barbarous Races]]		The standard translation into the Common tongue comes from [[elf\|Elven]] High Prefect [[Elandar Ancientblooded]]'s [[Crusader’s Guide to the Blasphemies of the Barbarous Races]], and is provided below.

	== The Saurian Cosmology ==		== The Saurian Cosmology ==

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	The Saurian Cosmology is a [[poem]] recorded from the [[Lizardfolk]] oral tradition by, as the historian and divinity student K———— wrote, "an unlucky series of flavorful graduate students." In his epigraph on the subject, he writes:		The Saurian Cosmology is a [[poem]] recorded from the [[Lizardfolk]] oral tradition by, as the historian and divinity student K———— wrote, "an unlucky series of flavorful graduate students." In his epigraph on the subject, he writes:

	Like those of many tribal peoples, [[Lizardfolk]] beliefs are varied, informal, syncretic, and variously expressed. Common to almost all tribes is a belief in an entity known as [[The Mother]], the progenitor of the universe and creator of the Lizardfolk, who after creation left the surface for the warm, dank caverns at the heart of the Earth. In the Mother’s absence, a vast roster of minor gods – generally euhemerized ancestors, culture heroes, borrowed foreign gods, and saurifications of natural phenomena – governs the sacred. Some illustration of this can be found in the so-called “Saurian Cosmology.”		<blockquote>Like those of many tribal peoples, [[Lizardfolk]] beliefs are varied, informal, syncretic, and variously expressed. Common to almost all tribes is a belief in an entity known as [[The Mother]], the progenitor of the universe and creator of the Lizardfolk, who after creation left the surface for the warm, dank caverns at the heart of the Earth. In the Mother’s absence, a vast roster of minor gods – generally euhemerized ancestors, culture heroes, borrowed foreign gods, and saurifications of natural phenomena – governs the sacred. Some illustration of this can be found in the so-called “Saurian Cosmology.”</blockquote>

			The standard translation into the Common tongue comes from [[elf\|Elven]] High Prefect [[Elandar Ancientblooded]]'s [[Crusader’s Guide to the Blasphemies of the Barbarous Races]]

			== The Saurian Cosmology ==
	<blockquote>"Like everything, the world hatched from an egg.		<blockquote>"Like everything, the world hatched from an egg.

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	== The Saurian Cosmology ==		== The Saurian Cosmology ==
	<poem>"Like everything, the world hatched from an egg.		<poem>"Like everything, the world hatched from an egg.

	The Mother split it open, and the shell's		The Mother split it open, and the shell's

	two pieces formed the vast bowl of [[the earth]]		two pieces formed the vast bowl of [[the earth]]

	and the dome of the sky, and mountains were		and the dome of the sky, and mountains were

	the jagged edges. From within, the fell		the jagged edges. From within, the fell

	and fey and noble spirits all were birthed,		and fey and noble spirits all were birthed,

	and they became the trees, the beasts, the birds,		and they became the trees, the beasts, the birds,

	the fish, the stones. The greatest of her brood		the fish, the stones. The greatest of her brood

	became [[the gods]], the numberless, who berth		became [[the gods]], the numberless, who berth

	among the stars. The Mother, to ensure		among the stars. The Mother, to ensure

	that all should be maintained, formed from the crude		that all should be maintained, formed from the crude

	clay of the earth the [[lizard folk]] to rule		clay of the earth the [[lizard folk]] to rule

	over creation. Then the Mother turned		over creation. Then the Mother turned

	to gaze upon the boundless plenitude		to gaze upon the boundless plenitude

	and beauty of her issue, sharp and cruel;		and beauty of her issue, sharp and cruel;

	it pleased her. Satisfied, she left to sleep		it pleased her. Satisfied, she left to sleep

	belowground, where the pillars of earth stood.		belowground, where the pillars of earth stood.

	The gods, desiring to possess the jewel		The gods, desiring to possess the jewel

	of her creation, came down from the deep		of her creation, came down from the deep

	night sky and warred together, raising hordes		night sky and warred together, raising hordes

	of monstrous [[men]] and [[elves]], their blood like pools		of monstrous [[men]] and [[elves]], their blood like pools

	of wine staining the stone of their tall keeps.		of wine staining the stone of their tall keeps.

	But when they turned their savage spearpoints toward		But when they turned their savage spearpoints toward

	the lizard folk, the Mother stirred below.		the lizard folk, the Mother stirred below.

	In rage, she raised the mighty waves to sweep		In rage, she raised the mighty waves to sweep

	the mammal armies from the earth, and for		the mammal armies from the earth, and for

	her lizard children, made the waters flow		her lizard children, made the waters flow

	and placed her egg, the [[moon]], into the skies		and placed her egg, the [[moon]], into the skies

	to rule the tides. When [[the gods' final war]]		to rule the tides. When [[the gods' final war]]

	destroys the earth, she will emerge anew		destroys the earth, she will emerge anew

	to crack the moon, and a new world will rise.		to crack the moon, and a new world will rise.

	Like everything, it will hatch from an egg."</poem>		Like everything, it will hatch from an egg."</poem>

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	Like those of many tribal peoples, [[Lizardfolk]] beliefs are varied, informal, syncretic, and variously expressed. Common to almost all tribes is a belief in an entity known as [[The Mother]], the progenitor of the universe and creator of the Lizardfolk, who after creation left the surface for the warm, dank caverns at the heart of the Earth. In the Mother’s absence, a vast roster of minor gods – generally euhemerized ancestors, culture heroes, borrowed foreign gods, and saurifications of natural phenomena – governs the sacred. Some illustration of this can be found in the so-called “Saurian Cosmology.”		Like those of many tribal peoples, [[Lizardfolk]] beliefs are varied, informal, syncretic, and variously expressed. Common to almost all tribes is a belief in an entity known as [[The Mother]], the progenitor of the universe and creator of the Lizardfolk, who after creation left the surface for the warm, dank caverns at the heart of the Earth. In the Mother’s absence, a vast roster of minor gods – generally euhemerized ancestors, culture heroes, borrowed foreign gods, and saurifications of natural phenomena – governs the sacred. Some illustration of this can be found in the so-called “Saurian Cosmology.”

	"Like everything, the world hatched from an egg. The Mother split it open, and the shell's		<blockquote>"Like everything, the world hatched from an egg.

			The Mother split it open, and the shell's

	two pieces formed the vast bowl of the earth		two pieces formed the vast bowl of the earth

	and the dome of the sky, and mountains were		and the dome of the sky, and mountains were

	the jagged edges. From within, the fell		the jagged edges. From within, the fell

	and fey and noble spirits all were birthed,		and fey and noble spirits all were birthed,

	and they became the trees, the beasts, the birds,		and they became the trees, the beasts, the birds,

	the fish, the stones. The greatest of her brood		the fish, the stones. The greatest of her brood

	became the gods, the numberless, who berth		became the gods, the numberless, who berth

	among the stars. The Mother, to ensure		among the stars. The Mother, to ensure

	that all should be maintained, formed from the crude		that all should be maintained, formed from the crude

	clay of the earth the lizard folk to rule		clay of the earth the lizard folk to rule

	over creation. Then the Mother turned		over creation. Then the Mother turned

	to gaze upon the boundless plenitude		to gaze upon the boundless plenitude

	and beauty of her issue, sharp and cruel;		and beauty of her issue, sharp and cruel;

	it pleased her. Satisfied, she left to sleep		it pleased her. Satisfied, she left to sleep

	belowground, where the pillars of earth stood.		belowground, where the pillars of earth stood.

	The gods, desiring to possess the jewel		The gods, desiring to possess the jewel

	of her creation, came down from the deep		of her creation, came down from the deep

	night sky and warred together, raising hordes		night sky and warred together, raising hordes

	of monstrous men and elves, their blood like pools		of monstrous men and elves, their blood like pools

	of wine staining the stone of their tall keeps.		of wine staining the stone of their tall keeps.

	But when they turned their savage spearpoints toward		But when they turned their savage spearpoints toward

	the lizard folk, the Mother stirred below.		the lizard folk, the Mother stirred below.

	In rage, she raised the mighty waves to sweep		In rage, she raised the mighty waves to sweep

	the mammal armies from the earth, and for		the mammal armies from the earth, and for

	her lizard children, made the waters flow		her lizard children, made the waters flow

	and placed her egg, the moon, into the skies		and placed her egg, the moon, into the skies

	to rule the tides. When the gods' final war		to rule the tides. When the gods' final war

	destroys the earth, she will emerge anew		destroys the earth, she will emerge anew

	to crack the moon, and a new world will rise.		to crack the moon, and a new world will rise.
	Like everything, it will hatch from an egg."
			Like everything, it will hatch from an egg."</blockquote>