Ordrish mythology

Ordrish mythology is the collection of and  which has emerged throughout the history of Ordrey and the Ordrish people, sometimes being elaborated upon by successive generations, and at other times being rejected and replaced by other explanatory narratives hence. Developed from the shared Proto-Sedic foundational mythology shared by Lathadun, Salian, and Fendish cultures, the oldest Ordrish myths bear the closest resemblance to Gundiagh myths.

The earliest extant chronicles of the Ordrish mythology were collected primarily by early Ayekist scholars, either as an attempt to refute the pagan traditions or to seek points at which could be achieved during the 12th and 13th centuries. Substantial work at reconstruction of Ordrish myths was undertaken during the Ordrish Schism and the later Sedic Revival of the 19th Century.

The Faoltrey Tiernan
Similar to the Lathadun concept of the Coartree, the Faoltrey Tiernan ("Threefold Lords") are the three central figures of Ordrish mythology which is consistent across all regions. They include Nodens, lord of the hunt and guardian of the underworld, Amo, protector of life and patron of agriculture, and Endris, the guardian of newborns, the dead, and of travelers.

While each Tiernan are considered to be outside of gender, the traditional Sedic gender roles have been assigned to each of the figures, and as such are a sort of de facto patron deity to each group within Ordrish society. Depictions of Nodens tends to be masculine, Amo feminine, while Endris is associated with the concept of the. Much like the Coartree of Lathadun, and by extension, Old Sedic beliefs, the visage of each of each Tiern is considered to lay beyond human comprehension, and thus would result in the death of the viewer. Instead, Tiernan are viewed through the lens of one of the three classical elements of Sedic lore - earth, water, and fire. Many scholars of Sedic culture posit that in the case of Ordrish depictions of the Tiernan, the medium itself is said to be more important than the supposed depiction of the figure themselves, unlike in Lathadu, and it was believed that each of the Faoltrey were present in expressions of these subtle forces. While remnants of worship of Nodens has been the most long-lived, as indicated by a number of megalithic sites and standing stones across Ordrey, few artifacts devoted to Amo and Endris survived the earlier phases of differentiation from the greater Sedic cultural complex due to the usage of vessels made of biodegradable materials, primarily wood and bone. Recent excavations at some of the larger ritual earthworks constructed by Ancient Ordrons have indicated the presence of stone aqueducts which created a constant flow of water, as well as the remains of pyres in and around these sites, which represent the two other Tiernan.

Burial sites were uncommon among early Ordrish communities, and would not become more common until the spread of Ayekism from Salia, as management of the dead was considered under the domain of Endris, and as such, the usage of was much more common. Due to this tradition, remains more common than burial among modern Ordrons, with an estimated 74% of Ordrish funerary rites performed in 2019 ending in cremation.

Rothamoi
In Ordrish mythology, the Rothamoi ("Great Wheel") is the phases of life, death, and rebirth a soul experiences throughout its existence.

Historical sources
The main extant primary sources of ancient Ordrish mythology are public inscriptions engraved on standing stones known as Láthicharns ("heroes' stones"). Typically, they describe foundational myths of a given settlement, the deeds of a heroic figure, or a tribute to the of an area, typically associated with a prominent natural feature of the area or economically important good produced there. These would be placed at a common gathering place at the center of a settlement, or in the case of heroic figures, at their purported graves or sites of great deeds. Láthicharns generally survived the end of Pagan Ordrey, but a number were destroyed by Orthopraxist forces during the Wars of Religion or looted, with some being currently on display in museums around the former Salian colonial sphere.

Many of the actual literary sources of pre-Ayekist Ordrey have endured in the form of medieval chronicles known collectively as the Senchánumoi ("Songs of the Honored Ancestors"). Written during the early phases of Ayekist conversion, they typically were concerned with tracing the beginnings of Ayekist lore, displaying the follies of pre-Ayekist Ordrons, or finding points of syncretism between Ordrish paganism and Ayekism itself. In addition, a political motive of the Salian Crown for sponsoring the Senchánumoi and other Chronicles in Ordrey, Lathadu, and Gladomyr was to mythologize the Great Sedic Confederacy and link itself to it to give a historical motive for the Concordat of Noters and other efforts of expansion in East Alutra. As the title suggests, poetry and song were the primary mediums of oral tradition in ancient Ordrey, as in Lathadu, with the purported authors of each described as, a sort of keeper of oral tradition and historian of a given settlement or polity.

National mythology
Several myths exist for the foundation of the Ordrish culture arose during the writing of the chronicles of the 12th-13th centuries, which served various purposes, often from the perspective of Ayekist proselytizers.