Chapter 393
“Thank you, the child in the family lost this Divine Idol by the river. Our family has been searching for a whole morning. If we can’t find it by night, maybe we will lose God’s blessing to us in the new year. The blessing of a family, that is really an unimaginable thing.”
The man in plain clothes slapped the back of his child’s head, holding the wooden sculpture that Donald had just described as rough and inferior. .
“This is as it should be, and I take the liberty to ask, what do you believe in…”
Donald has seen the emblem of Justice Church, the scales on Warhammer , with a blue shield as the base, and Silvermoon Church’s emblem is a pair of female eyes surrounded by 7 silver stars, both of which have their own unique meanings, but he has never seen any in some books. Religion of wood carvings as symbols of gods.
In the conversation just now, he specially observed that there are no other emblems on the family.
“Our whole family believes in the god of harvest and hunting, Timora, ah that’s a very kind and kind god…”
When this god was mentioned, expressions of reverence and happiness appeared on the faces of the two adults in this family, and the faces of the children also had expressions of joy.
“God of harvest and hunting… Timorah?”
After hearing his words, Donald and Anthony looked at each other in blank dismay.
“Yes, that is your Excellency. He is a shepherd in the mountains and a cultivator of crops. He often appears in the crown of the trees, or rides the cool autumn wind across the sky. “…”
What the man said should be some teachings of the God of Harvest and Hunting, Donald pondered, and frequently nodded it as an echo.
“Everyone helped us find this wood carving. I thought it was a blessing from the gods. I would like to invite a few of you to participate in the winter festival in our village, Dano, what do you think?”
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The woman put her hands on her chest and looked at Donald and the others with some anticipation.
Donald looked at her subconsciously, and I have to say that this woman is well maintained, with a plump body and a ruddy complexion, which is more charming than ordinary village women in the countryside.
“That’s right, will you come too? Our village is on the upper reaches of this river. Today is the most important day for our village. When the time comes, there will be singing and dancing performances in the village. Beautiful.”
The man named Dano excitedly clasped his hands together and sent an invitation to Donald and the others.
“Donald, the carriage is running out of food, maybe this village can supply us.”
Stephanie leaned over to Donald and whispered, They had been walking in the mountains for three days and really needed a place to rest.
“We are all non-believers, is it appropriate to participate in the festival?”
“Haha, of course it is suitable, our festival welcomes everyone to watch the ceremony, and the glory of God should be seen by people. Pay your respects!”
Dano was still very enthusiastic, and the expression on this simple man’s face did not seem to be fake.
“Then we’ll interrupt, but our bonfire has already been lit, and the vegetables have been cut in half, and we’ll wait until we’ve finished eating the food here…upstream, right?”
Since he wants to rest, it is not necessary to go there, not to mention he actually wants to see what this festival of the god of harvest and hunting is like.
“Sure enough, it’s like this kind of rural village. Do people believe in some more practical gods, such as the mother goddess of the earth, or the god of harvest and hunting.”
When the family left, Anthony put the sliced radishes and potatoes into the boiler one by one, and said with some emotion.
“Timora…Have you heard of this god?”
Donald was actually more concerned about the name of the god that the family just said.
When he lived in Preston, for a period of time, in order to find out the origin of the emblem in Infinita’s hand, he read quite a few religious books, and at that time wrote down many religious names and their origins. general teaching.
Generally speaking, the goddess of the earth should be in charge of agriculture, which Donald was very impressed by, because he had dealt with this sect when he and Shalltear went to investigate the disappearance of the farm.
In charge of hunting, to be honest, this is a very small field, Donald only remembers that there is a god of hunting.
However, the god of harvest and hunting, Donald does not have this god in his mind.
“I grew up in Demingham, so how can I study religion? Didn’t you say you graduated from the Department of Religion? I thought you knew that.”
Although the Ryan Empire government guarantees people’s freedom of belief, they also try their best to eliminate the image of religion in non-belief areas. Therefore, many people who have lived in belief areas all their lives have only limited their understanding of religion to some names, such as Justice Church. Naturally, Everyone knows it, but if you really want people in non-belief areas to tell their teachings, it is estimated that eight out of ten people will shake their heads and say they don’t know.
“There are so many religions in Ryan Empire, I can’t think of it for a while.”
This is not Donald’s excuse, Ryan Empire’s beliefs are actually very confusing, just registering There are twenty or thirty orthodox religions in the world, not to mention the unregistered religions that only spread in small areas.
“I think it shouldn’t be a problem, the god of harvest and hunting, no matter how you think about it, he should be a kind god, and the family just now, warm and hospitable, I I don’t see anything out of the ordinary, to be honest, I haven’t been to a winter festival like this, it’s at most a year-end celebration in Demingham, like a ceremonial car parade, solo musicians, and all that. Opera performances…I’m tired of watching it.”
Anthony could see that Donald was actually suspicious of their impure motives, after all, a few people suddenly appeared in this barren hills and ridges. Inviting passers-by to participate in the festival is a little strange.
“You’re right, eat first, and then go see when the time comes.”
Donald nodded, looking at the hot soup in the boiler.
After lunch, the entire group set off for a walk upstream along the river. The family didn’t deceive Donald and the others. After walking for more than ten minutes, they could vaguely see the roof of the house in the distance. The smoke was rising, and after a while, I saw someone in front of me carrying a wooden sculpture larger than the daoist model on a trolley to a nearby stone covered with fur and ears of wheat.
There were also a few children next to the scooter, holding branches in their hands, hopping and swaying in all directions. When Donald and the others passed by, they stopped by the roadside curiously to see them. carriage.
“This is for you, can you tell Uncle what they’re doing?”
Donald stopped the carriage and took a few pieces of meat from the carriage to give to the kids , pointed to the person who was placing the wood carving in front of the stone and asked.
“I know, the village festival, the woodcarving is the great god of harvest and hunting, and the woodcarving represents his Avatar will come to our village to bring us good harvest and food!”
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A boy who looked to be the oldest of the group raised his hand and chewed the dried meat he bought from the best store in Beluye, his eyes glowing, loudly said.
After he finished speaking, he swept his friends around the circle with great vigour. Being in the limelight in front of outsiders is a great opportunity to show his intelligence, and he can also elevate his status among his friends.
The child king of the village, he is determined!
“It turns out to be like this, but you haven’t seen the appearance of God, so how did you make this statue? Whoever answers this question will be rewarded”
Shaking the meat in your hand in front of these children is the advantage of dealing with children. Give them what they want, and they will give you the corresponding return.
Anthony got off the horse at this time, holding the reins and looking at the children, Stephanie and Julia stuck their heads out, watching Donald dancing and chatting with the children, There were smiles on their faces.
“Because we have Claremont, who is the human agent of the god of harvest and hunting, or a Great Sage, very difficult to deal with!”
When the little child said this, his face became even more arrogant, as if we were introducing where the big brother elder sister in the family was or where his parents were promoted.
For an adult, it would be a bit of a show off, but the stinky expressions on these children’s faces are cute no matter how they look. Donald turned around and wanted to get some more meat, Steffen Ni has already prepared for him.
“Stephanie, come drive the car, and I’ll chat with them for a while.”
Donald held a basket of dried meat and some melon and fruit snacks, and followed these as he walked. The children chatted.
I have to say that Donald himself, as a wizard, has mysterious and gentle temperament very appealing to these children, and he soon became one with them, talking and laughing.
The adults next to him didn’t stop when they saw their child was with him. On the one hand, they were walking to the village. On the other hand, the entire group of Donald didn’t look like the kidnappers. team.
Until the gate of the village, Donald still doesn’t know much about this god of harvest and hunting. After all, these are all children. It is obviously unrealistic for them to understand things like teachings. Learned a lot about the man known as the Great Sage.
Claremont Sylvester, an elder who came from outside the village one day, was honored as Divine Vestige because it could attract trees to bloom in winter and make rice ears more plump, etc. Great Sage, this is the name imposed on him by the villagers, and he himself has always claimed to be just the human agent of the god of harvest and hunting.
He proposed this winter festival, in order to pray to the gods that the new year will continue to have a good harvest, and there will be more harvests when hunting, and the wood carving is also his own. The finished product is said to allow people to have an object to recite the teachings. Now every household in the village has such a woodcarving. It is said that they have been blessed, so the family was so anxious when they lost the woodcarving. .
“Great Sage, as a Divine Idol in his own image…I really need to take a good look.”
Listening to the children’s everyone talking at once, Donald Couldn’t help but be more curious about that Great Sage.