Religion of the Atlanteans
Taken from the Aether News Files.

There are several variations to the religion of the Atlanteans, but they are all largely shamanistic in nature. At the least complicated level, the Atlanteans venerate the water itself; the substance found in all living things, which all life requires to sustain itself. Living within the depths of the sea is, perhaps, the highest form of this worship, for at almost all times the Atlantean is in contact with the cold waters. These telepathic peoples also 'associate' closely with aquatic life, whether it be to prompt a school of fish into their nets, or to communicate more civilly with some of the ocean's greater, more elusive, and more intelligent creatures. All are respected as various agents of the ocean itself; some are simply there to nourish the Atlanteans, others are regarded more as allies.

To read more on water-worship, see the page on dou-lluora, the Way of Water.

An older and rarer faith exists among the Atlanteans, from which the more simplistic water-worship evolved. The newer faith is more a way of life than a religion, but the worship of the Goddess Pasiphae ('She who Shines on All') still continues, though its priesthood is somewhat diminished at present. The Goddess is a mistress of beasts, a ruler of nature, who is shown honor through the occasional sacrificial feast. She is also a celestial figure, embodied in the moon itself--where other races have often looked to the sun as the center of life, the Atlanteans seldom see its light, and concern themselves more with the moon, whose waxing and waning affects the tides. The oldest stories indicate that this faith may have been more savage, long ago, involving more sentient sacrifices, but that may simply be myth, and it is one the Priests vehemently deny.

To see more on the worship of Pasiphae, visit Pasiphae, the High Priestess' web site.