Miyarris

Miyarris [mee-YA-riss], (also Miarris, from Mayápo Mayarous) was a hugely influential ancient civilisation located which flourished during the Celadon Epoch, from 4000-3000 BME. It is considered the first great civilisation in history since the the mythic Godmen.

The legacy of Miyarrain poetry, history and natural philosophy is still the foundation of many advanced arts and sciences of the modern Civilised World. It was destroyed by storms and floods marking the start of the Beryl Epoch, over four thousand years ago around 3100 BME. The majority of its ancient cities were lost beneath the Foundering Sea.

Miyarris was not a centralised state. Cities and territories were largely self governing, with leaders who worked closely with each other while also competing for prestige and wealth. Miyarris eventually had four major provinces, ruled from one of the four major cities. Each of these had an advisory council of citizens.

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topics sidebar cult1 of Miyarris was Mayápo, also called High Miyarrain. According to history, early Miyarrain evolved from previous languages, but Mayápo was consciously designed by the hierarchs of Miyarris as a precise language of science and philosophy. For millennia High Miyarrain remained as a language of science and philosophy throughout Anásthiasplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAnásthias

Anásthias [a-NAS-thee-ass / ænæsθiːæs], or [an-ass-THEE-as] is an equatorial island continent, heart of the Civilised World. The north straddles the equator and is hot and humid, while most of the equatorial centre is an upland plateau with fertile river valleys, and stretches of arid plains and desert in the shadow of the mountains. The south is temperate but more wild, separated from the civilisations of the north by the almost impassable Harthera, but even in the later period of Miyarris there were numerous simpler dialects, which evolved into Proto-Eloyounplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigEloyoun People

The Eloyoun people are an ethnic group found throughout eastern and northeastern Anásthias. They are the majority ethnicity in Kahtoyn and most of southern Harthera. Modern Hartheran language and culture is a blend of Eloyoun and Iskean.

The Eloyoun people claim descent from the ancient realm of, the last common ancestor of Eloyoun language family.

Miyarris had a complex natural philosophy, in which Man played a supreme role in the natural order of the universe. The intellectual powers of man were seen as unique in nature and therefore precious. However with those powers came great responsibility, both to explore and understand the nature of reality, and to counterbalance the darker impulses and possibilities that came with mankind's unique gifts.

In the High Period of Miyarris there were four Guardian Spirits, one for each of the four home provinces: Hengsrain, Traitherain, Ghirerkrain and Mayarrain. Each of the four spirits were invoked and celebrated at communal ceremonies as great powers, but they were not worshipped as such. They were not gods in the general sense: they were acknowledged as non-human beings, who had no comprehension of human life and foibles, and played no direct role as arbiters of morality or sources of guidance to their supplicants.

Each Guardian had a Priest-King, who possessed a crown used to directly invoke one of the aspects of the gods. The Priest-King had little in the way of temporal power over the people, instead their main duty was to directly invoke the protect powers of their protector-god in times of threat or need.

Alternate names and terms

• Miarris - alternate spelling
• Miyarrous - Eloyun spelling
• Miyarrain - meaning “of Miyarous”. Can also mean the language
• Mayápo - the language of Miyarrous, the a language of science and philosophy.