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.
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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.
Ancient Miyarris
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- Name: Ancient Mayarous
- Demonym: Miyarrainplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMiyarrain People
The Miyarrain were the inhabitants of ancient Miyarris, famed as the most advanced civilisation of the Celadon Epoch. The Miyarrain were the progenitors of all modern Eloyoun peoples throughout eastern Anásthias.
The Miyarrain are presumed to be descendants of the Elaymen who predated them, but the exact ethnic origin of Miyarrain people is uncertain. - Government: Federation
- Capital: Various
- Foundation: c.4000-3100 BMEplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBME (Before Modern Epoch)
Used to date years Before the Modern Epoch. (Celadon Epochplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCeladon Epoch
Name for the period of history c.6200-3000 BME, also called the Age of Miyarris, after the foremost civilisation of that era.} - Religion: Golden Ordinanceplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGolden Ordinance
The Golden Ordinance is a natural philosophy which was a key element of Miyarrain culture in the latter centuries of the Celadon Epoch. The “ordinance” was thought to be a set of rules or mathematical which were intrinsic to the universe and observed in nature. Its legacy was important to many later movements, from governance to military conflict and aesthetics., Miyarrain Patrician Godsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMiyarrain Patrician Gods
The people of Miyarris were pragmatic in terms of religion, and worshipped Patrician Gods, also called Guardian Spirits. These were powerful deitals or demi-gods, charged with protecting the lands of Miyarris from storms and sneak attacks by enemies.
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Mayápo or Mayápon [may-YAPP-poe] was the formal language of the ancient realm of Miyarris, spoken for several thousand years in the Celadon Epoch and after.
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Though it been extinct as a spoken language for almost two thousand years, it continued to be used throughout the Eloyounlanguagelanguagelanguagegreengreengreengreengreen, 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 Harthera
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.
History
Governance
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.
Language
The common language 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 Anásthias, but even in the later period of Miyarris there were numerous simpler dialects, which evolved into Proto-Eloyoun, the last common ancestor of Eloyoun language family.
Religion
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.
Golden Ordinance
Guardian Spirits
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.
Legacy
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.