Ursun

Description

Ursun est le Père des Ours, et le Dieu patronal de [Kislev]]. Les Anciens Gospodars considéraient les ours comme des créatures sacrées. Ursun est décrit est habituellement comme un ours massif, avec une couronne, des dents et des griffes d'or qui scintillent. Il est dit qu'Ursun peut prendre une forme humaine, et son apparence serait celle d'un homme robuste et barbu avec un visage usé par le temps, avec d'épais bras velus, ne portant rien d'autres qu'un pagne.

Symbole

Les dessins représentant un ours, ou le visage d'un ours, sont les plus communes, bien que les adorateurs d'Ursun peuvent également porter un médaillon d'or, ayant la forme d'une griffe d'ours. Les disciples les plus dévots portent des manteaux et des bonnets à poils d'ours, ou utilisent une patte d'ours comme talisman. Parmi les tribus nordiques, il n'est pas rare que les cultistes d'Ursun utilisent le crâne d'un ours au-dessus de leurs casques, ou le fixe à l'avant de leurs boucliers.

Temples

Ursun has no temples as such, but rough cairns and standing stones in the depths of forests have been raised over the centuries to honour him. Sometimes a cave once inhabited by a particularly large or fearsome bear will be turned into a shrine to Ursun, filled with rough lamps and offerings of fish and berries. In the cities, wooded areas are allowed to grow wild in certain parks and within the grounds of large buildings, and these are treated as areas sacred to Ursun.

It is not uncommon for someone wishing to entreat aid from Ursun to nail a fish or hunk of meat to their door to attract his spirit.

Amis et ennemis

There is much friction between the followers of Ulric and Ursun. This is more a matter of pride than genuine animosity, as worshippers of Ursun and Ulric have much in common, but contests of strength-at-arms and other physical rivalry is commonplace. There is much goodwill between the cult of Ursun and that of Taal, and they share a common border at the River Talabec on the edge of Talabecland. Ursun worshippers think it a bit daft to worship all animals in equal measure, since bears are obviously the lords of the wild, while Taal cultists think it a bit strange to revere one animal over any other. However, on the whole they share many similar rituals and beliefs. Generally, followers of Ursun are unconcerned with other religions, and many of the southern gods are seen by them as a bit soft and unworthy of praise.

Jours sacrés

There are only two true holy days of Ursun: the spring equinox, when cultists gather to rouse Ursun from his winter sleep with loud rituals, setting huge bonfires, roasting deer, drinking alcohol and generally making as much racket as possible; and the autumn equinox when the first harvest is offered up to Ursun so that he might gorge himself and prepare for his winter’s rest.

Commandements

• Never hunt a bear in the winter – let him sleep.
• Bears must always be killed by hand or arrow – no dogs or traps.
• Only wear the skin, claw or skull of a bear you have killed yourself.
• Eat fish at least once per week, but never eat fish and other meat on the same day.

Never perform your ablutions indoors.

Source

• Hammer Wiki