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The Tehlin (PR: /ˈteɪlɪn/)[1] religion is centred around the belief that Tehlu is creator and god.
Description[]
Tehlinism is the most dominant religion in The Four Corners of Civilization, and is strongest in The Aturan Empire, Vintas and Commonwealth. It is known for being strict, with an emphasis on repentance.
Beliefs[]
Beliefs include:
- Tehlu took human form as Menda and destroyed all the demons in the world. He bound Encanis to an iron wheel and burnt him to death.[2]
- Tehlu judges all thoughts and actions and frowns on taking his name in vain.[3]
- The Outer Dark is the home of demons, which exist.[4][5]
Practices[]
Practices include:
- Priests wear pale grey robes, which are meant as a reminder of Tehlu's sacrifice of allowing himself to be immolated in order to hold the demon Encanis on the iron wheel in the fire and destroy him.[6]
- Some rituals involve chanting and ringing bells.[7]
- The official language of the church is Tema.[8]
- The Tehlin church employs mercenary soldiers, commanded by Justices, who wear a set of silver scales around their necks as a mark of rank.[9] Justices are a form of church enforcement allowed to mete out the its authority in places where it holds sway.
- Penitent priests wear heavy iron chains and little else is known about them.[7]
- They practice charity.[10][11][12]
- They frown on gambling.[13]
- They keep detailed records on trials and marriages (and presumably births and deaths).[14][15][16]
- They conduct funerals (and presumably mariages).[17]
In The Chronicle[]
A Justice named Erlus had Skarpi arrested for heresy after he told one of his stories at the Half-Mast in Tarbean, prompting Kvothe's flight from that city towards the University.[18]
References[]
- ↑ https://youtu.be/MPEB6NAGoYk?t=352
- ↑ The Name of the Wind, Chapter 24: "Shadows Themselves"
- ↑
The Name of the Wind, Chapter 20: "Bloody Hands Into Stinging Fists"
- "Do not call on Tehlu save in the greatest need, for Tehlu judges every thought and deed."
- ―boy in Tarbean
- ↑
The Name of the Wind, Chapter 23: "The Burning Wheel"
- "Tehlu grabbed the demon and broke it in his hands, cursing its name and sending it back to the outer darkness that is the home of its kind."
- ―Trapis
- ↑
The Name of the Wind, Chapter 43: "The Flickering Way"
- "And all the demons in the outer dark"
- ―Kvothe quoting Tarsus in Daeonica
- ↑
The Name of the Wind, Chapter 23: "The Burning Wheel"
- "Both of them burned to ash in the pit in Atur. That is why the Tehlin priests wear robes of ashen grey."
- ―Trapis
- ↑ 7.0 7.1
The Name of the Wind, Chapter 22: "A Time for Demons"
- "Grey-robed priests followed along beside the wagon, ringing bells and chanting. Many of them wore the heavy iron chains of penitent priests."
- ―Kote
- ↑
The Wise Man's Fear, Chapter 47: "Interlude — The Hempen Verse"
- "You see, there's two lines in the Book of the Path, and if you can read them out loud in the old Tema only priests know, then the iron law says you get treated like a priest."
- ―Cob
- ↑
The Name of the Wind, Chapter 28: "Tehlu's Watchful Eye"
- "Around his neck was a set of silver scales. My heart sunk deep into the pit of my stomach. Not just a priest, but a Justice."
- ―Kote
- ↑
The Wise Man's Fear, Chapter 37: "A Piece of Fire"
- "The old beggar was delighted, for he knew the Amyr were a part of Tehlu's church, and the church was sometimes generous to the poor."
- ―Kvothe
- ↑
The Wise Man's Fear, Chapter 22: "Slipping"
- "The Tehlins sometimes gave out bread, making us say prayers before we could take our loaf."
- ―Kote
- ↑
The Name of the Wind, Chapter 28: "Tehlu's Watchful Eye"
- "For the sake of the children. I know you will use the money for them."
- ―Barman at the Half-Mast
- ↑
The Wise Man's Fear, Chapter 40: "Puppet"
- "Don't you know the church frowns on gambling?"
- ―Puppet
- ↑
The Wise Man's Fear, Chapter 45: "Consortation"
- "More than forty letters of testimony were read aloud, confirmed, and copied into the official records."
- ―Kote
- ↑
The Wise Man's Fear, Chapter 46: "Interlude — A Bit of Fiddle"
- "The Commonwealth courts keep painstaking records, and the church is even more obsessive."
- ―Kote
- ↑
The Wise Man's Fear, Chapter 85: "Interlude — Fences"
- "But the priest does that. Abbe Grimes is all sorts of official. He writes the marriage records and the deed when someone buys a plot of land. You said yourself, they love their records."
- ―Bast
- ↑
The Wise Man's Fear, Chapter 17: "Interlude — Parts"
- "What happens in the church tonight is just a bunch of priestly speechifying."
- ―Cob
- ↑ The Name of the Wind, Chapter 28: "Tehlu's Watchful Eye"