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== | == Religion == | ||
=== Overview === | === Overview === | ||
The national religion is [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellenism_(modern_religion) Hellenism] combined with the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptolemaic_cult_of_Alexander_the_Great Cult of Alexander the Great], together referred as Alexandrism. | The national religion is [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellenism_(modern_religion) Hellenism] combined with the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptolemaic_cult_of_Alexander_the_Great Cult of Alexander the Great], together referred as Alexandrism. | ||
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The other important god of the religion is Dionysus, who journeyed past the Indus river, and probably passed though Gedrosia aswell. | The other important god of the religion is Dionysus, who journeyed past the Indus river, and probably passed though Gedrosia aswell. | ||
Other views also combine Dionysus with Alexander directly, while some with Helios or Apollo. | |||
=== Symbols === | |||
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laurel.png|The general symbol for Hellenism | |||
Gedrosia-coat.png|The Vergina Sun - symbol used for Alexandrism. | |||
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The two symbols used for Religion are the Laurel of Wealth and the Vergina Sun. </br> | |||
While the laurel is a common symbol for Graeco-Roman religion, the Vergina Sun is used to represent the ideas of Alexandrism. </br> | |||
The center represents Alexander, then the four big rays represent the directions of the cardinal directions, and twelve remaining rays represent the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve_Olympians Twelve Olympians]. | |||
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[[Category:Asia]] | [[Category:Asia]] | ||
[[Category:Nations (Aurora)]] | [[Category:Nations (Aurora)]] | ||