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{{Primordial Spirit Infobox | {{Primordial Spirit Infobox | ||
|Name= | |Name=Pavkanai | ||
|Image=[[File: | |Image=[[File:Pavkanai_01.jpg|center|frameless]] | ||
|Realm=[[ | {{center|A representation of Pavkanai}} | ||
|Aspect= | |Realm=[[Homhuen]] | ||
|Osia=[[ | |Aspect=Imagination, Creativity and Dreams | ||
|Osia=[[Path of Pavkanai]] | |||
|Wardens=Saevien | |||
}} | }} | ||
{{Primordial Spirit Sections | {{Primordial Spirit Sections | ||
|Introduction= | |Introduction=Pavkanai is the [[Primordial Spirit]] of imagination, creativity and dreaming. She arose in the [[Napadéh]] from the dreams of [[Umalyu]], the first consciousness, as a natural consequence of consciousness. | ||
| | |Nature and Influence=Pavkanai's influence covers imagination, creativity and the possibilities they open. She formed the first humans, the [[Yendea]], in [[Homhuen]], and after the realms had stabilized following the [[Great Erosion]] she placed them on [[Haberria]]. All human races carry aspects of her, and many other races of [[Adaris]] owe their humanoid form to her influence. | ||
|Relationship with Other Elements=The other seven Primordial Spirits arose from the interaction of Umalyu's consciousness and Pavkanai's imagination. | |||
|Realm=[[Homhuen]] is the intangible realm of imagination and dreams. It came into being with Pavkanai, is the oldest of the realms, and lies outside time. After the Great Erosion, once the [[Dawn Wars]] had begun, Pavkanai formed the [[Saevien]] to protect it. | |||
|Osia=The [[Path of Pavkanai]] is the study of creativity, dreams and imagination. It was open to humans from their time on Haberria. It has no formal course of training, and its disciples reach Homhuen through dreams. | |||
|Significance and Worship=Pavkanai is the focus of a [[Religions of Dalel|religion]]. | |||
|Cultural Practices=Lucid dreaming, becoming aware within a dream and directing it, is a practice of the [[Path of Pavkanai]], taught to its disciples. | |||
|Philosophical interpretations=Whether a dreamer visits Homhuen in ordinary sleep is debated. Some hold that every dream is a brief passage into Homhuen; others that only trained dreamers reach it, and that ordinary dreams remain within the dreamer's own mind. | |||
Because Pavkanai arose before the other seven Primordial Spirits, imagination preceded much of reality. From this some argue that imagination is prior to reality and that what is imagined can come to exist, while others hold that imagination only reshapes what consciousness already holds. | |||
|See Also=* [[Ákyar]]: The chaotic energy of Napadéh, shaped by Umalyu and Pavkanai. | |||
|See Also=* [[ | |||
* [[Cosmology of Adaris]]: The broader context of Adarian beliefs about the universe's origin and structure. | * [[Cosmology of Adaris]]: The broader context of Adarian beliefs about the universe's origin and structure. | ||
* [[Homhuen]] | |||
* [[Saevien]] | |||
* [[Umalyu]] | |||
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