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kavkem:mythology:qidravem [2020-01-01 22:55] – Moved page pinkgothickavkem:mythology:qidravem [2022-01-02 19:41] (current) pinkgothic
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 <fc #ff0000>**WARNING**</fc>: This concept has not yet had a chance to become canonical (in the new continuity). <fc #ff0000>**WARNING**</fc>: This concept has not yet had a chance to become canonical (in the new continuity).
  
-A **qidravem** (from the kavkem words [[kendane͡ivash:word:qi]] (soul) and [[kendane͡ivash:word:dravem]] (holder / master)) or **qis̈elek** (from the kavkem words qi and [[kendane͡ivash:word:raas̈elek]] (prison)) is a concept that exists in many [[:kavkem]] [[kavkem:mythology|mythologies]] and several variations. It is best translated as **soul catcher**.+A **qidravem** (from the kavkem words //qi// (soul) and //dravem// (holder / master)) or **qis̈elek** (from the kavkem words //qi// and //raas̈elek// (prison)) is a concept that exists in many [[:kavkem]] [[kavkem:mythology|mythologies]] and several variations. It is best translated as **soul catcher**.
  
 The common theme to all descriptions of a //qidravem// is that it is a device that enables reincarnation. In //almost// all renditions of this concept in mythology, this occurs against the will of the reincarnated, the malevolence of which is likely better captured in its alternate name (//qis̈elek//). Positive or neutral narrative renditions of the concept almost exclusively refer to it as //qidravem//. The common theme to all descriptions of a //qidravem// is that it is a device that enables reincarnation. In //almost// all renditions of this concept in mythology, this occurs against the will of the reincarnated, the malevolence of which is likely better captured in its alternate name (//qis̈elek//). Positive or neutral narrative renditions of the concept almost exclusively refer to it as //qidravem//.
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   - //[[kavkem:mythology:Asara]]//, where //qidravema//, if they can be obtained by previously mortal hand, might serve a //positive// purpose, allowing a kavkem to remain sane during paradigm shifts, albeit at cost of having to endure more of them, unable to ever go back on their decision to wield one.   - //[[kavkem:mythology:Asara]]//, where //qidravema//, if they can be obtained by previously mortal hand, might serve a //positive// purpose, allowing a kavkem to remain sane during paradigm shifts, albeit at cost of having to endure more of them, unable to ever go back on their decision to wield one.
   - //[[kavkem:mythology:Kiivenara]]// - though depending on the believer, either [[:Daskuvar]] has the power to destroy a //qidravem//, or //qidravema// are difficult to obtain (but desirable to survive a Daskuvar purge).   - //[[kavkem:mythology:Kiivenara]]// - though depending on the believer, either [[:Daskuvar]] has the power to destroy a //qidravem//, or //qidravema// are difficult to obtain (but desirable to survive a Daskuvar purge).
-  - //[[kavkem:mythology:Leksharia]]//, to whom //qidravema// are definitely a deity-only thing.+  - //[[kavkem:mythology:Leksharia]]//, to whom //qidravema// are definitely a deity-only thing (except for the believers in //Dynashari//).
  
 Cosmologies incompatible with the concept are: Cosmologies incompatible with the concept are:
kavkem/mythology/qidravem.txt · Last modified: 2022-01-02 19:41 by pinkgothic