Panecorism

Panecorism refers to the practiced by the Govic people from antiquity to the Magdalanization of the Govs in the middle ages. It was an essential element of pre-unification Govic culture, and remains a practiced religion in rural Curgovina. The religion is polytheistic, believing in multiple lesser gods and goddesses under the great god Panecor. Panecor themselves was considered master of the gods and men, and was associated with fertility and decay as the Twin God. Beneath the Twin God are organized the Circle Princes, deities and demi-gods associated with various aspects of the natural world and human living.

Rather than a church, the modern Panecorist religion is organized in what are referred to by those who practice the religion as circles or rings. Together, these circles form the Grand Circle, a loosely confederated union of independent circles under a religious leader known as the Mathasteis. The members of the Grand Circle and the organization itself are considered directly subservient to the Princely Circle of the gods, which in turn is subservient to the Twin God Panecor.