Tavaludan polytheism

Tavaludan polytheism, also known as Zovatêle (/zoʊvɐtɛli/; Tavadal: 𐐄𐐜𐐒𐐂𐐋𐐦𐐌𐐉⸣, "way (of the) gods") is a   system of beliefs originating in Tavaluda. It is the largest religion in Tavaluda, and is the of the nation.

Theology
The theology of Zovatêle is an extremely complex system of, , , and beliefs, separated into three main categories: the "Existential"; the "High"; and the "Low", "Lesser", or "Common" gods.

Existential Gods
In mainstream belief, there are four "Existential Gods", who are considered to have come before and created all of the High Gods, as well as the universe itself, and, in having created the universe, became one with their respective elements of it;

Dug̊-Vêmus
Dug̊-Vêmus (Tavadal: 𐐓𐐢𐐤‧𐐒𐐦𐐟𐐢𐐗⸣, romanized: dug̊-vêmus⸣, /duʔ vɛmus/) is the primordial "Space" God of Zovatêle, representing the existence of location, and the space within which things can exist.

In Zovatêle, Dug̊-Vêmus created and became all of the - the spaces within which everything that exists resides. Due to this, Dug̊-Vêmus is considered by some to be at the top of the hierarchy of gods, for having initiated the existence of the universe.

Dug̊-Veda
Dug̊-Veda (Tavadal: 𐐓𐐢𐐤‧𐐒𐐉𐐓𐐂⸣, romanized: dug̊-veda⸣, /duʔ vidɐ/) is the primordial Chaos and Change God of Zovatêle, representing and  in the Universe.

In Zovatêle, Dug̊-Veda created and became the Mavu̇sotusavedal ("Great Ever-change") - the embodiment and existence and promulgation of change in the , which, when tempered by the Orderly nature of Dug̊-Wolas, is.

Dug̊-Wolas
Dug̊-Wolas (Tavadal: 𐐓𐐢𐐤‧𐐏𐐜𐐌𐐂𐐗⸣, romanized: dug̊-wolas⸣, /duʔ woʊlɐs/) is the primordial Cosmic Order and Stability God of Zovatêle, representing resistance to, and the slowing of change in the.

In Zovatêle, Dug̊-Wolas created and became the Vedoglu̇sunal ("Great Change-slower") - the embodiment of resistance to and retardation of change in the , which, when tempered by the Chaotic nature of Dug̊-Veda, is.

Fivers
In the Đêkodukek ("of the Fifth") sect, colloquially called the Dukîne ("Fivers"), there is believed to have been a fifth Existential God, called Dug̊-Nêmus. In this sect, Dug̊-Nêmus is considered to be the Existential God of the "Void", opposite to Dug̊-Vêmus, and the S̄êcînoput ("Total Creator") of the other four Existential Gods. "𐐀𐐡𐐌𐐛𐐕 𐐋𐐦𐐎𐐗𐐋 'Old tales say that all came from four, but from whence did these come? I find it only falls to reason that if all came from four, the three and the first one, the three come from the one who first began, and from what does the one come? A Profound Void, a First Before, a Fifth Existential God, which was once nothing and everything both.'" In a 1714 thesis, titled Origins of Location, the founder of the sect, and priest Yoku Segolotuk (1687-1755), aimed to open a further discussion on the intricacies of the Zovatêle, particularly the origins of the Existential Gods.

Segolotuk proposed that, of the four, Dug̊-Vêmus came before and created the rest, and that Dug̊-Vêmus had been preceded and spontaneously created by another, fifth, supreme Existential God, titled Dug̊-Nêmus, which roughly translates to "Void". Segolotuk asserted that Du̇g-Nêmus explained the origin for the Existentials, and provided a clearer and more rational timeline for the Zovatêlek.

Lesser Gods
The majority of lesser gods are not considered all-good or even all-powerful, often considered to be mortal creatures that had attained a state of "godhood" sometime during their lifetimes.