Yalla

Beliefs
In this faith common to the T’laxine, followers invoke spirits of their ancestors and local spirits and conduct rites to bring about changes in their fortunes or hexes on their foes

Is a form of witchcraft to some while to the T’laxine is is both faith and witchcraft

Ancestors are able to be contacted and help with magic spells

Local spirits are able to be called upon for spell work and hexing

Reincarnation

View the Moon as a powerful and holy spirit to work magic and rituals by

Myths/Stories
Yalla is a faith that is adaptive and forged from centuries of nomadic lifestyle

It adopts and augments itself as the practitioner sees fit

The faithful will often work local beliefs into the spell work and ritual casting of the religion

Thought to have been taught by the Moon Spirit to the T’laxine

Sacred Texts
The only sacred texts of the religion are the personal grimoires of the practitioners themselves. These detail the spells and rituals of the user, as well as potions and herbal knowledge they hold

Grimoires often hold knowledge of the Moon’s phases by which certain spells and rituals are done

Grimoires vary from one to another

Ethics and Morality
The practitioners of Yalla tend to be civil and law abiding folk however, many tred a morally grey line

Good and bad are matters of perspective

Hexing is just if the caster felt rightly wronged

Spells to increase wealth, fame, and gain land and even love are permitted

Spells and rituals to kill are rare, often taboo to some, but do exist

Killing curses and other such spells often come with a blood toll to be paid either by a sacrifice of animal, the blood of the caster, or another person (willing or not)

Rituals
All rituals are done under the light of a phase of the Moon

Talsa: A ritual or spell casting for just about any purpose

Fooma: A ritual to gain wealth

Casao: Marriage ritual

Denda: Funeral ritual where the body is burned on a pyre

Enga: Healing ritual

Semo: Cursing or hexing ritual

Amasun: Ritual to exorcise evil or bounce back a negative spell

Woada: Divinatory ritual for fortune telling

Symbols
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Social Structures
Practitioners of Yalla tend to worship and cast outside in private or with a coven of fellow “witches”

No clergy

Teacher and apprentice set up is the normal method of spreading the faith

Religious Experience
Practitioners are known to dance and celebrate around ritual fires at night

Feasts and festivals are common depending on what beliefs are adopted

Practice tends to be secretive but can be open to some trusted few

Emotions range from solemn to joyous depending on the ritual

Described as liberating to those that convert to it

(Written by Ricortix)