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When [[Hrathen]] first talked to [[Dilaf]] he wondered about his religious fervor and thought it more in line with the attitudes of followers of the Jeskeri Mysteries rather than those of [[Shu-Dereth]].{{book ref|Elantris|3}} |
When [[Hrathen]] first talked to [[Dilaf]] he wondered about his religious fervor and thought it more in line with the attitudes of followers of the Jeskeri Mysteries rather than those of [[Shu-Dereth]].{{book ref|Elantris|3}} |
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| − | [[Sarene]] discovered that King [[Iadon]] followed the Jeskeri Mysteries and had been ritually sacrificing women in an attempt to control the future.{{book ref|Elantris|33}} |
+ | [[Sarene]] discovered that King [[Iadon]] followed the Jeskeri Mysteries and had been ritually sacrificing servant women from the palace in an attempt to control the future writing in blood on the altar a petition for the Jesker spirits to destory Sarene.{{book ref|Elantris|33}} |
== Practitioners == |
== Practitioners == |
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Revision as of 20:29, 19 July 2018
| Jeskeri Mysteries | |
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| Related to | Jesker |
| World of Origin | Sel |
The Jeskeri Mysteries is a religious cult on Sel which involves human sacrifice.[1] It is an offshoot of Jesker which Galladon insists is a perversion of Jesker and scarcely related.[2][3]
Jesker ascribes importance to the heaven's movements, like the moon, and the followers of the Mysteries frequently hold rituals on nights of the full moon.[4]
When Hrathen first talked to Dilaf he wondered about his religious fervor and thought it more in line with the attitudes of followers of the Jeskeri Mysteries rather than those of Shu-Dereth.[5]
Sarene discovered that King Iadon followed the Jeskeri Mysteries and had been ritually sacrificing servant women from the palace in an attempt to control the future writing in blood on the altar a petition for the Jesker spirits to destory Sarene.[4]