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Trelagism was a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dualism dualist] religion named after the god '''Trell'''. Trell's opposite was '''Nalt''', and the two were believed to be brothers.{{book ref|mb1|9}}

Trelagists believed that night was sacred and daylight was profane. During the night, Trelagists were able to see the Thousand Eyes of Trell (the stars) watching over them, but during the day, Nalt -, jealous of the worship given to his brother -, would shine his single eye (the sun) on the land, blocking Trelagists from seeing Trell's eyes.

Before the Final Empire eradicated Trelagism, it was practiced primarily by a people known as the Nelazan. Little is known about the Nelazan, themselves, but they were described by [[Sazed]] as being a "determined people", and that they mapped out the entire night sky. (Likely, it was only the northern sky and not the entire sky; see "Geography", below.) Since the stars were considered to be Trell's eyes, it is possible that the Nelazan did not name the stars in a manner that other cultures might, but rather gave stars -— or constellations -— names related to attributes associated with Trell.

Trelagism may have diverged from its original beliefs since the end of the Final Empire. However, only one self-proclaimed adherent to the belief is encountered ([[Miles Dagouter]]), so the apparent divergence could simply be a personal opinion of the worshiper, or even his interpretation of beliefs that have yet to be revealed to readers.

Whatever the case may be, ''Alloy''Miles shows a Trelagist that claimsclaimed to worship Trell, whoand believesbelieved that Trell created mankind, but makesmade no comments regarding the Thousand Eyes, or Nalt's eye, or even expressesexpressed a dislike of daylight. In addition, thishe character holdsheld the beliefbeliefs that the ruling class should be made up exclusively of [[twinborn]] -— a concept that might be unimaginable to the Nelazan — and that Trell had made men like him specially to right wrongs in the world.{{book ref|aol|11}} Whether or not the followerhe was a Trelagist is not clear,; he referred to his religion as "Trellism", notrather than "Trelagism", howeverbut he did name his god as "Trell". Miles also claimed, as he was being executed, that "the men of gold and red, bearers of the final metal, ''will'' come".{{book ref|aol|epilogue}} It is unknown if this was a personal belief or a tenet of Trellism.

Trelagism was the fifth religion that [[Sazed]] offered to [[Vin]].{{book ref|mb1|9}}