Sangheili mythology: Difference between revisions

The beliefs of the Sangheili of the Refuge were based on those their ancestors had brought with them, but had changed significantly by 2552 when they made contact with their Sanghelios brethren. The Ussans were aware that the Forerunners had built the original Shield World that their ancestors had hoped to call home, and that the "Disassembly" had been part of its design - but that it had failed to form itself into its intended secondary configuration, a small ringworld resembling a Halo, showing that the Forerunners, while powerful, were not infallible.<ref>'''[[Halo: Broken Circle]]''', ''page 232''</ref> Instead, Forerunner Sun and Forerunner Moon became the primary deities of their belief system, eclipsing the original Forerunners among Ussan believers.<ref>'''[[Halo: Broken Circle]]''', ''page 258''</ref> The Hall of Godminds was a sacred place where pilgrims went to pray to their gods and contemplate, filled with sculptures and holograms of various heroes of Ussan history - Ussa 'Xellus himself and his mate Sooln, Tersa and his mate, the female warrior Lnur, a relief of Ernieka the Scar-Maker and other warriors slashing the traitorous Salus 'Crolon, and various floatfighter heroes of the past. Carvings depicted the home they had left behind, Sanghelios, cradled in Ussa 'Xellus's arms, and a relief of the Shield World shattering suspended by wire.<ref>'''[[Halo: Broken Circle]]''', ''pages 256-57''</ref> The remains of Enduring Bias, the "Flying Voice," were held there in a sphere of glass called the Homage to Enduring Bias, who had become mythologised as a messenger of the gods.<ref>'''[[Halo: Broken Circle]]''', ''page 328''</ref>

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