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The Hulti, or the Old Folk, represent the tradition of Ombesh religion that was not influenced by Zunuga, and instead retains many elements of the older, shamanic, ancestor-worship tradition that was once common prior to the Empire. There is textual evidence for the practice of ancestor reverence over 1000 years ago, though most of the Old Folk practices were never written down. Hulti today live principally in [[Malfan]], with smaller pockets in Ashnabis and in hidden or remote communities in other parts of the former Empire.

Old Folk [[shamans]] are diviners and healers who serve their local communities without any formal hierarchy. They have the power to identify dead spirits not properly laid to rest, and to correct these wrongs in the world. Unfortunately for them three of those wrongs are central to the Corps: the creation of bubun (living corpses), the resurrection of the dead (reanimation), and the half-dead saints, all of which they consider to be grave violations in need of remedy. Things that die should stay dead. A revenant, no matter how moral or sentient, should not exist. Over the past several centuries the Old Folk have been heavily persecuted by the much more numerous and powerful Corps priests. Numerous rumors and myths persist about the Old Folk, particularly in urban communities where they are treated as more of a folk legend.

Old Folk funerary rituals involve hanging dead bodies from trees in net bags, followed by a secondary burial. They are not opposed to the idea of ancestor reverence but they do not themselves speak to the dead. Shamans may be either male or female, and serve their communities in a variety of pastoral functions.

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 After the Epiphany of Zunuga and especially after the Corps became the official faith of the Omban Empire, Hulti theology needed to account for the new Kinds of human, i.e., [[bubun]], [[revenants]], and [[saints]].  All of these were regarded as contrary to the natural order of things, and it quickly became clear that the two faiths could not coexist peacefully.  The creation of bubun (living corpses), the resurrection of the dead (reanimation), and the half-dead saints, are all grave violations in need of remedy. Things that die should stay dead. A revenant, no matter how moral or sentient, should not exist. Some Hulti began persecuting and eliminating the new Kinds.  While saints were largely too powerful to be directly vulnerable, and while bubun, as non-sentient entities, were, if not expendable, then at least not seen as people, the killing of revenants was very common in those early days, and was a major source of tension between the two religions.
-Although originally a small minority faith, the Corps quickly became extremely powerful especially after the awakening of [[Eluli Ula]], and then after the [[Treaty of Lekhi]] gave enormous economic and military power to the [[Hand of the Dead]] within the Imperial power structure.  The [[Jemosine purge]] (71-79) and the [[Atamurine purge]] (119-120) were the first direct, concerted Imperial efforts to limit the influence of the older faith, forcing many Hulti to retreat to [[Malfan]] or to practice in secret.  The [[Battle of Burafa]] in 242 marked the last time that Hulti noble lineages had any influence in the Imperial core.
+Although originally a small minority faith, the Corps quickly became extremely powerful especially after the awakening of [[Eluli Ula]], and then after the [[Treaty of Lekhi]] gave enormous economic and military power to the [[Hand of the Dead society|Hand of the Dead]] within the Imperial power structure.  The [[Jemosine purge]] (71-79) and the [[Atamurine purge]] (119-120) were the first direct, concerted Imperial efforts to limit the influence of the older faith, forcing many Hulti to retreat to [[Malfan]] or to practice in secret.  The [[Battle of Burafa]] in 242 marked the last time that Hulti noble lineages had any influence in the Imperial core. The [[conquest of Malfan]], beginning in 229, was inspired at least in part by the desire to further restrict the influence of the Old Folk. However, under the Treaty of [[Romaz]] in 271, which formally incorporated Malfan as a province of the Empire, the late Omban emperors were forced to accord religious freedom to Hulti in that province, a privilege which extended beyond the Empire and to the present day.   However, the [[Great Purge]] of 534-541 was a brutal, repressive effort to eliminate Hulti throughout all other regions of the former Empire, and was seen as particularly successful in [[Khutu]], [[Taizi]], and [[Omba]], with forcible conversions, land removals, and even executions common throughout this period.
 Recently, the [[Third Council of Romaz]] in 757 was the first concerted effort in many years for the Old Folk to assert their right to exist outside of Malfan, and perhaps even (very controversially) to find grounds for coexistence with the Corps.  There are some Hulti who are extremely opposed to any kind of reconciliation and who continue to see saints, haunts, and bubun as monstrosities to be destroyed.  The council occurred in the wake of the [[fos rush]] in [[Ashnabis]], which brought many Hulti living in that area considerable wealth, and for the first time, Malfan is not seen as the sole refuge for the faith.

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 The religious practitioners of the Old Folk are known informally as '[[Shaman|shamans]]' especially among Corps followers, and among the community themselves simply as ''ildir'' (wanderers, travellers). Shamans may be either male or female, and serve their communities in a variety of pastoral functions. They are diviners and healers who serve their local communities without any formal hierarchy. They have the power to identify dead spirits not properly laid to rest, and to correct these wrongs in the world.
-The cosmology and theology of the Hulti is complex and traditionally was not codified in writing, being instead shared through oral tradition across generations, in a set of epic poems (''girazh'', pl. ''girazze''), of which four are particularly important. The creation of the world and animals and the responsibility of humans over nature and the [[Ancestors]] is told in the Veil.  The building of the relations between humans and their different roles is set down in the Balance.  The views of the Hulti with respect to the Corps, and the [[Six Kinds]], are laid out in the Song of Sorrows.  Finally, new historical, theological and social developments and histories are told in the ongoing unfinished poem, the Chain.  All of these have now been written down, and are used and shared among Hulti communities, but no written codification is considered truly adequate and learning these teachings orally is central to the faith.
+The cosmology and theology of the Hulti is complex and traditionally was not codified in writing, being instead shared through oral tradition across generations, in a set of epic poems (''girazh'', pl. ''girazze''), of which four are particularly important. The creation of the world and animals and the responsibility of humans over nature and the [[Ancestors]] is told in the Veil.  The building of the relations between humans and their different roles is set down in the Balance.  The views of the Hulti with respect to the Corps, and the Six [[Kinds]], are laid out in the Song of Sorrows.  Finally, new historical, theological and social developments and histories are told in the ongoing unfinished poem, the Chain.  All of these have now been written down, and are used and shared among Hulti communities, but no written codification is considered truly adequate and learning these teachings orally is central to the faith.
 Given the persecution of the Hulti over the centuries by Corps followers, Hulti are quite secretive about their actual beliefs.  There is a principle of ''rujavai'' ('pretend-habitual') whereby Hulti are prescribed to confabulate and engage in pretense when discussing their beliefs with outsiders.  As a result, many historical and theological texts written by the Corps are full of inaccuracies.

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−	The '''Hulti''', or the '''Old Folk''', represent the tradition of [[Omban Empire\|~~OMban~~]] religion that was not influenced by [[Zunuga]] or the [[Corps]] that emerged from her [[Epiphany of Zunuga\|Epiphany]], and instead retains many elements of the older, shamanic, ancestor-worship tradition that was once common prior to the Empire. Persecuted as heretics and scorned throughout much of the former Empire, the Hulti nonetheless remain a potent religious living faith tradition in the present.	+	The '''Hulti''', or the '''Old Folk''', represent the tradition of [[Omban Empire\|Omban]] religion that was not influenced by [[Zunuga]] or the [[Corps]] that emerged from her [[Epiphany of Zunuga\|Epiphany]], and instead retains many elements of the older, shamanic, ancestor-worship tradition that was once common prior to the Empire. Persecuted as heretics and scorned throughout much of the former Empire, the Hulti nonetheless remain a potent religious living faith tradition in the present.

	The word ''hulti'' derives from [[Ombesh]] ''hul'' 'old' and is a name applied within the past 400 years to the faith, and then largely as an exonym - the name given to them by followers of the Corps. The Hulti themselves are aware of and use the term ''hulti'' "elder, senior" only occasionally. More often they call their faith ''ildomo'' 'truth-journey' among themselves.		The word ''hulti'' derives from [[Ombesh]] ''hul'' 'old' and is a name applied within the past 400 years to the faith, and then largely as an exonym - the name given to them by followers of the Corps. The Hulti themselves are aware of and use the term ''hulti'' "elder, senior" only occasionally. More often they call their faith ''ildomo'' 'truth-journey' among themselves.

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-The Hulti, or the Old Folk, represent the tradition of Ombesh religion that was not influenced by Zunuga, and instead retains many elements of the older, shamanic, ancestor-worship tradition that was once common prior to the Empire.   There is textual evidence for the practice of ancestor reverence over 1000 years ago, though most of the Old Folk practices were never written down.   Hulti today live principally in [[Malfan]], with smaller pockets in [[Ashnabis Territory|Ashnabis]] and in hidden or remote communities in other parts of the former Empire.
+The '''Hulti''', or the '''Old Folk''', represent the tradition of [[Omban Empire|OMban]] religion that was not influenced by [[Zunuga]] or the [[Corps]] that emerged from her [[Epiphany of Zunuga|Epiphany]], and instead retains many elements of the older, shamanic, ancestor-worship tradition that was once common prior to the Empire.  Persecuted as heretics and scorned throughout much of the former Empire, the Hulti nonetheless remain a potent religious living faith tradition in the present.
-Old Folk [[shaman|shamans]] are diviners and healers who serve their local communities without any formal hierarchy.   They have the power to identify dead spirits not properly laid to rest, and to correct these wrongs in the world.  Unfortunately for them three of those wrongs are central to the [[Religion of the Corps|Corps]]: the creation of [[bubun]] (living corpses), the resurrection of the dead (reanimation), and the half-dead [[saints]], all of which they consider to be grave violations in need of remedy. Things that die should stay dead.  A [[revenant]], no matter how moral or sentient, should not exist.  Over the past several centuries the Old Folk have been heavily persecuted by the much more numerous and powerful Corps priests.  Numerous rumors and myths persist about the Old Folk, particularly in urban communities where they are treated as more of a folk legend.
+The word ''hulti'' derives from [[Ombesh]] ''hul'' 'old' and is a name applied within the past 400 years to the faith, and then largely as an exonym - the name given to them by followers of the Corps. The Hulti themselves are aware of and use the term ''hulti'' "elder, senior" only occasionally.  More often they call their faith ''ildomo'' 'truth-journey' among themselves.
-Old Folk funerary rituals involve hanging dead bodies from trees in net bags, followed by a secondary burial.   They are not opposed to the idea of ancestor reverence but they do not themselves speak to the dead.  Shamans may be either male or female, and serve their communities in a variety of pastoral functions.
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