Now this answer might get a bit tricky and long winded, so buckle up and get ready!

Tam'nýer—a' itself is a fantasy world that is incredibly spiritual and stalwart. In the official lore most of all the Gods & Goddesses are considered to be dead, and yet people still worship the gods and give offerings. Where there is doubt, superstitions have crept in to take place and help act as guiding tools for the people there. In fact, reading cards, just like this Oracle Deck we are trying to make, would be a replica of the cards we envision the denizens of Tam'nýer—a' using to tell their fortunes and try to get clarity with their paths, be it their life path or their spiritual one. However, in Tam'nýer—a', we refer to this as "making your own tapestry." 

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Every single God and Goddess plays an important role in representing a factor of life, or the world around us, and it is as intricate as the real world that we live in. There is good, and there is bad, but all of it helps us in our journey. Without it, we would not be who we are right now, in this moment. The same is believed in Tam'nýer—a'. There is very little that is different between this fantasy world crafted as a role-play platform and ours, as Tam'nýer—a' is inspired by the multi-faceted world we have created around us over time; diverse cultures & extraordinary peoples. 

That being said, I invite you to check out Tam'nýer—a''s Gods and Goddesses and see for yourself the intricacies of the belief system here, and get an understanding of what they represent and how they can, not only effect you, but help you in your journey; in making your own tapestry.

For the sake of the Kickstarter and understanding that you are probably not

at all familiar with Tam'nýer—a', I am going to be focusing on the three gods

colloquially knowns as Y'ljnöx; they are the gods of Love, Friendship &

Possession, and to help get you acquainted I will refer to them as we go on

and to give you a taste of what this deck has in store for you. 
 

In Tam'nýer—a', the 32 Gods and Goddesses are viewed as transcendent

truth. They define the world, their stories are eternal, and they touch and

resonate with us as only as myths can do. Their lessons are profound and

multi-layered; they are compelling for the spiritual truth-seeker and the

mundane-preoccupied alike. In other words, the perfect guides on our soul journey, allowing us to meditate and discover ourselves in all our beautiful complexity, but also to co-create our paths; make our own tapestry.

As everything, especially when it comes to mythos, they can be left open to interpretation individual to individual, but ultimately there lies a fundamental lesson. The Divine Family, in which Y'ljnöx are the sons, is where it all starts to trickle down.

To give you a quick understanding, on one fine evening when the brothers regaled whilst drinking, Jn decided to prank his brothers, but this time he would take it much too far and seal their fates. He decided that out of a bit of fun, he would sneak into their parents' room and take a piece of their heart. To Jn, this was not only fun, but a way to express love to both his brothers, both older and younger than himself; Y'l and Öx. 

Without telling his siblings what it was, he merely offered it as something for them to try, and knowing that it was their parents' heart, which consequently must be love for them, why not get high on it? So they did! The unsuspecting brothers tore it apart into little pieces and proceeded to smoke it. Jn, took part, of course, but not as much because he was much more excited to see the effects take hold, especially considering that he was expecting to watch his brothers become elated as they would no doubt be filled with love, admiration and gratitude.

However, that was not to be the case at all. Soon after, Y'l and Öx became ill. Something was terribly wrong, and while Jn hadn't smoked too much, he wasn't feeling the best either. Lucky for Jn, he could leave the room with his life. His brothers were not so blessed as that as they laid there on the floor, bereft of life. 

You see, the issue was that they already possessed their parents' love and that their parent's heart was not something that they had rights to take and alter. Them extinguishing the piece of heart for their own pleasure and enjoyment that was not their own showed a fatal level of greed.

Ah, but what happened to Jn? Well, of course he had to tell his parents eventually, and with that came full circle. Out of anger and heartbreak, Sea & Sky, their parents, killed their only remaining son, and with that, Jn's body fell down to Tam'nýer—a', and breaking apart on impact, his body became the various land masses of the world. Soon, overtaken by grief, Q'Tam'šmă, the Goddess of the Sea, laid down and held the broken body of her son, and unable to leave her, Nýer—a', the God of the Sky, laid beside her, to never leave her alone with her grief which consumed her on account of their own hasty actions.

As you can tell, there are many lessons and various meanings to our tales, and these profound sentiments are reflected in our Oracle deck even beyond just the cards, but the 8 exclusive spreads we have designed solely for it as well.