| rdfs:comment | - Seven gods and goddesses made up the Ossaki pantheon.
* Ashkal was the ruling deity of the Ossaki, the god of the earth and storms. He was considered generally indifferent to living beings, but inclined to unleash hurricanes or other destructive forces of nature on those who defied him.
* Vasel was the wife of Ashkal, and the goddess of the ocean. Like the ocean, she was viewed as unpredictable and moody.
* Segrod was the god of fire, considered the source of power behind volcanoes. He was portrayed in art as a slumbering giant, and much slower to anger than his fellows; the eruptions of volcanoes on Feldirjo were considered Segrod's retaliation only after years upon years of insufficient sacrifices and reverence.
* Temi was the goddess of all living things other than the Oss
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| abstract | - Seven gods and goddesses made up the Ossaki pantheon.
* Ashkal was the ruling deity of the Ossaki, the god of the earth and storms. He was considered generally indifferent to living beings, but inclined to unleash hurricanes or other destructive forces of nature on those who defied him.
* Vasel was the wife of Ashkal, and the goddess of the ocean. Like the ocean, she was viewed as unpredictable and moody.
* Segrod was the god of fire, considered the source of power behind volcanoes. He was portrayed in art as a slumbering giant, and much slower to anger than his fellows; the eruptions of volcanoes on Feldirjo were considered Segrod's retaliation only after years upon years of insufficient sacrifices and reverence.
* Temi was the goddess of all living things other than the Ossaki themselves, and was considered the most benevolent of the seven deities.
* Shavo was the god of the sun, and his worship was given great priority (second only to Ashkal) to encourage frequent sunny days and a correspondingly bountiful harvest.
* Ompay was the god of war. Since the Ossaki prided themselves on their fighting abilities, all sides of a conflict regularly prayed to Ompay; the victor was considered to have earned Ompay's blessing, while the losers were left to wonder how they had been negligent in his worship.
* Kejriko was the god of death. Kejriko was oftened represented as a grim warrior with a sword or spear, surrounded by dead bodies. Kejriko was the god most feared among the Ossaki, and they would make offerings at his shrines if a relative or friend was ill or undertaking a dangerous voyage, hoping that the death god would be appeased by the offering and spare the Ossak in question.
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