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==Religion== | ==Religion== | ||
Though they are space-faring today, the Edo are protected by a trans-dimensional super-entity in orbit around their planet, which they worship as God. The Edo God has an appearance of a structure | Though they are space-faring today, the Edo are protected by a trans-dimensional super-entity in orbit around their planet, which they worship as God. The Edo God has an appearance of a space station or similar structure and is normally invisible or transparent even to ship sensors. The Edo God considers the Edo to be their children and has been hostile to potential threats to the Edo.<ref name="Edo God">[https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Edo_God Edo God], Memory Alpha</ref> | ||
The exact nature of the Edo God is unknown. Closer contact has revealed there are multiple lifeforms aboard the station-like structure, indicating the Edo God is a group or a species instead of a single being. According to information revealed by the Edo God to Starfleet, they once belonged to the same dimension but have since evolved. They are known to occupy several dimensions and locations simultaneously.<ref name="Edo God" /> An Edo from another universe once claimed the Edo God is the same in all universes, although this claim has not been yet verified.<ref>[https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-artemis/c/2psBvrbVeHk/ We are not so different], LtJG Jovenan & MdJG Jovenan, {{USS|Artemis|A}}, 240010.09</ref> | |||
The Edo would occasionally pray to their God. They might continue to do so outside the vicinity of their homeworld, although they also believe the Edo God might not be able to hear them that far.<ref>[https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-excalibur/c/Mlqz2WnxO9o/ If there's no sound in space, can god hear our prayers?], Ens Jovenan, {{USS|Excalibur|A}}, 239912.11</ref> | The Edo would occasionally pray to their God. They might continue to do so outside the vicinity of their homeworld, although they also believe the Edo God might not be able to hear them that far.<ref>[https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-excalibur/c/Mlqz2WnxO9o/ If there's no sound in space, can god hear our prayers?], Ens Jovenan, {{USS|Excalibur|A}}, 239912.11</ref> | ||
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=== Language === | === Language === | ||
The Edo speak multiple languages or dialects collectively referred to as the Rubicun Edo languages or simply Edo languages. These languages share a translingual writing system, which is based on a shared syllabary. Each glyph typically represents a consonant, a vowel, and a possible ending depending on its location in a word and other factors. The syllable glyphs have an order | The Edo speak multiple languages or dialects collectively referred to as the Rubicun Edo languages or simply Edo languages. These languages share a translingual writing system, which is based on a shared syllabary. Each glyph typically represents a consonant, a vowel, and a possible ending depending on its location in a word and other factors. The syllable glyphs have an order comparable to the alphabetic order in the Latin alphabets. For example, ''va'' is the fifth glyph in this syllabic order.<ref name="Linian vajos ren, jialon res">[https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-artemis/c/Q_AcRthh46Q/ Linian vajos ren, jialon res], LtJG Jovenan, {{USS|Artemis|A}}, 240010.29</ref> | ||
Somian is one of the dialects or languages spoken by the Edo in an area on Rubicun III. It is written using the common Edo writing system. The word order in Somian is OVS, i.e. object-verb-subject, meaning that in a typical sentence, object precedes the verb, and the subject is in the last place.<ref name="Linian vajos ren, jialon res" /> | Somian is one of the dialects or languages spoken by the Edo in an area on Rubicun III. It is written using the common Edo writing system. The word order in Somian is OVS, i.e. object-verb-subject, meaning that in a typical sentence, object precedes the verb, and the subject is in the last place.<ref name="Linian vajos ren, jialon res" /> | ||