Turus, the great bull

Turus, the great bull
Turus is the bull god of perseverance in a hostile environment. He protects the people of the Urtun tribe and gives them hope to continue surviving and thriving. The worship to the great bull is called "Tur", and its followers are called the "Turun".

The great winter
During the great winter, the people of Urtun were about to collapse and be consumed by the snow. All their culture was about to vanish. It was at this moment of crisis that the great bull showed himself to the tribe. He gave his meat to relieve hunger and his leather to ward of the cold. Since this event, the people of Urtun started worshiping Turus as a god and offering him symbolic sacrifices, burning valuables inside of the flames of wooden statues.

Rituals and sacrifices

 * The perseverance mark: When the followers of Turus reach the age of majority, they receive blue tattoos that symbolize perseverance.
 * The Tur festival: On the first night of the full moon in the winter, the Turun burn a wooden bull statue and throw valuables inside the fire. As an act of fidelity to the great bull.