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Religion and Taoism in Eorzea? - Tyrascar - 07-13-2017
First off, I'll start this post by saying I have a personal theory that the Azim Steppe is probably an Eorzean-equivalent of China, due to the similarities the Au Ra living there have with tribes such as the Mongols of the Xiongnu that the Chinese dealt with throughout history. Additionally, almost all of North Eastern China is a steppe.
Anyway, with that in mind, I was wondering whether or not Taoism and other similar Chinese Religions and philosophies exist in Eorzea (Like Confucianism or Legalism).
We do know that items such as the Taoist Robes or Taoist wool is obtainable by by players.
And Does this also mean Taoism was invented and is followed on the Azim Steppe? (Keeping in mind that the entirety of Taoist history occurred in China.)
RE: Religion and Taoism in Eorzea? - Jana - 07-13-2017
The Azim Steppe wouldn't be the place for it; the Xaela tribes don't share any similarity with Chinese cultures and already have their own religious beliefs in place. Yanxia might be the place for it, but so far we haven't seen anything about religious practices. The onmyouji enemies that appear in FATEs there are exiles from Hingashi, banished for performing dark rituals, but we don't know if Hingashi's onmyou is based off of Doman Taoism the way real-world Japan's onmyou is based on Chinese Taoism.
If there are levequests or FATEs in the world that can clear anything up, I haven't done too many of those so feel free to add onto this if anyone knows more!