Levin

Levin is the main religion of Evillious. It is split into three sects: Levia, Behemo, and Eldoh. It was founded sometime before the events of the Original Sin Series in Divine Levianta and grew to become the primary spirituality of the region.

History
After Levin's foundation, the twin gods Levia and Behemo became the absolute deities worshipped by the Magic Kingdom Levianta and were the only two gods in the religion. The faith spread to the neighboring Eldohgort and sparked a cult sect worshipping the dragon god of the earth, Eldoh. As a result, the Eldoh sect's followers were branded as heretics by the Magic Kingdom and were persecuted for their beliefs; over time, the name of Eldoh was eliminated from the country and later the forest.

Due to the Great Levianta Fire Disaster in EC 013, the number of Levin's Levia and Behemo followers was reduced, allowing the Eldoh sect to gain momentum. Eventually, the Eldoh sect became comparable in size to that of the Levia sect. In EC 301, the former kingdom was reestablished as "Divine Levianta" and became the religious center for Levin. As time progressed, the followers of Levia gained a political foothold in the Kingdom of Lucifenia, leading to the Levia sect becoming the mainstream religion again by EC 500.

Levia
Levia is one of the twin dragon gods. The deity was one of the gods that needed to be reborn to save the country from sin. The Divine Leviantan senate created Project 'Ma' with the intent of incarnating the god by injecting a powerful witch with "God's seed" and then giving birth to the conceived child. After the successful birth of Hansel and Gretel, it is assumed Levia incarnated as one of the twins.

Behemo
Behemo is one of the twin dragon gods. The deity was one of the gods that needed to be reborn to save the country from sin. The Divine Leviantan senate created Project 'Ma' with the intent of incarnating the god by injecting a powerful witch with "God's seed" and then giving birth to the conceived child. After the successful birth of Hansel and Gretel, it is assumed Behemo incarnated as one of the twins.

Eldoh
Eldoh is the dragon god of the earth. Around 528 years before EC 0, the deity incarnated itself as the Millennium Tree in present-day Elphegort's Eldoh's Forest to oversee the mortal realm, creating a number of spirits within the forest. In EC 015, Eldoh tasked Elluka Clockworker with collecting the Seven Deadly Sins. Before the death of his mortal vessel, the god chose the spirit Michaela to succeed him as the Millennium Tree in his place, guarding mortals.

Structure
The Levin religion is an organized, polytheistic faith based upon the worship of one of the three dragon gods split into three distinct sects. Each sect is essentially the same at the core of their beliefs but is divided in their practices and deity of worship. The headquarters of the religion is based in Levianta.

The Levin church has several buildings of worship, including cathedrals and monasteries, for prayers, confessions, or joyous ceremonies, such as the birth of Prince Alexiel and Princess Riliane. There were also several religious organizations outside the main church that focused on promoting social justice including nunneries like the Eldoh Monastery and its orphanage.

Practices
Prayer and worship to one of the deities was the basic practice for any of the Levin sects. Among its philosophies, the religion taught the value and equality of all life. Practitioners also believed in an afterlife for those who died, believing they would be judged and sent to either the Hellish Yard for the wicked or the Heavenly Yard for the virtuous.

Despite this, followers of Levin persecuted the descendants of Duke Sateriajis Venomania due to his reputation as a "demon" who had raped multiple women through supernatural means, impregnating them with his children. The harsh treatment against the Duke's bloodline was somewhat eased although discrimination still existed in several areas such as Yatski Village in Elphegort.

In the Eldoh sect, idolatry was forbidden and religious buildings were minimally decorated compared to the other sects. Pilgrimages to The Millennium Tree Forest (formerly Eldoh's Forest) were common for early followers of Eldoh but they diminished over time and, by EC 500, visits to the Tree of Eldoh were rare.

During the Millennium Tree Festival, elderly Eldoh followers invite the youth to the Lake of Amusement in the northern area of the forest and tell legends about the lake. One of these legends was that Eldoh's spirits would come out and frolic on the moonlit night, producing "Stones of the Wild Spirits" that, when planted, would yield a bountiful harvest. According to Michaela, the legend is true except for the part about spirits creating the magical Stones, which was nonsense likely crafted when a follower mistook a trauben fruit a spirt dropped for a Stone.

Conceptualization and Origin

 * The Hebrew surname "Levin" derives from the Levites, the biblical tribe from their patriarch, Levi; the Levites duty in Jewish tradition focused on religious and spiritual duties concerning Judaism.

Curiosities

 * Of the three deities worshipped in Levin, only Eldoh is shown directly interacting with the mortal world.
 * It is assumed that Levia and Behemo successfully reincarnated as humans and are the stimuli behind Hansel and Gretel's cycle of reincarnation in the series.