Astera
| {{{text}}} Astamer Ⲁϣⲧⲁⲙⲣⲁ Aštamra | |
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| Born | Terranihil |
| Venerated in | Astamrianism |
Astamer, also known as Ashtamra (Vektranamic:Ⲁϣⲧⲁⲙⲣⲁ, Aštamra), was a Terranilic prophet who founded what is now known as Astamrianism. His teachings challenged the Terranilic-Shazaqanic religious tradition and began a movement that eventually became the dominant religion in Terranihil. He was a native speaker of Vektranamic and lived in south-eastern Terranihil, but his exact birthplace is uncertain.
Name and etymology
Astamer's name in his native language of Vektranamic was Aštamra. His name "Astamer" derives from a 1st century BC Romanyan transcription, Astamerus. In Vektranamic, Aštamra is generally accepted to derive from the words aštarıa meaning "rain" and amaraı meaning "to hope" or "to wish". Together, Aštamra likely means "one who hopes for rain".
Date
There is no consensus about when exactly Astamer lived . The Kilva gives no direct information about it, and historical sources are conflicting. Some scholars base their date reconstruction on the Proto-Terranilic-Shazaqanic language and Proto-Terranilic-Shazaqanic religion, and thus consider him to have lived sometime between 1600 and 1000 BCE. The basis of this theory is proposed on linguistic similarities between the early Vektranamic language of the Kilva and the writings of the early Shazaqanic people (c. 1700–1100 BC). Both writings have a common archaic Terranilic-Shazaqanic origin.
Classical scholarship in the 6th to 2nd century BC believed Astamer existed six thousand years before the Parlan invasion of Terranihil in X BCE.
Place
The birthplace of Astamer is also unclear.
The X mention the X River as Astamer's home. The Kilva does not mention the Alaqans, Atlans, Tundrens, or any specific Vektranamic tribes. The X mentions several locations in south-eastern Terranihil that Astamer visited. Some classical Vektranamic texts claim he lived in X and others in X.
There is no consensus within the Vektranamic and Astamrian tradition, however many regard his birthplace to be X, a village at the X river in the X portion of the Shazaqana mountains based on. They cite the Xs mention of a X river and attribute that to the X river in the X portion of the Shazaqana Mountains. Others claim he was born in X in central Terranihil.
Alaqan and Latin sources are divided on the birthplace of Astamer. Some Alaqan accounts located him in x.
Post-Islamic sources such as X (1086–1153) from X, proposed that Astamer's father was from X and his mother was from X.
By the late 20th century, most scholars had settled on an origin in south-eastern Terranihil. X proposed X as the homeland of Astamrianism; X claimed X; and X suggests Astamer was born and lived in X.
