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== Cultural Significance ==

== Cultural Significance ==

On its course south, the Cëlac passes many major landmarks of great significance in Olgish history and mythology, including the cities of Lágon, [[Soskilon]], and [[Gëlenem]] and the [[Ortûlék|Hill of Ortûlék]] itself. Early on in [[Olgish religion]], it was considered one of [[Awol|Awol's]] major marks on the world and one of the three rivers that originally traced the tears of [[Kána]] into the ocean (the others being Brethan and Besokan). When the Olgish tribes disperse over Belkondíl, the two major groupings are named after the rivers they settle by, dividing the Olgish peoples into those of the Brethan, the later [[Brethanians]] of the [[Mairn]], and those of the Cëlac, the later [[Cëlacian Olgs|Olgs proper]].

On its course south, the Cëlac passes many major landmarks of great significance in Olgish history and mythology, including the cities of Lágon, [[Soskilon]], and [[Gëlenem]] and the [[Ortûlék|Hill of Ortûlék]] itself. Early on in [[Olgish religion]], it was considered one of [[Awol|Awol's]] major marks on the world and one of the three rivers that originally traced the tears of [[Kána]] into the ocean (the others being Brethan and Besokan). When the Olgish tribes disperse over Belkondíl, the two major groupings are named after the rivers they settle by, dividing the Olgish peoples into those of the Brethan, the later [[Brethanians]] of the [[Mairn]], and those of the Cëlac, the later [[Cëlacian Olgs|Olgs proper]].

The Cëlac is mentioned most frequently of all geographical features of Belkondíl in Olgish literature and praised either for its visual beauty, its agricultural and spiritual significance, or its close connection to the Olgish people. North of Soskilón, it crosses the forest of [[Kali-Tonin]], a mere three days' travel east of the Brethan's well at [[Lemmi-Dirith]] within the same woodlands, and a common motif in praise literature concerns this common origins if both rivers, effectively framing the Brethan as having sprung from the Cëlac itself. Its convenient course as a nearly straight line traversing Belkondíl north-to-south has also contributed to the Cëlac's role in transportation, both in rafts and boats on the river itself and following its course on land. Especially journeys from Soskilón to Lágon follow the Cëlac from earliest history, and the first Imperial Road of Lécaron, [[Lécaronian Imperial Roads#N. I Alôr|Niom I Alôr]], follows the course of the Cëlac all through Belkondíl, from Gëlenem to Lágon.

The Cëlac is mentioned most frequently of all geographical features of Belkondíl in Olgish literature and praised either for its visual beauty, its agricultural and spiritual significance, or its close connection to the Olgish people. North of Soskilón, it crosses the forest of [[Kali-Tonin]], a mere three days' travel east of the Brethan's well at [[Lemmi-Dirith]] within the same woodlands, and a common motif in praise literature concerns this common origins if both rivers, effectively framing the Brethan as having sprung from the Cëlac itself. Its convenient course as a nearly straight line traversing Belkondíl north-to-south has also contributed to the Cëlac's role in transportation, both in rafts and boats on the river itself and following its course on land. Especially journeys from Soskilón to Lágon follow the Cëlac from earliest history, and the first Imperial Road of Lécaron, [[Lécaronian Imperial Roads#N. I Alôr|Niom I Alôr]], follows the course of the Cëlac all through Belkondíl, from Gëlenem to Lágon.