…Maybe because it's representative of the 'world mountain' of legend. Cross cultural thing.
…This shit, again? That asshole, Stitchen, has fucked a lot of things up, with his literalist interpretations, fucking goddamn it! The Ayys cover story has gotten old.
Worship of the old astronomical order & alignments, with the 'kings' and 'priests' (gatekeepers of knowledge) prophesizing, based upon planets' positions and 'predicted' solar cycles. Insert anthropomorphized versions of the natural 'forces', fear of the unknown and generations of the common people subjugated by superstitions.
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Night Sift rock.