Geri

The name of my conculture is Geri [ˈɡɛɾɪ] "People of the earth" the word derive from the proto word *Gεrjeɣε; They speak Tehele[ˈtʰɛhele], They live in a mountainous region, near to the sea (more to the land than the sea), The ground is fertile because of the volcanoes near the region and great to make plants grow very well, mainly grapes, wheat, soy, barley are the most plants cultivated in this region. Some characteristics about the religion and other things -The religion of this people is polytheist, they believe in many gods, many spirits and many physical spirits. --The main deity of this religion is a Mother goddess that created the world and make the whole humanity. -The culture of the people is very matriarchal, so is very common a woman being in a high place of power. -Some festivals are made in honor to the gods, like a festival to celebrate the summer or the winter. -The power system of this people is like city-states, they make a big meeting in the center of the city and decide who will be the new ruler of the city. -Polygamy is common, every man or woman can have more than one husband/wife. -Homosexuality is not seem as wrong or blamable. -They do not have a currency system so they do barter. -They have some sort of writen system, but after some years the thing goes impractical and they invent a new writen system kinda easy. -They know that the world has magic, but they prefer do not use it, they seem magic as a curse a blamable thing. -They have a extensive amount of food in the region, like, fish and plants grow very well. -Unfortunately, the region is very unstable in some points, the amount of earthquakes and storms make some places impossible to live. -They have some enemies, but they evict fight, because the region is hard to fight and they like leave in peace.
 * In some regions the Sun god it seems as the main god instead of the mother goddess.
 * Some regions polygamy is limitated, going from 2 to 5 husband/wife.