I would like to question whether there was one unified theological system in nonman culture. This seems to be a common assumption and yet is unlikely. There are competing and splintered cults and religions among men, why not nonmen?
As I noted above, there was a some central authority that made pronouncements about the piety of types of sorcery (i.e. the body that banned aporetic sorcery). I think there is potential for discussion and hope others might add their own observations and contentions.
Auriga tried to flesh this out in the Nonmen and Mystery Schools to little avail.
As you note, the Tutelage did seem to focus on quya/schoolmen relations, at least in as much as it is referenced in the text. Nevertheless, it demonstrates some level of compatibility within the metaphysics of human and nonman.
Nonman religion simply had to be concerned with more than just sorcery, and Titirga was a hero of the Norisai, not a mere sorcerer.
Except that there was still a division (the Tusk, after all, condemned sorcerers too). And the Tutelage is also begun by a heretic Nonman, with his heretical beliefs.
Were the mystery cults Akka mentions unified beneath a common system ala the hundred temples or were they regular nonmen who had dedicated themselves to specific agencies?
...
NG talks about worshiping 'becoming' and other transcendant notions. Some of that stuff suggests post-womb plague adjustments to theology amid the realisation of their degrading minds/souls. Not new notions, but likely adjustments to old aspirations.
It's a good question for you which you've provided quality fodder.
I also agree with the Erratic Leanings (Post-Womb Plague adjustments).
However, I do think you've missed important pieces. Why is the Quya and Ishroi caste system organized like it is? What were the effects of the Slave Pit Topoi on Nonmen cultures and society as a whole? For that matter, did culture even differ between Mansions?
Btw, you incorrectly reference the Inchoroi's addition to the Tusk. The added exhortation is to hunt down nonmen because they are FALSE. It is not directly related to their use of sorcery or specifically about their religion, indeed it references their penchant for bumming things iirc. This is entirely consistent with the objectives of the consult
Hearken, for this the God has said,
“These False Men offend Me;
blot out all mark of their Passing."
Absolutely consistent with Consult objectives (as would sorcery being an addition).
Apologies for the original misconception. I still just think it proves translated to the same semantic difference. Humans fight a war of extermination against the Nonmen. They allow that idea of Nonmen as False to permeate their culture over thousands of years. Wilshire's Excerpt Adventure seems to imply that consensual human culture contemporaneously think the Nonmen unilaterally Damned?
Obviously, we know that they can't
all be Damned, especially because it is an
Inchoroi addition that says they are. And even if Nonmen are Damned are they all Damned or only the Quya (or some other division)? What's the fulcrum (reason) of their Damnation if a certain portion of them believe in escaping it?
And if they aren't Damned at all?
What if Ishroi aren't Damned?