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The '''Jesker Mysteries''' are a religion on [[Sel]] to which King [[Iadon]] belongs and is known to use human sacrifices.
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The '''Jeskeri Mysteries''' is a religious cult on [[Sel]] which involves human sacrifice.{{book ref|Elantris|32}} It is an offshoot of [[Jesker]] which [[Galladon]] insists is a perversion of Jesker and scarcely related.{{book ref|Elantris|16}}{{book ref|Elantris|19}}
 
Jesker ascribes importance to the heaven's movements, like the moon, and the followers of the Mysteries frequently hold rituals on nights of the full moon.{{book ref|Elantris|33}}
 
When [[Hrathen]] first talked to [[Dilaf]] he wondered about his religious fervor and thought it more in line with the attitudes of followers of the Jeskeri Mysteries rather than those of [[Shu-Dereth]].{{book ref|Elantris|3}}
 
[[Sarene]] discovered that King [[Iadon]] followed the Jeskeri Mysteries and had ritually sacrificed several female palace servants as petitions for supernatual intervention from the Jesker spirits.{{book ref|Elantris|32}}
 
== Practitioners ==
* King [[Iadon]]
* Many in the nation of [[Hrovell]]
 
== Notes ==
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