K'ythri

K'ythri is a male deity traditionally associated with Shi'ar religion. In the traditions on Chandilar, K'ythri married Sharra and his children and descendants created the Shi'ar race. It must be noted the Sharra and K'ythri had separate priesthoods, which continues in the modern, Intergalactic Empire-era vesion of K'ythri worship.

Some (but not all) priests of K'ythri have exercised supernatural powers derived from the Living Force and they tended to treat the Light Side and the Dark Side equally. Some priests of K'ythri, naturally, were required to serve in the Imperial Inqiusitorius.

With the expansion of the Shi'ar Empire, some Humans and members of Third races converted to K'ythri worship.

Modern K'ythri worship tends to emphasize his identification with the Living Force. In some cases, Ky'thri worship (in local areas with large numbers of Kree and other Supreme Intelligence worshippers) has merged with the worship of the Supreme Intelligence with religious services by priests of both the Supreme Intelligence and K'ythri held jointly together. In this growing syncretic movement, the Living Force, the Supreme Intelligence, and K'ythri are considered to be three aspects of the same deity or God.

On the other hand, a certain subsect of modern-day Sharra worshippers has treated K'ythri not as a true god but as a demon or devil who personifies the Dark Side of the Living Force.