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>It's a dumping ground for all the previously established Natlan lore that didn't end up being used so people can point to it as proof of there being no rewrites.
I don't think there were rewrites as much as there were shifts of focus. They probably had a very, VERY loose idea of what they wanted to do in Natlan when the manga and the early Mondstadt lore was released, but not enough to base a full region around it. As Natlan grew closer, the world became more complex, and Mihoyo changed in design tastes, the Natlan story had to involve something else to be as engaging as they wanted it to be, so the Mare Jvali stuff was shunted to the background, which is today now that the Natlan lore is all wrapped up.
>they were teasing it through the whole region then they just abandoned it.
The teasing was most definitely done as a way to say "We remember Mare Jvali, loregods. Don't worry, it will show up sometime later once this main story is wrapped up."
Seeing Enjou be so strongly tied to it is proof enough. Enjou is a fan favorite for loregods anyways.