The Creation Story According to the Elves, Part 1
In the beginning, all was Void and at the center of the Void was Chaos. Permeating the Void was the aether and the great Cloud of Souls. While the greater souls were awake and active, the common and lesser souls were dormant. The greater souls could exist as purely aethereal beings, but the common and lesser souls needed physical bodies in order to awaken, but physical bodies can only be sustained in a physical environment and thus we have the creation story related by Cassandra in “The Two Curtains”. The First Curtain was cast over the vortex of Chaos and became known as “earth”. The Second Curtain divided the First Curtain from the Void and became known as “sky”. A greater soul was assigned to each of the Two Curtains and so we have the Earth Mother and the Sky Father.
It is said the the stars are the grand host of greater souls shining beyond the veil of the Second Curtain. Closer at hand were the two children of the Sky Father: Brother Sun and Sister Moon. One day the two of them quarreled and the Sky Father punished them by casting them out beyond the Second Curtain. Brother Sun then began to walk about the Second Curtain, looking for a way back in, with Sister Moon following behind, and so began the cycle of night and day.
Brother Sun would not listen to his sister’s pleas to reconcile, nor would he slow his pace or even look over his shoulder to see her face as she followed after him. His stubborn pride grieved the Sky Father greatly and his tears poured out upon the First Curtain, making the seas. The surface was soon awash with his tears, so the Earth Mother began to push and pinch the First Curtain, giving rise to dry land with its mountains, its hills and its valleys. As the Sky Father continued to move about the Second Curtain, the clouds massing were a sign of his gloomy temper and the rain his tears.
The waters of the Sky Father’s tears had an unexpected consequence. Before the Earth Mother reshaped the land and everything was covered by the seas, some of the lesser spirits descended from the Cloud of Souls and took shape as the first sea plants. More followed, given flesh as the teeming fish and other creatures of the sea. However, there were many lesser spirits that remained dormant. Once the Earth Mother created dry land, though, grasses and trees sprang up and soon every beast, bird and creeping thing followed. The space between the Two Curtains was soon filled with life and the time had come to wake the common spirits from their slumber.
Next time we’ll talk about the rise of the sapient races of the Planet. Stay tuned.
Tags: Commentary, Miscellany, Tellus Arc
Commentary, Miscellany, Tellus Arc | James Carmack | 11 October 2014 |
