The Creation Myth

I

1.When Saceras, the sky, first breathed in, all erupted.

2. His great lungs, forever still, expanded and all was pushed outwards, until Saceras lay open, his heart exposed.

3. And in that eruption, there was created space, contained by the area outside the reach of Saceras

4. This limit became the earth

5. With each beat of his sacred heart, Saceras came closer to death

6, And with each beat of that sacred heart, more blood was spilled onto the earth

7, On each point of earth touched by blood, rose up a stone

8. And after 8 pumps of the heart, eight Godly drops unto the earth, the sky laid dead

9. The eight stones stood in a circle, their father’s corpse above them

10. The first stone split, and from the split rushed out the wind

11. Seeing his siblings had not yet emerged, the wind collected them in his swirling form and began to fly away

12. He did not realize, however, that the stone across from him had split as well, and out of that stone rose the sun

13. The sun could see all, but no light came from him, as his father Saceras not there to transmit his rays onto the world.

14. The sun, seeing everything, watched his brother the wind steal away the others, and the sun became enraged

15. Unable to intervene, the sun watched as his siblings were taken away

16. Within a few moments, another stone split, this one still contained in the clutches of the wind, and out of it the soil of the world rained down.

17. The wind was too powerful however, and none of the soil reached the earth.

18. The soil, moved by the wind created massive clouds that blocked the sun’s vision

19. The wind moved on, his lack of eyes rendering him oblivious to the billowing clouds of smoke

20. Another stone burst, and the seeds poured out of this one. Large and small, seeds of the grass and of the trees, and even the seeds that grow into mountains, which were all too heavy to be carried by the wind, and immediately fell to earth

21. The rest of the seeds however, flew in endless circles among the soil occasionally hitting the sun.

22. The sun, alarmed and hurt, yelled every time a seed hit him, something he had not known how to do.

23. The sun, directly next to Saceras’ ear, caused him to stir ever so slightly

24. Little by little, unseen by his children, Saceras began to reform himself.

25. It was during this time that the three twins, the ocean, rivers, and clouds, also poured out of their stones, only to be caught and carried by the wind, choking the sun.

26. And as the sun began to drown, Saceras managed to raise himself up again.

27. His breaths no longer explosive, the sky contained the sun and wind, who had so bitterly fought.

28. And now that the wind was in the sky, the soil, seeds, oceans, rivers, and clouds fell onto the earth, and created nature.

29. The eight stones of the gods fell as well, and only one had remained whole.

30. The last stone split, and from it emerged mankind.

31. Mankind who has known only tranquility, and must be thankful every day for the sky, who maintains peace in the universe, and the for the sun, who through the sky brings us light.