Post by L.E. Ott on Dec 16, 2006 16:35:29 GMT -5
A tale of the Scirian Gods
One day the Goddess Chaotia, having nothing better to do, took a part of herself and fashioned a new being. She gave this deity the name Rehanni and set him among the other Gods to govern over warfare.
Rehanni was made to appear a perfect speciman of masculinity; all muscles and sinews and smooth, tanned skin. However, because of his parentage, the new God often tried to stir up trouble. He played favorites among warriors, but was capricious enough to sometimes switch factions mid-battle.
One day, leaving a battlefield near the sea, Rehanni came upon a beautiful maiden, Nolka. He knew her to be the beloved of the sea god Opashi, and that it would be better if he left her alone. But alas, his mother came to his side.
"You deserve the best, my son, and Nolka is the best. Take what is yours."
So the war god rose up and overtook the girl, beating and raping her.
It happened that as Rehanni did this, the god Krith, who rolled the sun-orb across the sky each day, observed the scene. Rehanni knew that Krith would, when he moved the sun beneath the sea that night, inform Opashi of the sight. Flinging Nolka aside, Rehanni leapt into the heavens and attacked Krith, cutting his tongue out that he might not speak. For an hour in the sky as the gods wrestled, the sun stood still and the earth trembled.
That night, Krith pushed the sun-orb into Opashi's palace. When he did not return the sea-lord's greeting, Opashi knew something was wrong. Krith spat blood onto the floor, and it fell in patterns which told the story of what Rehanni had done.
Opashi, in a rage, ran to Okys, the city of the gods, and unchained the slave-god Hevis from the gates, bidding him fetch a pan of hot oil. Hevis did this, and carried it, as bidden, to the chamber of Rehanni. There, Opashi snatched up the pan and dashed it into the sleeping war god's eyes. When Rehanni rose up with a roar, Opashi removed one of the scalded eyes with the tip of a sword.
Trith, the moon goddess, saw this. Knowing that Rehanni had injured her brother, she shot one of her silver arrows, removing the other eye.
Rehanni tore through Okys, swearing and raging, and again the earth shook below. Coming at last to his mother, he reported the treachery. Chaotia herself went to Ver, demanding justice. Ver would not return Rehanni's sight.
"For perhaps if he is blind, he will not be tempted to take or ruin beautiful things, for he shall never know them."
One day the Goddess Chaotia, having nothing better to do, took a part of herself and fashioned a new being. She gave this deity the name Rehanni and set him among the other Gods to govern over warfare.
Rehanni was made to appear a perfect speciman of masculinity; all muscles and sinews and smooth, tanned skin. However, because of his parentage, the new God often tried to stir up trouble. He played favorites among warriors, but was capricious enough to sometimes switch factions mid-battle.
One day, leaving a battlefield near the sea, Rehanni came upon a beautiful maiden, Nolka. He knew her to be the beloved of the sea god Opashi, and that it would be better if he left her alone. But alas, his mother came to his side.
"You deserve the best, my son, and Nolka is the best. Take what is yours."
So the war god rose up and overtook the girl, beating and raping her.
It happened that as Rehanni did this, the god Krith, who rolled the sun-orb across the sky each day, observed the scene. Rehanni knew that Krith would, when he moved the sun beneath the sea that night, inform Opashi of the sight. Flinging Nolka aside, Rehanni leapt into the heavens and attacked Krith, cutting his tongue out that he might not speak. For an hour in the sky as the gods wrestled, the sun stood still and the earth trembled.
That night, Krith pushed the sun-orb into Opashi's palace. When he did not return the sea-lord's greeting, Opashi knew something was wrong. Krith spat blood onto the floor, and it fell in patterns which told the story of what Rehanni had done.
Opashi, in a rage, ran to Okys, the city of the gods, and unchained the slave-god Hevis from the gates, bidding him fetch a pan of hot oil. Hevis did this, and carried it, as bidden, to the chamber of Rehanni. There, Opashi snatched up the pan and dashed it into the sleeping war god's eyes. When Rehanni rose up with a roar, Opashi removed one of the scalded eyes with the tip of a sword.
Trith, the moon goddess, saw this. Knowing that Rehanni had injured her brother, she shot one of her silver arrows, removing the other eye.
Rehanni tore through Okys, swearing and raging, and again the earth shook below. Coming at last to his mother, he reported the treachery. Chaotia herself went to Ver, demanding justice. Ver would not return Rehanni's sight.
"For perhaps if he is blind, he will not be tempted to take or ruin beautiful things, for he shall never know them."