The Gods found Ta Ante fragile and alone, and they saw fit to give life unto her. The seven gods descended on to the planet and pounded out the great oceans. They shaped the continents, throwing great handfuls of rock into the oceans until they became the islands and the mountains. They planted the mighty forests and tundra and grasslands, and combed over than land until it became desert. And then the gods created life, spending many days on their creation, making different animals for the vast lands of Ta Ante. When they were satisfied with their creation, they reached into the heavens and delivered mankind to its new home.
The gods created mankind as many, each shaping their own people to reflect their own image. They spread their people across the world, Tiamat the industrious giving his people to Lat, in the center, Ong the clever giving his people to Lingguo in the south, Anunnaki the strong giving her people Ysa in the north. Ummo the resourceful sent his people to Zentralia, Bielek the mysterious sent her people to the deserts, Nibiru the playful sent her people to the Islands. The gods gave them language and arts and understanding and life, and the people of Ta Ante flourished with these glorious gifts. The world prospered, and the six great kingdoms grew.
Time passed, and people forgot about the gods, and the gods became angry and jealous. The six gods went to Ebe, the seventh, who controlled the seventh tribe, the servants to the gods. They caused six great disasters in the lands of the six peoples, and sent the messengers to speak for the gods. The people turned the messengers away. The gods flooded the land, raising the oceans, and still the people looked away. Angry and ignored, the gods took away what they had given mankind: their language, their arts, their understanding. They allowed only life, and when mankind still ignored the them, the gods took life away, too. As a final demonstration of their anger, the gods took away all adults from Ta Ante. Collecting their messengers, the gods left Ta Ante as they had found it, fragile and alone.
But the gods could not ignore their children. When they are sure none of the other gods are looking, each lets slip pieces of their great work for all to be seen. The gods give ideas to inventors, to the great artists, and to the nobel scientists, so that mankind can be happy as it had been, millennia ago. For now, the gods wait in Mingulay for the time when they can be one with mankind once again.
you tease!
=D
That was sweet.
I haven’t forgotten, and I’m moving forward. Just slowly. Things’ve been difficult as of late. So, I’m a little bogged and a little slow. But you know I’ve not forgotten nor have I abandoned my promise.
That was really really sweet.
_Sometimes broccoli must dance_
I’ll live. You do what you need to do. We have a few more weeks yet.
Why is it only Nobel’s family that gets the juicy scientific ideas? :)