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| Ronin (nesScitur@husShmail.com) |
2009/03/11 16:06 |
On 11 Mar 2009 12:30:21 GMT, Yenc@power-post.org (Hermes Trismeg) wrote:
The Earth
After the Universe had been filled with stars Ket NEH-toh-rob continued to
gently tumble through space. He tumbled for a long, long time. Gradually
he slowed down and came to rest in an upright position.
Then the Divine Child felt a strange rumbling in his gut. All of a sudden
he had a giant, wet turd. It was tremendous. It was really gooey and warm.
syrup. Gradually the turd started to cool and harden. It became our Earth
and the mountains.
Then Ket Nehtohrob felt another strange rumbling in his gut. Suddenly he
farted. It was a huge silver-blue fart. A very, very long fart. It smelled
like clean, crisp mountain air, and it became our sky.
Then the Divine Child peed. It landed on the highest mountain. The pee became
the first river. It was pure and clean, and smelled like icy winter moss. At
that time winter still ruled over the earth, and there were no living things
whatsoever.
Lehuoh and Setuweh
In the ancient time of the long winter, there was a river that ran through the
land. It began in the highest mountain. It was pure and clean, and smelled
like icy winter moss. Its name was Leh-U-oh. Lehuoh meandered amongst the
rocks and pebbles, picking up tiny bits of sand as he swept along. He was quite
unaware of himself. He was the only active thing in the world, and there was no
one else for him to know.
Soon Lehuoh came to a cliff. He went crashing over the edge and fell toward the
rocks below. A small lake began to form there. Because it was still very cold
in those days, the river called Lehuoh began to freeze as he passed through the
cold air on the way to the rocks below. Gradually some of him was becoming
solid
ice. So now there was falling water and freezing water. Eventually so much
frozen
water accumulated that there was a solid bridge between the top of the waterfall
and the rocks below.
As Lehuoh made his way over the cliff he noticed his own reflection in the ice.
And the ice noticed his own reflection in the water. The ice was called
Seh-TU-weh.
"Look at the soft, sensuous curves!" cried Lehuoh, staring wistfully at his own
image
in the ice, "I must have him for my own!" "Look at the handsome, solid
features!"
exclaimed Setuweh, entranced by his own appearance in the running water, "I want
to
touch him!" But Lehuoh and Setuweh could not come together. For days they
watched
and thought of nothing but the images before them.
Because the water that flowed through the land had been gradually picking up
tiny
bits of sand, it had become somewhat muddy. As the muddy water flew over the
cliff
and fell to the rocks at the bottom of the frozen waterfall, Lehuoh and Setuweh
began to form muddy bodies. First they gained feet and legs. Then their torsos
and arms formed. Then their heads formed. Their muddy bodies were dried by the
air and warmed by the sun. The mud gradually got harder and harder. Soon the
mud
became like flesh and bone, and Lehuoh and Setuweh were transformed into
human-like
boys!
So the first living beings were formed from earth, water, air, and fire. The
four
sacred elements combined to bring about the first life. Lehuoh became a big boy
and
Setuweh became a young man. They were giants. They were each bigger than a
hundred
human boys. They were giant mud boys.
To be continued...
copyright 2009 Craig Philip Richard
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