A Wolfrider's Tale
"Long ago, before the first of the Wolfriders, before even the coming of the High Ones, the world was very different from the one we know now.
The animals ran the forests and the plains alone...humans had only just begun to change from the bears that they used to be...
Looking over the world each day was Lifegiver, the day star. Though his radiant smile allowed the plants to grow and the animals to prosper he was empty inside. At the end of every day, Lifegiver would disappear over the edge of the world, to sleep in his sorrow.
You see, he was unaware that the world was not lost to darkness while he took his journey. For every night, when Lifegiver had left the skies, Silverseed, the Moon, took his place.
But Silverseed was as lonely as Lifegiver, longing for companionship.
One evening, the day star lingered long on the horizon, unable to sleep in his loneliness. The moon appeared as usual, her cool light partially hidden away by her shroud of sadness and solitude.
Lifegiver was so startled by the appearance of Silverseed that he ran away, unable to understand what he had seen.
All through the night, Silverseed thought about the new figure she had seen in the skies...she hastened along her path, rushing to meet the other side of the world. Lifegiver had also hurried, he rose earlier the next day, his rays brighter than before...but his newly discovered friend was not to be seen.
Lifegiver was sad, until he saw the shy Silverseed appear early on the horizon.
As their eyes met, the day star and the moon felt something they had never felt before...it was the hunger of Recognition. So it was that they met in the center of the sky, joining together in a glorious embrace.
Their passion was so strong that they thought little of the world below. Silverseed's cool caresses blocked out Lifegiver's light and, for a time, the day became night.
But then they remembered their responsability to the young world and, reluctantly, the two separated.
Still, because they had now shared each other, their paths were not quite so lonely as before. In time, the recognition brought forth a new life into the sky, Silverseed gave birth to Dawnbringer.
Now the family created a new dance in the heavens. At times, the day star would appear in the sky longer, and at the others, the two moons would lengthen their stay.
Sometimes, in memory of Silverseed's old loneliness, mother and daughter cloak themselves, but later, in celebration, they come forth whole.
Now and then, even in the daylight, you can see the mother and the daughter visiting with the father. Today it was Silverseed renewing her love with Lifegiver."
Joyleaf (from the world of Two Moons, somewhere in a wonderful deep forest)
The animals ran the forests and the plains alone...humans had only just begun to change from the bears that they used to be...
Looking over the world each day was Lifegiver, the day star. Though his radiant smile allowed the plants to grow and the animals to prosper he was empty inside. At the end of every day, Lifegiver would disappear over the edge of the world, to sleep in his sorrow.
You see, he was unaware that the world was not lost to darkness while he took his journey. For every night, when Lifegiver had left the skies, Silverseed, the Moon, took his place.
But Silverseed was as lonely as Lifegiver, longing for companionship.
One evening, the day star lingered long on the horizon, unable to sleep in his loneliness. The moon appeared as usual, her cool light partially hidden away by her shroud of sadness and solitude.
Lifegiver was so startled by the appearance of Silverseed that he ran away, unable to understand what he had seen.
All through the night, Silverseed thought about the new figure she had seen in the skies...she hastened along her path, rushing to meet the other side of the world. Lifegiver had also hurried, he rose earlier the next day, his rays brighter than before...but his newly discovered friend was not to be seen.
Lifegiver was sad, until he saw the shy Silverseed appear early on the horizon.
As their eyes met, the day star and the moon felt something they had never felt before...it was the hunger of Recognition. So it was that they met in the center of the sky, joining together in a glorious embrace.
Their passion was so strong that they thought little of the world below. Silverseed's cool caresses blocked out Lifegiver's light and, for a time, the day became night.
But then they remembered their responsability to the young world and, reluctantly, the two separated.
Still, because they had now shared each other, their paths were not quite so lonely as before. In time, the recognition brought forth a new life into the sky, Silverseed gave birth to Dawnbringer.
Now the family created a new dance in the heavens. At times, the day star would appear in the sky longer, and at the others, the two moons would lengthen their stay.
Sometimes, in memory of Silverseed's old loneliness, mother and daughter cloak themselves, but later, in celebration, they come forth whole.
Now and then, even in the daylight, you can see the mother and the daughter visiting with the father. Today it was Silverseed renewing her love with Lifegiver."
Joyleaf (from the world of Two Moons, somewhere in a wonderful deep forest)
posted by Adsartha at 1/05/2006 09:33:00 da manhã
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