History of the Beginning of Times
In the beginning of time, Great Mother created the land with the love she felt for Great Father. Together they spawned seven children to fill both sides of the land, one each day.
On the first, they conceived the Light of consciousness and life, the understanding of being, of the whole.
On the second, they conceived the Fire that warmed their new home and will always warm ours, the pure child who will always purify us, the most indomitable, and the one who will always answer our prayers.
On the third, they conceived the Earth, the basis of everything, the most colorful and diverse, who feeds us, and dresses us, and shelters us, who gives and gives us, fertile and generous.
On the fourth, they conceived the Water, who became sea and united the two sides of the land, who became a river and loved the land, who became ice and preserved.
On the fifth, they conceived the Air who is free in the wind and who sustains the siblings with love, just like us, without feeling any weight.
On the sixth, they conceived the Sun, golden and warm magic, loyal friend.
On the seventh, they conceived the Moon, silver and cold magic, devoted lover.
The seven children were scattered on both sides of the land.
Proud, Great Mother and Great Father conceived four more children, in their own image and that of their siblings, to live in their land and teach them to live too.
They conceived Nature, the most beautiful of the children, as generous as Earth, as warm as Fire, as changeable as Water, as free as Air. Sun fell in love with her as soon as it saw her, and bathed her in golden rays. They conceived Mind, the most intelligent of the children, understanding of all the siblings and wise with all, she loved all and gave herself to all. Moon offered itself to her, made her its muse, and bathed her in silvery rays. They conceived Death, the fairest of the children, immutable and serious, the most genuine of souls, protector of the balance of the land. Great Father was very proud. They conceived Magic, the wildest of the children, creative and powerful, inspirited. Great Mother smiled at her a lot.
Eleven children.
Great Mother and Great Father then asked the four children to help them inhabit the land.
They asked Magic, and she yearned to create lots and lots of animals, all different, of all colors and shapes. Great Mother raised them all with her four children, and placed them on the land. But Magic was too wild, too creative, too powerful. So Great Father fated her, as all her ideas, to maintain the balance on both sides of the land.
They asked Nature and Mind, always together, and they idealized the person, but they asked Great Mother to create three versions for each; Nature asked for seven elves, three mermaids and nine dwarfs, Mind asked for seven sorcerers, three witches and nine humans. Magic gave them an animal each to care, and to love, and to share. Death offered them the promise to care for their souls when their nature and mind worn out.
They asked Death and he didn’t want to create anything, as he would take care of all the other creations. Great Mother promised him that when Death wished to create someone to keep him company, the siblings would help him as he helped them.
As Magic, Mind and Nature appeared as creators like Great Mother, they became women. As Death proved to be protective like Great Father, he became a man. Magic, pregnant with ideas, took shape in her most magical creation, the dragon. Death, Nature and Mind, fond of complexity, took shape in the person’s diverse creation. Great Father destined them to come down to the land, women on one side of the Moon, man on the other, to live with the creations of Great Mother and their seven siblings.
And so lived the eleven, always keeping the balance on both sides of the land.
Proud, Great Mother and Great Father conceived four more children, in their own image and that of their siblings, to live in their land and teach them to live too.
They conceived Nature, the most beautiful of the children, as generous as Earth, as warm as Fire, as changeable as Water, as free as Air. Sun fell in love with her as soon as it saw her, and bathed her in golden rays. They conceived Mind, the most intelligent of the children, understanding of all the siblings and wise with all, she loved all and gave herself to all. Moon offered itself to her, made her its muse, and bathed her in silvery rays. They conceived Death, the fairest of the children, immutable and serious, the most genuine of souls, protector of the balance of the land. Great Father was very proud. They conceived Magic, the wildest of the children, creative and powerful, inspirited. Great Mother smiled at her a lot.
Eleven children.
Great Mother and Great Father then asked the four children to help them inhabit the land.
They asked Magic, and she yearned to create lots and lots of animals, all different, of all colors and shapes. Great Mother raised them all with her four children, and placed them on the land. But Magic was too wild, too creative, too powerful. So Great Father fated her, as all her ideas, to maintain the balance on both sides of the land.
They asked Nature and Mind, always together, and they idealized the person, but they asked Great Mother to create three versions for each; Nature asked for seven elves, three mermaids and nine dwarfs, Mind asked for seven sorcerers, three witches and nine humans. Magic gave them an animal each to care, and to love, and to share. Death offered them the promise to care for their souls when their nature and mind worn out.
They asked Death and he didn’t want to create anything, as he would take care of all the other creations. Great Mother promised him that when Death wished to create someone to keep him company, the siblings would help him as he helped them.
As Magic, Mind and Nature appeared as creators like Great Mother, they became women. As Death proved to be protective like Great Father, he became a man. Magic, pregnant with ideas, took shape in her most magical creation, the dragon. Death, Nature and Mind, fond of complexity, took shape in the person’s diverse creation. Great Father destined them to come down to the land, women on one side of the Moon, man on the other, to live with the creations of Great Mother and their seven siblings.
And so lived the eleven, always keeping the balance on both sides of the land.
Variations & Mutation
Yet the balance has been disturbed.
Dark magic entered the land of light and damaged the peaceful paradise which Great Mother and Great Father loved so dearly.
The four children and their children, the people, fought to prevent the dark magic from destroying Great Mother and Great Father’s paradise; they protected it above their own lives, but they never accomplished to make the dark magic disappear, and their struggle is constant. Great Father’s pride overflowed and, with Great Mother, they granted the innocent wish of their children and grandchildren: eleven silver will come with the power to change Fate just like Great Father, with eleven more golden ones, twenty-two, with the Power to Create the balance of their choices.
Some are already born, others are yet to be. Together they will create a new land, a new paradise, and set us free. This is the will of Great Father and Great Mother, and this is our innocent wish.
as told in the Kingdom of Months
as told in the Kingdom of Months