The Tale of Lehaveam

“There once was a great hero who fought on the battle field of the Triable Wars. Lehaveam was undefeated in battle and beside him fought his mate Bahayeem. They fought and fought but the war did not end. One by one their family fell to the war, their consorts and futures, their children and parents, until only the two where left. The wars did not end, their grief for the dead was unparalleled that is until Lehaveam fell to an injury facing death he was afraid, he pretended to be one of the dead, he was not ready to join them quite yet. Bahavyeem found him like this, with no honor to his name and held him in her arms. ‘Do not worry my love’ she cried. ‘The war is over, you don’t have to die anymore. No one has to die. You’ll pull through.’ she tended to him night and day as the battle continued. She tended to him and no one attacked her.
"On the third night Bahavyeem told Lehaveam 'My love look up, the sky is it not beautiful.' Lehaveam responded 'My love for the past three nights and the last three days I have looked at nothing but the sky, wishes that I didn’t have to leave it, but know you tell me to look at it and I wish I had spent my time looking at you.' He looked into the eyes of his beloved and died.
"Bahavyeem cried and screamed and all the warriors heard her. They sheathed their weapons and slowly marched to the fallen hero, before her they knelt, both sides and grieved for her. And when she rose again from her lovers side they did not. Bahavyeem slaughtered every man and women before her but they never stopped kneeling and finally Bahavyeem returned home, her war had ended as she told him, no one else had to die. She placed her beloved to rest in their bed where the planned to make a family and let the fire carry him to the next world
"...there is a less popular version of that story, Bahavyeem had a second mate called Molae Hiem and Molae pulls Bahavyeem from Lehaveam at the end of the third day and tells her ‘You must survive this.' and Bahavyeem replies ‘But I can’t live through it.’
“Most Bahavyeem don’t have a Molae Hiem, they may survive but they do not have anything to live for, they can’t. I give this advice to many Bahavyeem. You have survived, now to live you must have a Molae Hiem go find them.”
A tale told by Indrew the Independent to a lost soul before the rise of the rebellion.

Summary

In the tribal wars and there is in this war a hero, Lehaveam, the hero dies and his lover, Bahavyeem, holds him as he does, for three days she holds him and on the third day he declares he has looked at the sky afraid to never see it again when he should have looked at her. When he fades away on the third day the lover rises and slaughters both sides then returns home.

Historical Basis

The war was real and the two named people where warriors in it however the truth of the story has no basis in which it can be found. History only mentions that the man did die in a list of the dead and the women and the man after the war relied commendations that neither ever picked up.

Spread

A story told to children, a constellation story of the house Orphanie. It can be found in lullabies and children toys.The stories origins are probably older than the tribal wars but its original form has been lost and now many stories have appeared around the world with the same basic plot and characters.

Variations & Mutation

Some believe that there was a third player in the tale, Molae Hiem, some believe the women committed suicide at the end and other believe she went on to fight other wars, the tale changes from person to person but what's always true is that war brings death and the tale is of that effect even though many see it as a tale of glory many realize that it has more meaning.

Cultural Reception

The tale speaks to most of the tragedy of wasting one's life or realizing to late what is important. Many however see what they wish to see and elders often use the story as a teaching point.

In Literature

There are songs and tales of it everywhere. As a base myth of people around the world and no clear origin point the tale is used more as a known fact of comparison(metaphor) than a story.

In Art

in art when a figure is seen holding another and at their feet lay two swords and above them is three suns those are the drawn forms of the story. Many say its a false image the swords and the suns reflect each other to show that truly there where three people and two suns but the iconography of the tale isn't truly understood just repeated.

Date of First Recording

330 AW

Date of Setting

around 50-100 AW