The myth of the eternal wave

Summary

The myth of the eternal wave is an ancient L'lmanü tale describing the genesis of the oceans and lands.
The myth describes the world being born as a flat infinite ocean with no waves, winds or sun.
The L'lmanü at this time lived in small catamarans floating in the endless void of water; with no wind to pull their sails and no currents to drag their boats, they were stranded, doomed to eternally drifting away on an infinite night.
One day a L'lmanü druid saw under the water a bright glow approaching. Curious, he put his head underwater to investigate the big and warm sphere approaching.
The big orb of fire, born of the sea, told the druid it would bring light, wind and waves to the ocean in exchange for its freedom from the depths it couldn't leave but to do so someone had to take its place underwater to not alert the mother sea of its departure.
The druid, after looking around to see his people stranded, accepted the orb's offer to release it and give the world light, wind and waves. Without waiting any further, the orb dragged him underwater violently and, laughing, left for the world above, bringing light and warmth to the world.
Mother sea, immediately noticing the orb's departure to the sky, tried grabbing it back, growing an immense water wall, that following the orb moving around folded the sea into itself in a watery sphere, creating an infinite wave moving around as an arm out to grab her escaped son.
Mother sea, not being able to grab her son, started crying and screaming, bringing rain and wind to the world, her desperate stretching opened wounds in the mother's body, the scabs of which became continents where the L'lmanü moved in.
It was at that time that Mother sea, still crying for her escaped son, went to the druid asking him what he had done. The orb he released was the most mischievous creature she gave birth to and, although it was keeping its promise, it wouldn't last as it wouldn't have been happy with just bringing misery to her mother, he'd eventually want more.
And so the orb did, looking down to the cheering L'lmanü, it released a veil of deadly air would kill anyone who dared breathe them (referring to radiations and solar storms). The L'lmanü then realized that what they desired came with a price: they wouldn't be able to live their lives outside in the open air anymore.
Mother sea, mortified by what happened, gifted L'lmanüs with shining water that would glow brightly if the mischievous orb was close so they could know when it was safe to go outside.
The druid then asked Mother sea what he could do to alleviate his guilt and Mother sea answered by saying that he alone can calm the deadly air of the orb and he must follow it bringing with him the night to ease the pain of the world. He transformed in a dark orb, with open gashes of water where the wounds of his guilt were, forever destined to follow his step-brother to cut down its deadly veil and bring relief to the L'lmanü.
From that day on Mother sea never stopped spinning to try and grab her son back.
The druid's hat forever lost in the heart of the sea as the only piece of him to remain. There to keep his promise to the sun.
It is said that diving deep into the mother's heart and retrieving the druid's hat, it would break his promise and chain the sun inside the ocean again.

Historical Basis

The myth was probably born out of the need to explain natural fenomena and the necessity for sophonts to give a reason to life and birth.
Like many genesis myths on Earth, the sophont and divine components are very intertwined, with people and deities interacting in the creation of the world.

Spread

The Myth is not very widespread as interest in L'lmanü culture is not as strong as with the Precursor's.
It is, however, commonly taught in Telkatii communities as the true origin of the world.

Variations & Mutation

Unfortunately the myth was only preserved in a single site, leaving us no idea on how widespread it really was and if it had any regional variations.