Before the sun shown bright in the sky, before there was air to which breath was taken, there was only darkness. Floating amongst the vast sea of nothingness, there was only one being; one thought. Savita was the universe and a being at once. She became lonely in this vast sea of nothingness; she took from nothingness and made the sun. Then blew onto it her own life to make it burn forever lighting our days. Then she made the earth from the same nothingness, but having two suns was way too bright for even a goddess. She patted out the flames until there was only a globe, and placed it by the sun so she could see what she had made.
Although she had the sun and earth to do with as she wished, the earth lay barren with only a mist covering it. She gave birth to a son named Calder, whom brought forth the sea from Savita’s womb. Savita made Calder god of the ocean, from the very thing that he had created. After Calder had grown he was sent down into the mists, while Savita watched over head. Calder was happy with the mists and the vast ocean that he was lord of. He created fish from the soft ground of the ocean for him to rule over, and vegetation for those fish to eat. Yet, even as entertaining as the fish were he would return to Savita to speak with her.
Finally, Savita and Calder gave birth to a son named Manton. Manton was very quick witted, arrogant and thought himself stronger than his father. He watched as Calder worked amongst his kingdom, and Manton yearned to have the same happiness that his father knew. So, taken with the idea of his own kingdom, he told Savita one day, "Let me go down to my father's kingdom, and make part of it my own." Savita so loved her son that she would give anything to make him happy. She granted him his wish to go to his father's kingdom but, before she let him go, she said "Manton, take this mass of sand and make of it your own kingdom."
Manton went down to the earth, pouring the sand over parts of the ocean that he thought it would be best to start a kingdom. The sand grew and allowed him to walk were he wished. Manton watched as the land began to spread, and he was happy for a while. Though Manton had the land, he just like his father made vegetation and creatures to which he could rule over. He created vegetation from the edges of the land that touched the oceans. Then he made creatures from the dry sand that lay toward the center. Manton’s creatures were much different than Calder’s and could not leave the kingdom in which they had been made.
Calder did not like sharing the earth that he had been given, and returned to Savita complaining, "Savita, why must Manton separate the water from what rightfully belongs to it?" Savita listened, then said "Calder, you are to share what is our son's, but there will be more that will come to share with Manton what is his. Like now, I am pregnant with twins that will divide what you have into smaller halves." Calder was angry that he would have to share further his share, but he went back to his ocean and buried his anger in the depths of the oceans soft ground.
In time Savita gave birth to two goddesses, Ildri and Hova. Ildri brought forth from Savita’s womb wind, from her trying with all her might to leave. Hova brought forth from Savita’s womb, fire from her ever increasing anger of being confined to one area for so long. Ildri was as jubilant as the wind that she possessed, and used it to entertain herself on any whim. Hova was destructive and liked to watch her flames lick up the trees burning off anything in sight. Together, Ildri and Hova could entertain or destroy as they pleased.
When Hova and Ildri were old enough, Savita set them upon Manton’s kingdom seeing as air and fire had no place in Calder’s kingdom. Hova and Ildri would walk upon Manton's kingdom and burn whatever vegetation that Manton made. They would force the earth into the sea, and make steam rise from the depths of Calder’s oceans. Manton and Calder so upset with the destruction of their kingdoms began stomping out Hova and Ildri's attempts to destroy.
The earth unable to take the feet to these gods would rumble, and quake. In one of the quake's, Hova was swallowed by the earth, unable to get out, she emitted fire from the inside of the earth. The earth was more resistant to the flames that Hova tried on it, and merely turned into liquid. Ildri distressed with her sister being stuck in the earth, made holes for which the liquid to escape in hopes that eventually it would push Hova up. Yet, the mounds only grew into large volcano’s that are now symbol’s of Hova’s imprisonment. Ildri still pokes holes in the ground hoping that one day, Hova will return to again help in destroying Manton’s kingdom.
The End.
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