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Dream Spinner
07-01-03, 04:25 AM This thread is for the creation of legends, fairy tales, and myths for this world. This thread is for either fictional stories told in our world, or factual legends of a hero(ine) or something of that like.

Please keep in mind that myths of a powerful figure or some other entity that is widely believed to be true would create that figure, or if that figure is dead, remnants of that figure, such as a grave, to appear.

Iyala: Sorry for the delay, even though I said I was going to make this thread right away. :blush:
WizO_Iyala
07-01-03, 06:59 PM And quite right too, Dream Spinner ;) Thanks for bringing the thread back :)

The Twins - Shalendae Gods

The myth of the twins tells of two human brothers born with unprecedented magical skills. While they were still young they rose beyond the greatest ranks in magic to be the most powerful mages of their lands. They soon grew to see themselves as above all other men, they decided that only they were entitled to rule the land and control it. From the people right down to the plants, they would shape them all to their wills.

First they divided up the lands of the continent, different tribes and settlements went to each twin. Then they turned their attention to the control of other forces in the land.

"I am the god of the beasts" claimed one brother, and he proved this by summoning forth an army of creatures at his command.

"I am the god of the trees" claimed the other, commanding the ancient oaks to climb from the ground.

In this way they divided up the forces of the land, when they could not agree as to who held the greatest power, they competed until one proved to be stronger.

Finally they were satisfied, until one brother looked up into the sky and asked "who is the god of the air?" For hours they matched each other, gale for gale, storm for storm to decide this but niether was stronger. They grew powerful wings and took flight, trying to prove their strength by climbing higher and higher into the sky, flinging spells at each other as they flew.

As the air began to grow thin, they dived at each other, locked together in combat as they plumeted back to the ground. When they hit the ground, their bodies punched through the surface traveled deep into the rock. There the fight continued, red hot wings carved caves from the rock and deflected spells burrowed deep into the ground.

After the battle had raged for some hours the people above the ground finally tired of the disruption beneath the ground. As one they entered the fissure, at first the twins batted away the mortal creatures, in the first wave hundred fairies died, inthe second elves fell like saplings, in the third birds were blown from the sky with the wave of a hand. But the thousands eventually overwhelmed them. The creatures forced the mages down, attacking them until they had no choice but to flee their mortal bodies.

The spirits of the two mages were trapped in the rock as punishment for their distruction. Of all the creatures that had come beneath the ground to fight the twins, some remained there. To repay the deaths of the creatures they had killed, the twins were sentenced to protectthe people that would dwell in the lands they create.

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I've remove the reference to Gaia, I was never entirely happy about that but I couldn't see a way to kill the wtwins without bringin in more powerful gods that would need believing in. Which I didn't want. Any thoughts are welcome, I'll probably re-write that more myth-y-ly sometime :)
WizO_Iyala
07-01-03, 07:26 PM The Myth of Tilaya and the Creation of the Shalendae

After Ku'shae's doomed marriage ended in his wife's death, the warlord soon became preocupied with his worries and guilt. Would her curse come true? Was he truly doomed to an eternity of immortal life dedicated to others? More than anything he wanted a second chance, he wanted to prove he could be a faithful husband to his wife and, in doing so, perhaps avoid the curse.

Driven almost to the point of madness, the warlord left his tribe, wandering the forests in search of some druid or cleric who might be able to help him bring his wife back and prove his fidelity.

One evening Ku'shae chanced upon a fairy, with wings as black as night, an aura of strange mystery surrounded her. Unlike other fairies she was perhaps only a hand shorter than him. In Ath'iah, he saw his wife re-born.

So used to being the trickster, Ath'iah trusted Ku'shae too easily, looking on him as a useful tool in her meddling. However the warloord turned the tabels on the elf and tricked her into marriage with him.

For a year they remained wed as Ath'iah tried in vain to discover some escape from her marriage vows - though she found Ku-shae to be a diverting consort, he was a constant reminder that she had been tricked. On the evening of the anniversary of the wedding, a fairy approached Ath'iah warily.

After hearing the tale, the fairy suggested a simple solution - the marriage vows bound Ath'iah to Ku'shae, if Ath'iah simply changed her name, she would no longer be bound to her husband. The moment the vows were lifted, Ath'iah cried out with the first pains of birthing.

The fairy remained with her throughout the night, performing the chants and incantaions of a midwife and easing the pain. Ath'iah was delivered of not one but several hundred children that night, one for each night of her marriage. The magic entwined with her soul and that of Ku'shae brought forth magical children, the Shalendae.

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This is a slightly hastily written myth and a bit of a random one. It would be believed only by the followers of Tilaya, who would see their goddess as ascending to become an immortal as a reward for helping in the birth or the Shalendae. The other faiths would take parts of it and ignore the rest. It also covers the Shalendae tradition of changing their names when they feel like it.
nick012000
07-03-03, 06:41 AM ow. 2-300 kids at once? you're a sadistic [i swear too much]!
WizO_Iyala
07-03-03, 05:28 PM I realise this may seem harsh but it's a myth telling of a magical process. Many ancient greek mysths were much worse. Plus this is the legend of the goddess acting as widwife to the birth, her followers would believe she had the powere to prevent almost all pain if she wanted to. I wanted some form of creation myth for the fairies and this seemed to fit.
Mak
10-16-03, 07:05 AM The Creation

If everyone wants to keep my theme, then the myths of each race (or at least most of them) should tell of some great catastrophe in the past.

Somebody please post. :(
nick012000
10-24-03, 09:14 PM I posted the creation myth for the Shadowrats on the Old boards, but now the old boards are gone.
Mak
10-25-03, 12:33 AM Then post a short summary.:)

To clarify my last post, the myth doesn't have to be a disaster, just some major event that ties in to how the world was created. For example, one race might believe that they were brought to this new world by their fire god(relating to volcanic activity in the past).
nick012000
10-25-03, 01:38 AM Well, basically, they believe that there are four elemental gods that arose from the debris of a gigantic conflict (before the world existed) and that then, they too warred amoungst themselves. From the debris of that conflict the world and its inhabitants were created. The inhabitants warred amounst themselves, and from the debris of their conflicts the Shadowrats were created.
Mak
10-25-03, 01:42 AM That's a lot of Debris and Conflict. :D

Are the Shadowrats yours? Also, are there any hidden truths behind the myth?
nick012000
10-25-03, 02:50 AM Yes, the Shadowrats are mine. They are on the Underdark thread.
the_one_true_shea
04-01-06, 10:06 PM A myths thread, here we have the

The Myth of Tilaya and the Creation of the Shalendae

The Twins - Shalendae Gods

and refrences to a Shadow Rat creation myth....

The Shalendae are an interesting race that I could probably do to summerize!
dz64
04-10-06, 09:26 AM this is a little tale of how the 4 armed centaurs see the world creation.
kims (sentish for "smash") by boby punch
long long time from now there was the dust. this dust was of the red lava.
this dust move alway from each other, but missed each so move back and hugged. this hug made a star but not all the dust was in the star so they hugged. soon there were 5 large star of the dust of the world. but soon the stars got angry with each and they attacked bumping in to each. but the first star was smart and did not fight insteed he/she left the four other stars blow up making more dust again this dust followed the star this dust now loved the smart star so they worshiped him/her the dust turned to planets and soon there was are solar system.

good yes. i make up that story as i went no plans just made it up right there
the_one_true_shea
04-15-06, 09:51 PM I see, so the centaurs (often thought to be celestial minded creatures) have a creation myth that involves four "star-gods" hugging the world into being.

This makes me consider something, five stars....

Now, in real life stuff like the number of stars and the dust refrences are almost always associated with cultural or celestial phenomena. If the legend says five stars... the centaurs can probably point out all five of them in the sky.

If the world was perhaps the "fifth star" itself - and the "other four" stars were refering to the other planets or moons in the system? Er what if the "smart star" was the planet and the four stars were the other moons for the planet (assuming this world is actually a moon). Either way the beautiful part about a myth is that each component most often refers to something.

Like the Ath'iah story by Iyala - the goddess gave birth to 300 some odd children.. "one for each day of the marrige" - thats the way of mything. "Mixing meanings."
Lord_Canius
04-26-06, 03:36 PM Double Post
Lord_Canius
04-26-06, 03:37 PM The Vaa'kesh are a race I have been working on, I should be posting them here soon. Anyway, here you go.

In the begining, before the light, before the dark, before the grey, there was nothing but the winds. Hoizix, the north wind, blustered and bellowed his might accross the empty wastes. Illia, the west wind, raced accross the void, gleeful and joyeus, his speed unmatched. Turith, the east wind, blew around the emptiness sullenly, bitter and angry at unknown injustices. Xiril, the south breeze, blew gently, calming her brothers with her gentle sighs. But they grew bored, and so the brothers innitiated a contest with each other. Hoizix boasted that he was best, for he was strong and mighty, and made the harsh places of the world, the deserts and mountains, and the strong people, the dwarves and the orcs, to prove his might. Illia boasted that his speed and grace made him the best, and made the beutiful places of the world, the plataus and windswept plains, and created the gnomes and the halflings. Turith claimed superiority for no other reason than he was the eldest, and made the dark, quiet places of the world, the deep forests and the stretching swamps, and populated the world with the elves and the Vaa'kesh. Xiril saw her oppurtinity to occupy her brothers, and quickly created the soft places of the world, the rolling hill sides, the beaches and the oceans, and made the humans. Showing her brothers what they had all created together, the winds agreed that all were equal, and none should be without the other. They joined with thier world, but they left behind thier essence, which coalesced into the other races and creatures of the world.
Rny2
04-29-06, 12:16 AM Well, here's the myth I thought up a while ago when we were discussing satellites.

"I remember, a while ago, a friend of mine laughed at me. I forgot his, or what it hers, name, but whoever they were, I think they'd always been sullen and I didn't like them too much. Still a solid friend, though, I remember when they followed me to catch that big fish. Don't recall to much else, except for the big fish and a horde of humans."

"Anyways, they were laughing pretty loudly, cause I actually heard them that time. My hearing's never been perfect, and its only declined with age, but I can still feel my eardrums ringing from that raucous cry. I think it was something about building a force barrier to hold in the Blade Snakes. Being the extensive naturalist/progressive that he or she was, I would have expected a retort demanding the preservation, education, and integration of such a unique proto-draconic race. Instead, my dear friend just sat there laughing his horns off, something about us making it too easy for him, that we should be smarter than that.
Now, you know well that I'm a cautious dragon, so I wanted to see what was so funny."

"Never found out, though. Construction on the project seemed to work out fine, but I don't see my friend all that often. I don't think the wall's there anymore, though it might just be my memory fading. So many facets of life, I suppose, blur in the drone of time. My former comrades fall away, and my dreams are grounded into dust."

Anyone care to explain what this has to do with satellites? I most certainly can't. :confused:
the_one_true_shea
05-15-06, 11:04 PM Rny2 are you getting visions? Who is the speaker?

A dragon obviously... what about his/her associate.. another dragon? Elder Kaiser?

I just smell the Kaiser in this (maybe its the laughing at the bladesnakes)

@ Lord_Canius

I like the idea as a myth. The Vaa'kesh you say... interesting.

Perhaps we could do a "five" kings deal with the winds? Making them positions that have been occupied (or can be occupied) by multiple gods... Wind Wars? Oh That sounds neat
....

Wind Wars.... ooh!

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Dream Spinner 07-01-03, 04:25 AM	This thread is for the creation of legends, fairy tales, and myths for this world. This thread is for either fictional stories told in our world, or factual legends of a hero(ine) or something of that like. Please keep in mind that myths of a powerful figure or some other entity that is widely believed to be true would create that figure, or if that figure is dead, remnants of that figure, such as a grave, to appear. Iyala: Sorry for the delay, even though I said I was going to make this thread right away. :blush:
WizO_Iyala 07-01-03, 06:59 PM	And quite right too, Dream Spinner ;) Thanks for bringing the thread back :) The Twins - Shalendae Gods The myth of the twins tells of two human brothers born with unprecedented magical skills. While they were still young they rose beyond the greatest ranks in magic to be the most powerful mages of their lands. They soon grew to see themselves as above all other men, they decided that only they were entitled to rule the land and control it. From the people right down to the plants, they would shape them all to their wills. First they divided up the lands of the continent, different tribes and settlements went to each twin. Then they turned their attention to the control of other forces in the land. "I am the god of the beasts" claimed one brother, and he proved this by summoning forth an army of creatures at his command. "I am the god of the trees" claimed the other, commanding the ancient oaks to climb from the ground. In this way they divided up the forces of the land, when they could not agree as to who held the greatest power, they competed until one proved to be stronger. Finally they were satisfied, until one brother looked up into the sky and asked "who is the god of the air?" For hours they matched each other, gale for gale, storm for storm to decide this but niether was stronger. They grew powerful wings and took flight, trying to prove their strength by climbing higher and higher into the sky, flinging spells at each other as they flew. As the air began to grow thin, they dived at each other, locked together in combat as they plumeted back to the ground. When they hit the ground, their bodies punched through the surface traveled deep into the rock. There the fight continued, red hot wings carved caves from the rock and deflected spells burrowed deep into the ground. After the battle had raged for some hours the people above the ground finally tired of the disruption beneath the ground. As one they entered the fissure, at first the twins batted away the mortal creatures, in the first wave hundred fairies died, inthe second elves fell like saplings, in the third birds were blown from the sky with the wave of a hand. But the thousands eventually overwhelmed them. The creatures forced the mages down, attacking them until they had no choice but to flee their mortal bodies. The spirits of the two mages were trapped in the rock as punishment for their distruction. Of all the creatures that had come beneath the ground to fight the twins, some remained there. To repay the deaths of the creatures they had killed, the twins were sentenced to protectthe people that would dwell in the lands they create. --------------------- I've remove the reference to Gaia, I was never entirely happy about that but I couldn't see a way to kill the wtwins without bringin in more powerful gods that would need believing in. Which I didn't want. Any thoughts are welcome, I'll probably re-write that more myth-y-ly sometime :)
WizO_Iyala 07-01-03, 07:26 PM	The Myth of Tilaya and the Creation of the Shalendae After Ku'shae's doomed marriage ended in his wife's death, the warlord soon became preocupied with his worries and guilt. Would her curse come true? Was he truly doomed to an eternity of immortal life dedicated to others? More than anything he wanted a second chance, he wanted to prove he could be a faithful husband to his wife and, in doing so, perhaps avoid the curse. Driven almost to the point of madness, the warlord left his tribe, wandering the forests in search of some druid or cleric who might be able to help him bring his wife back and prove his fidelity. One evening Ku'shae chanced upon a fairy, with wings as black as night, an aura of strange mystery surrounded her. Unlike other fairies she was perhaps only a hand shorter than him. In Ath'iah, he saw his wife re-born. So used to being the trickster, Ath'iah trusted Ku'shae too easily, looking on him as a useful tool in her meddling. However the warloord turned the tabels on the elf and tricked her into marriage with him. For a year they remained wed as Ath'iah tried in vain to discover some escape from her marriage vows - though she found Ku-shae to be a diverting consort, he was a constant reminder that she had been tricked. On the evening of the anniversary of the wedding, a fairy approached Ath'iah warily. After hearing the tale, the fairy suggested a simple solution - the marriage vows bound Ath'iah to Ku'shae, if Ath'iah simply changed her name, she would no longer be bound to her husband. The moment the vows were lifted, Ath'iah cried out with the first pains of birthing. The fairy remained with her throughout the night, performing the chants and incantaions of a midwife and easing the pain. Ath'iah was delivered of not one but several hundred children that night, one for each night of her marriage. The magic entwined with her soul and that of Ku'shae brought forth magical children, the Shalendae. --------------------------------- This is a slightly hastily written myth and a bit of a random one. It would be believed only by the followers of Tilaya, who would see their goddess as ascending to become an immortal as a reward for helping in the birth or the Shalendae. The other faiths would take parts of it and ignore the rest. It also covers the Shalendae tradition of changing their names when they feel like it.
nick012000 07-03-03, 06:41 AM	ow. 2-300 kids at once? you're a sadistic [i swear too much]!
WizO_Iyala 07-03-03, 05:28 PM	I realise this may seem harsh but it's a myth telling of a magical process. Many ancient greek mysths were much worse. Plus this is the legend of the goddess acting as widwife to the birth, her followers would believe she had the powere to prevent almost all pain if she wanted to. I wanted some form of creation myth for the fairies and this seemed to fit.
Mak 10-16-03, 07:05 AM	The Creation If everyone wants to keep my theme, then the myths of each race (or at least most of them) should tell of some great catastrophe in the past. Somebody please post. :(
nick012000 10-24-03, 09:14 PM	I posted the creation myth for the Shadowrats on the Old boards, but now the old boards are gone.
Mak 10-25-03, 12:33 AM	Then post a short summary.:) To clarify my last post, the myth doesn't have to be a disaster, just some major event that ties in to how the world was created. For example, one race might believe that they were brought to this new world by their fire god(relating to volcanic activity in the past).
nick012000 10-25-03, 01:38 AM	Well, basically, they believe that there are four elemental gods that arose from the debris of a gigantic conflict (before the world existed) and that then, they too warred amoungst themselves. From the debris of that conflict the world and its inhabitants were created. The inhabitants warred amounst themselves, and from the debris of their conflicts the Shadowrats were created.
Mak 10-25-03, 01:42 AM	That's a lot of Debris and Conflict. :D Are the Shadowrats yours? Also, are there any hidden truths behind the myth?
nick012000 10-25-03, 02:50 AM	Yes, the Shadowrats are mine. They are on the Underdark thread.
the_one_true_shea 04-01-06, 10:06 PM	A myths thread, here we have the The Myth of Tilaya and the Creation of the Shalendae The Twins - Shalendae Gods and refrences to a Shadow Rat creation myth.... The Shalendae are an interesting race that I could probably do to summerize!
dz64 04-10-06, 09:26 AM	this is a little tale of how the 4 armed centaurs see the world creation. kims (sentish for "smash") by boby punch long long time from now there was the dust. this dust was of the red lava. this dust move alway from each other, but missed each so move back and hugged. this hug made a star but not all the dust was in the star so they hugged. soon there were 5 large star of the dust of the world. but soon the stars got angry with each and they attacked bumping in to each. but the first star was smart and did not fight insteed he/she left the four other stars blow up making more dust again this dust followed the star this dust now loved the smart star so they worshiped him/her the dust turned to planets and soon there was are solar system. good yes. i make up that story as i went no plans just made it up right there
the_one_true_shea 04-15-06, 09:51 PM	I see, so the centaurs (often thought to be celestial minded creatures) have a creation myth that involves four "star-gods" hugging the world into being. This makes me consider something, five stars.... Now, in real life stuff like the number of stars and the dust refrences are almost always associated with cultural or celestial phenomena. If the legend says five stars... the centaurs can probably point out all five of them in the sky. If the world was perhaps the "fifth star" itself - and the "other four" stars were refering to the other planets or moons in the system? Er what if the "smart star" was the planet and the four stars were the other moons for the planet (assuming this world is actually a moon). Either way the beautiful part about a myth is that each component most often refers to something. Like the Ath'iah story by Iyala - the goddess gave birth to 300 some odd children.. "one for each day of the marrige" - thats the way of mything. "Mixing meanings."
Lord_Canius 04-26-06, 03:36 PM	Double Post
Lord_Canius 04-26-06, 03:37 PM	The Vaa'kesh are a race I have been working on, I should be posting them here soon. Anyway, here you go. In the begining, before the light, before the dark, before the grey, there was nothing but the winds. Hoizix, the north wind, blustered and bellowed his might accross the empty wastes. Illia, the west wind, raced accross the void, gleeful and joyeus, his speed unmatched. Turith, the east wind, blew around the emptiness sullenly, bitter and angry at unknown injustices. Xiril, the south breeze, blew gently, calming her brothers with her gentle sighs. But they grew bored, and so the brothers innitiated a contest with each other. Hoizix boasted that he was best, for he was strong and mighty, and made the harsh places of the world, the deserts and mountains, and the strong people, the dwarves and the orcs, to prove his might. Illia boasted that his speed and grace made him the best, and made the beutiful places of the world, the plataus and windswept plains, and created the gnomes and the halflings. Turith claimed superiority for no other reason than he was the eldest, and made the dark, quiet places of the world, the deep forests and the stretching swamps, and populated the world with the elves and the Vaa'kesh. Xiril saw her oppurtinity to occupy her brothers, and quickly created the soft places of the world, the rolling hill sides, the beaches and the oceans, and made the humans. Showing her brothers what they had all created together, the winds agreed that all were equal, and none should be without the other. They joined with thier world, but they left behind thier essence, which coalesced into the other races and creatures of the world.
Rny2 04-29-06, 12:16 AM	Well, here's the myth I thought up a while ago when we were discussing satellites. "I remember, a while ago, a friend of mine laughed at me. I forgot his, or what it hers, name, but whoever they were, I think they'd always been sullen and I didn't like them too much. Still a solid friend, though, I remember when they followed me to catch that big fish. Don't recall to much else, except for the big fish and a horde of humans." "Anyways, they were laughing pretty loudly, cause I actually heard them that time. My hearing's never been perfect, and its only declined with age, but I can still feel my eardrums ringing from that raucous cry. I think it was something about building a force barrier to hold in the Blade Snakes. Being the extensive naturalist/progressive that he or she was, I would have expected a retort demanding the preservation, education, and integration of such a unique proto-draconic race. Instead, my dear friend just sat there laughing his horns off, something about us making it too easy for him, that we should be smarter than that. Now, you know well that I'm a cautious dragon, so I wanted to see what was so funny." "Never found out, though. Construction on the project seemed to work out fine, but I don't see my friend all that often. I don't think the wall's there anymore, though it might just be my memory fading. So many facets of life, I suppose, blur in the drone of time. My former comrades fall away, and my dreams are grounded into dust." Anyone care to explain what this has to do with satellites? I most certainly can't. :confused:
the_one_true_shea 05-15-06, 11:04 PM	Rny2 are you getting visions? Who is the speaker? A dragon obviously... what about his/her associate.. another dragon? Elder Kaiser? I just smell the Kaiser in this (maybe its the laughing at the bladesnakes) @ Lord_Canius I like the idea as a myth. The Vaa'kesh you say... interesting. Perhaps we could do a "five" kings deal with the winds? Making them positions that have been occupied (or can be occupied) by multiple gods... Wind Wars? Oh That sounds neat .... Wind Wars.... ooh!