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Note-The myths of the Alorns describe a time when men and Gods lived
together in harmony This was the time before the world was cracked
and the eastern sea rushed in to cover the land where they dwelt, a
country which lay to the east of what is now Cthol Murgos and
Mishrak ac Thull.
The cracking of the world is known in Alorn mythology as 'the
sundering' or 'the dividing of the peoples', and their count of time
begins then.
At the beginning of days made the Gods the world and the seas and
the dry land also. And cast they the stars across the night sky and
did set the sun and his wife, the moon, in the heavens to give light
unto the world.
And the Gods caused the earth to bring forth the beasts, and the
waters to bud with fish, and the skies to flower with birds.
And they made men also, and divided men into Peoples.
Now the Gods were seven in number and were all equal, and their
names were Belar, and Chaldan, and Nedra, and Issa, and Mara, and
Aldur, and Torak.
Now Belar was the God of the Alorns, and dwelt with them and
loved them, and his totem is the bear.
And Chaldan was the God of the Arends, and he dwelt with them
and was judge over them, and his totem is the bull.
And Nedra was God over the people who called themselves after
This is a creation myth with resonances of the myths of several cultures on this
world. It
even has a flood. The flood myths on planet Earth were probably generated by the
meltdown of the last ice age about I2,000 years ago. The flood on Garion's world
was the
result of a volcanic incident, which is described in some detail in the
preliminary studies
to the Malloreon.
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his name, the Toh-iedrans, and he cherished them and accepted their
worship, and his totem is the lion.
And Issa was God over the snake people, and he accepted their
dull-eyed worship, and his totem is the serpent.
And Mara was God over the Marags, which are no more, and his
totem was the bat, but his temples are cast down and vacant, and the
spirit of Mara weeps alone in the wilderness.
But Aldur was God over no people, and dwelt alone and
considered the stars in his solitude. But some few of the people of the other
Gods heard of his wisdom and journeyed unto him and besought
him to allow them to stay with hhnhim and be his pupils. And he relented
and allowed it to them, and they became his people and joined in
brotherhood to learn at his feet, and his totem is the owl.
And Torak is God over the Angaraks, and sweet to him was their
adulation and their worship and the smell of the burning of their
sacrifices. And the Angaraks bowed down before Torak and called
him Lord of Lords and God of Gods, and in the secret places of his
heart Torak found the words sweet. And behold, he held himself
apart from the fellowship of the Gods and dwelt alone in the worship