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them, and turned they their backs upon him.
And it came to pass that the younger Gods wrought beasts and
fowls, serpents and fishes, and lastly, Man. But by reason of the
withholding of the power and the wisdom of UL, it was not perfect and
was marred. Many creatures were wrought which were unseemly
and strange, and the younger Gods repented their making and tried
they to unmake that which they had wrought so that all things upon
the world which they had made might be fair and seemly. But the
Spirit of UL stretched forth his hand and prevented them, and they
could not unmake that which they had wrought, no matter how
monstrous or ill-shapen. And he spa'e unto the younger Gods,
saying: 'Behold, what thou hast wrought thou mayest in no wise
unmake, for in thy folly hast thou tom asunder the fabric of the
heavens and the peace thereof that thou might bring forth this world of
thine to be a plaything and an entertainment. Know, however, that
whatsoever ye make, be it ever so monstrous or unseemly, it will
abide and be a rebuke unto thee for thy folly. For in the day that one
thing which is made is unmade, in that day shall all that is made be
unmade.'
* Here is that prohibition, but this isn't the final word. It was ultimately
refined so that 'Be
not' wouldn't obliterate the entire world, but only the person foolish enough to
say it.
Primitive mythologies seethed with 'forbidden words' ('jehovah' is probably the
most
prominent). We tampered with that idea and made the obliteration the result of a
command rather than a mere word. Sin doth lie in the intent.
And the younger Gods were wroth, and in despite spake they unto
each monstrous or unseemly thing they made, saying, 'Go thou even
unto UL, and he shall be thy Cod.'And UL spake not.
And the younger Gods wrought men, and each selected that
people which pleased him to be God over them. And it came to pass
that when each had chosen, there were peoples yet who had no God.
And the younger Gods drove them out, saying, 'Go thou even unto
UL, and he shall be thy God.'
Now these were the generations of the wanderings of the Godless
ones. Long and bitter were the years when they wandered in the
wastelands and the wilderness of the west.
And it came to pass that among their number was a just and
righteous man named Gorim, and he spake unto the multitudes of the
Godless ones, saying, 'Stay thou and rest from thy wanderings here
upon this plain. I will take upon myself the search for the God named
UL that we might worship him and find thereby a place in the world.
For verily, we wither and fall as leaves by the wayside by reason of
the rigors of our wanderings. The children die and the old men also.
Better it is that one only die. Abide here against my return.'
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And lo, Gorim went out from the multitude alone and sought the