Paladasty
[To the Bishop, Sphiod[1], and to all the deacons of Ipharmeler, Lumpicurx of Thargathe writes, who over ten years carries out the will of God. You know: the mission that the Lord has entrusted to all of us Symbaians is great. He has made us first know the The Good Word[2] and this is so that we can take it to all those who live in Parthegar. Also know: there are Christians among the Tharcaians, many of whom live in Cipte, and there are Christians among the MErinians, those who fight alongside us, many of whom live in Anoce. But know: there are still Symbaians who worship false gods. You, who were born Christians, do not know the stories that are told in the cities and islands, but it is necessary that you do so, because you will not be able to speak of the truth of the Lord without knowing their gods, nor will you be able to convince them that He It is more powerful if you do not know the power they have. But I know them and I have written here two of the stories that are sung there. From the first you will learn about the origin of the gods and the order of the world that the Symbaians know and from the other you will learn about the most famous man among the Symbaians, Dinax de Thunday.
Know that the way to defeat Egbarile, who continues the war of Udmucrate against the Symbaians , is to unite all the Symbaians in one body, whose head is the Son of God, the Christ, and under one king, who will be Slatiel of Telmither. Although Tirsaecous of Torabe is a Christian, he fights with the Kirdaians and, great is the man's ambition, he will prevent the union of all the Symbaians if Egbarile offers him an island in the north of Tharcaia in exchange.
With God the Symbaians. God with Symbay.]
of Lumpicurx of Tagathe
[1.1] Give your ears, all of you, to the things that the gods teach to few. [1.2] Men do not know them for themselves, but those who do not die learned them all from their own being [1.3] and teach them to the one who sings, so that we may know sacred things and be guided according to what they desire. [1.4] Listen, then, to what I am going to sing and, if you follow it, you will be happy, you fools.
[2.5] In the beginning there were neither gods nor waters. There was only the abyss, in all the places that exist today. [2.6] Parabas emerged from the depths of the abyss, and his body was as beautiful as the stars of sky. [2.7] But as her breast was filled with loneliness, she gave birth to a child without a man, and Pleus was born, [2.8] who at that time had no strength, and his mother nursed him until he became an adult. [3.9] But, as he became larger than his mother and as she was still young and beautiful, he forced himself on her. [3.10] Then, from this first abomination were born four sons, whose skin was like stone; [3.11] the strongest among those who do not die; the four haughty and capricious like children. [3.12] However, neither beautiful nor intelligent like their younger brothers. [4.13] Etsily was the first to be born, the most intelligent and perceptive among the four brothers. [4.14] After him, Gale was born second, the largest and strongest, whose body was like a fort. [4.15] Nausous was then born, the third, and he was as intelligent as he was pious and prudent. [4.16] And Codarel, who was the most clumsy and the most impious among the four, was born last. [5.17] And after they both begot the four, Pleus forced his mother again. [5.18] Of this second abomination there were then six sons, certainly the most beautiful among all the gods[3]. [5.19] Bosphy[4] was the fifth who gave birth, whose eyes and hair were like her mother's. [5.20] And Barvus[5] was born after her, whose eyes and hair were like his father's. [6.21] And Snergus[6] was then the seventh born, whose skin was the color of the night. [6.22] And then Ety[7], after him, was the eighth, whose skin was white as the clouds of sky. [6.23] and Thorgus and Thagbe[8] were born at the end, whose bodies were then a reflection of each other. [6.24] Then Pleus forced his mother one last time and from this last abomination seven sons were born. [7.25] Stix was the eleventh. And Parble the twelfth, and then Urmal the thirteenth. And Goracor the fourteenth. [7.26] And Ercathy was the fifteenth. And Dalx the sixteenth and Arthe the seventeenth. And after she had given birth to them, [7.27] Parabas' womb was emptied. So, then, she bore no son after them. [7.28] Ercathy and Goracor lay and, in addition, they begot two sons: Athur and Coray.
[8.29] And Stix saw his mother's pain and his heart was filled with compassion. And he went to Dalx, [8.30] the inexperienced god, who lived in the place that those of Meriny will call “Taene” [8.31] and, meeting him, he said to him like this:
-Oh, my brother, Dalx, I come to you with a pain in my chest!, [8.32] because it is truly not good or natural for our father to lie with our mother: [9.33] help me not to do it again do.
-Stix, truly the most pious among all those who do not die, [9.34] said Dalx to Stix; I think so. How will we ensure that Pleus does not get close to the mother? [9.35] And Stix to Dalx
-His strength resides in his testicles; then you, who carry a bow and arrow [9.36], will launch an arrow against them, filled with a disease that will consume them from the inside.
[10.37] And Dalx, then agreeing with what the brother said to finally defeat the father, [10.38] then went, together with Athur, the one with the golden skin, to the place that the Elarians today call “Telmither” [10.39] and in this way he extracted gold and silver from his mother's breasts and made the Dolbus bow. [10.40] But it would take him ten days to reach the place that the Elarians today call “Balthyre.” [11.41] The inexperienced god thought that he would not arrive before Pleus forced the mother again [11.42] and he turned to Athur and said to him: “O son of my brother and sister! If the soul does not deceive me [ 11.43] the journey will take me ten days; For this reason, I ask you to go to Stix and tell him [11.44] for this reason to think of a way to prevent Pleus from approaching Parabas until he has arrived.” [12.45] And Athur, agreeing, went along the path along which in our days he sails through the sky [12.46] and, having reached the god, said to him:
-Stix, the most just among all those who do not die, [12.47] your brother ordered me to come to you to tell you that, since the journey will take him ten days, [12.48] for this reason, think about how to avoid let Pleus approach Parabas until he has arrived thus- [13.49] And Stix, having heard these things, said to him:
-Calm the chest, dear son of my brothers. [13.50] I will take the form of my mother and distract him.
and Stix having done what he said, [13.51] went to the bedchamber of the fathers. Pleus, having been deceived, approached the son [13.52] and then forced him three times, who, from this abomination, bore two terrible daughters. [14.53] First of all, Dromorgy, the one with the red eyes, the one who observes mortals on earth. [14.54] And, the second, Targony, the one who fuels lives, as well as the one who also extinguishes them; [14.55] the one that drowns them in diseases like the one that causes cities to fall. [14.56] They discuss the merit as they decide our destinies. [15.57] Thus, the inexperienced god reached the place that the Elarians today call “Balthyre” [15.58] and Stix, having deceived the father, then allowed Parabas to return to bed. [15.59] And, when Pleus approached him to lie with her for the fourth time, being under his penis, [15.60] the inexperienced man threw an arrow at one testicle, which began to burn it from the inside. [16.61] Thus, the father god ejaculated and the semen became fiery serpents, [16.62] which fell on Parabas and bit some parts of his body. [16.63] For this, Dalx tore out the genitals from the body and Stix, from under his chest, the heart. [16.64] And the soul, which escaped, became winds, and the body became an ocean over Parabas. [17.65] When Stix, the pious, saw the mother's pain, his chest was filled with compassion, [17.66] and he tore the life from her body with his hands, which escaped like waters down his throat. [17.67] The heart broke into four and the blood poured out from his waist, then becoming the Ocean. [17.68] And the veins rose above the skin and thus became rivers. [18.69] The released Forces of Nature destroyed each other, Parabas and everything.
[18.70] Therefore Goracor turned the serpents into clouds, which contained the Winds. [18.71] Parble managed to force the Ocean to move according to his will and Dalx contained the Fire in arrows. [18.72] And Urmal made trees and vegetation grow through the bowels of Parabas, to cleanse it. [19.73] And Stix inseminated the Ocean, which simultaneously conceived within it the first three to die: [19.74] Paldacar, Scalbarm and Oparfal, with the body like that of men, but the skin lacerated, [19.75] through whose openings they breathed, and with membranes between their fingers and toes. [19.76] Scalbarm then lay with his sisters and Paldacar gave birth to a daughter, but Stix separated the brothers. [20.77] He took Oparfal from the waters to the heavens and made bones sprout from the openings, [20.78] hair from those bones and turned his fingers and his mouth into bone and his arms into wings. [20.79] And she gave birth to the Altrames, who live on the tops of the mountains to this day; [20.80] And she gave birth to birds, which cut the wind and live in the sky. [21.81] And he brought Paldacar from the waters to the land and closed the openings in his skin. [21.82] He also removed the membranes from her fingers and Paldacar also breathed through one nose. [21.83] Being out of the waters, she gave birth to two sons: Uny and Bidous, the first of us. [21.84] And the two brothers lay down, because Stygus wanted it that way, and they begat all men. [22.85] And Scalbarm in the Ocean lay with his daughter. But Stix saw the abomination and killed him. [22.86] She then took the daughter to the abyss and, giving birth to them, condemned her sons, [22.87] to live forever in the depths, among the bowels of the abyss[9]. [22.88] But from the pious, removing the similarities to man, he turned them into animals[10]. [23.89] And Stix thus assigned everything created to those whom Bido and Uña begot. [23.90] And taking the wood, I created the cattle, which feed on the plants of Urmal; [23.91] and from the snow to the wolf, which feeds on the cattle that men have left over. [23.92] And Ercathy thus assigned the control of the Forces of Nature to her brothers, according to their merit, [24.93] and they assigned to her diplomacy, justice and the affairs of men, [24.94] and the upbringing of all the souls that die to the youngest sister, to Arthe. [24.95] Then Stix and Arthe lay down and gave birth to twin daughters. And Stix assigned, [24.96] on the one hand, the tasks of women to Daly and, on the other, the teaching of languages to Gargmon. [25.97] Then Stix and Arthe lay down again. And Arthe, being pregnant, then walking along the bank of the Parte, [25.98] fell into the water. And she gave birth to a daughter, who Obator, the graeme, carried to his house in the abyss. [25.99] And he cared for her and nursed her with his breast. And one day in Parte he gave her to Stix and he pulled him out of the abyss, [25.100] removed his limbs and, opening his belly, placed a uterus inside[11].
[26.101] But Dalx did not like the distribution and he threw against the trees and plants, [26.102] arrows that had fire inside, which lit them, so that the cattle would not eat; [26.103] and others that carried disease, which killed the cattle, stabbing into the flesh. [26.104] But Stix managed to appease him from behind and sent him to Dutory, in the flesh of Ulix. [27:105] Then the king of Panimmothy, Lumpiceda, told him that an eagle was attacking the visitors, [27.106] but when he tried to attack it, it flew high. Dalx then came out and was attacked by the eagle. [27.107] In this way, the clothed immortal attacked it with his bow, killing the animal. [27.108] And after Lumpiceda accepted him at court, he lived there all his life, until he returned to his brother. [28.109] And Lumpiceda had a daughter, Echthen, who was in the last stages of her pregnancy. [28.110] Dalx accompanied her to the Lichaere, where she gave birth to two sons and, because one seemed beautiful to Dalx, [28.111] she made Echthen sleep and, wrapping the infant in a piece of the mother's dress, she took him away, [28.112] but the immortal cut his skin by removing it with the dagger. [29.113] Then he met Echthen's nurse and, seeing the girl's dress and divine skin, [29.114] he began to shout “A god! A god!". Then the inexperienced man turned her into a squirrel. [29.115] So, then, he took the girl to Etcay and named her Mirtry and she was married by the heir to the throne, Sarcous. [29.116] Then the two of them went to Panimmothy, because Sarcous had to close recruitment with Lumpiceda. [30.117] And she met Latriax, her brother, her chest filled with desire and they lay down. [30.118] And Mirtry gave Echthen his girdle, because Stix wanted his womb to have nothing of Dutory, [30.119] since the brothers' son will be Forhel, the king who will defeat King Jabinc[12]. [30.120] Echthen then recognized the dress in the girdle, but not the daughter of his womb in the young woman. [31.121] Ulix became old and the goddess took him to Stix on the day of his death. [31.122] And, as the god managed to give birth to the victorious Xammesian king who defeated Kirdaian, [31.123] he assigned to him war and Fire, which destroy everything, [31.124] but which, however, can be good under the guidance of noble souls.
[32.125] Then, Etsily and his brothers, seeing that the Forces of Nature had calmed down and that Pleus was not moving, [32.126] went to Stix and said to him:
-Brother, similar to the father! We have seen that the Forces of Nature certainly [32.127] no longer cause destruction, neither destroy nor tear away the flesh of our mother. [32.128] This is why we have come to you to ask you if you know the reason, because we want to know it- [33.129] And Stix to them:
-Dear brothers! I do know what you are looking for. The Forces of Nature have come out of the father's body [33.130] and have fled when he was killed by my hands and those of Dalx; [33.131] and thus we distribute the control of these in a fair way to, of all things, [33.132] maintain order- And Nausous to him:
-But you have forgotten us, although we are sons [34.133] of the same parents as yours; and we are strong and cunning, and for this reason, it would be good if, of the Winds, [34.134] you gave us control - And Stix, whose patience was beginning to diminish:
-[34.135] I know your cunning and your strength well, Nausous, but to whom we gave it [34.136] is truly the most capable for the task, and this is proven by the tranquility in which they are. [35.137] But animals and plants are many and they need to multiply and grow [34.138] to fulfill the destiny, in this way, [35.138] the task of protecting them, until they become adults, [35.139] I can assign to you- And Etsily to Stix:
-Your words are good; [35.140] then allow us to return home to inform the brothers- And so he allowed them. [36.141] And Etsily then said to Nausous:
-What our brother told us is an insult, [36.142] so we must reject it- And Nausous to him:
-I think it is truly as you say, [36.143] but fighting against them is not relevant for us, because they control all the Forces of Nature. [36.144] Thus he refused to participate in any way in the war that Etsily wanted to start. [37.145] And arriving home, Etsily said to Gale and Codarel:
-Brothers! [37.146] Stix's response is impious: he will not give us control of any Force of Nature. [37.147] Instead, he offered us to protect their creations. And Codarel:
-[37,148] My brother! Your words are good, but I also want my offspring to arise from Arthe, [38.149] because her beauty far surpasses mine and her offspring would be a blessing to us; For this reason, [38.150] I will not do anything to prevent me from such fame- And Etsily:
-Your strength far exceeds that of your sister, [38.151] but if you force it our brothers will attack you, so we will then have a reason to fight. [38.152] Then do what you want. If the brothers attack you, I will disown your actions.
[39.153] The god went to where Arthe was, to the place that the Elarians call “Tantulimalte”, [39.154] he wounded a sparrow's wing and left it near the youngest goddess. [39.155] Her heart then filled with compassion, the one who does not die approached the animal to help it [39.156] and, squeezing its neck to prevent any words from escaping from its mouth, he forced it and left it. [40.157] And the goddess went to where Stix was, to the place that those of Meriny call “Taine”, [40.158] and said:
-Stix, dear to my heart! I have come to you because I have suffered an aberration: I went to help a small wounded bird [40.159], but it was a decoy, and our brother Codarel rushed at me [40.160] and, squeezing my neck, to prevent any word escaped me, he forced me and left me- [41.161] And Stix then said to Arthe:
-Oh, sister! Wicked and impious! Proud and capricious! [41.162] Etsily and Nausous came to me so that I would give them control of the winds as a request, [41.163] but I rejected what they wanted and offered them the care of the offspring of those who die [41.164] and Etsily, accepting the proposal, he told me that he was leaving to tell his brothers. [42.165] But I feared that it was a lie, because we, having control of the Forces of Nature, are the most powerful among the gods; [42.166] For this reason, since they could not participate, they resolved to have offspring with us- [42.167] And Arthe:
-I think that's what you say, but what will we do to stop them?- And Stix to Arthe:
-[42.168] I will go to where the brothers, who were born second, are for help.
And so he did. [43.169] And, alone, the goddess gave birth to five sons, who were born old: [43.170] Gercorx the first, Tharchous the second, Miuscaedus the third, Vlede the fourth and Arggal; [43.171] and she gave birth to eighteen more, those who accompany the one raised by the graeme, [44.172] Aelery, and, wetting her breasts with sweat, they incite their desire. [44.173] First of all, Elide, Dolblety, Mede, Cabaldory, Athparcide, Aldy, [44.174] Tharcedoey, Afelide and Latide. And secondly, Sispide, Crodlide, [44.175] Urtefarhide, Vlede, Nordride, Serency, Benide, dide [44.176] and, who was the last, Circhary. And those were the sons of Codarel and Arthe. [45.177] And Stix then went to the place that those of Tharcaia call “Udgen” to see his brothers [45.178] There he met Bosphy and said to him:
-Oh, sister, image of the mother, the most good among us! [45.179] An aberration of our brothers occurred to us: Arthe tried to help a wounded bird, but it was a decoy, [45.180] and Codarel forced her by suffocating her, so that no words escaped through her throat- [46.181] And Bosphy to Stix:
-Brother, the most pious! What you're telling me is terrible and I sense that you came for help. [46.182] Tell me then, how do you think we can be useful to you in some way? - And Stix to Bosphy:
-[46.183] Know that an aberration among those who do not die is a reason for strife, and therefore we must fight against our brothers; [46.184] but they are stronger and bigger; This is why we need to be more numerous.
-[47.185] I understand what you are telling me, said Bosphy, and for this I offer you that we will yascamos and I will give you to the strongest- [47.186] And Stix to Bosphy:
-What you say is prudent, but there is a risk: if they help to defeat the brothers, [47.187] they will therefore be stronger than them; and, if the brothers are already stronger than us, [47.188] I fear that one day they will rise up against us - And Bosphy said thus to Stix, tearing out a curl:
-[48,189] Don't worry. Take this hair of mine and do not lose it, because, if it touches the body of any god, [48.190] it will turn him into a mortal. And Stix then:
-Very great, sister, is your confidence in us [48.191] if you give us such a weapon, because it will make us invincible before any god; and for this, I will honor him, [48.192] and because, among the sons of Pleus and Parabas, among those who do not die, I must be the most pious.
[49.193] Having said this, they lay down and twelve powerful beasts were born: [49.194] Sarcodar, the first, whose body was similar to that of a horse, whose legs and tail [49.195] were like that of a lion, whose head was like that of a eagle and whose horns are those of an elk. [49. 196] Giaoerx, whose chest resembled that of a horse and whose limbs resembled those of an octopus. [50.197] Elutar, a wolf the size of a bear. Erfarpal, the fourth and most horrible of the twelve brothers, [50.197] whose face was like that of a man, but his fangs and body like that of a wild boar. [50.199] After them were Acratar and Caditar, one similar to a spider and the other similar to a scorpion, both the size of a fort. [50.200] And these were the first sons, those who took part in the war of Stix against Etsily[13]. [51.201] Odoeugnasere was the seventh and the body resembled that of a cat, but the size of men; [51.202] Its wings resembled those of a bat and its three tongues and three throats resembled those of a snake; [51.203] but its three heads resembled those of a cat. But she did not fight against the brothers of Gadaggenax[14], [41,204] because he sent her to Cipte against Dinax, to guard the girdle made for Orblula[15]. [52.205] Atarous, Fartorigous and Fartarxy were the eighth, the ninth and the tenth and, [52.206] because Stix sent them, Atarous to Atare and the other two to Farte, to fulfill their destiny, [52.207] the Symbains call them that. The body of the first resembled that of a snake, the size of men[16], [52.208] its head resembled a skull and its fangs were sharp arrows. [53.209] The arms and thorax of the other resembled those of men, but both the belly and the legs resembled those of ants [53.210]. And the thorax of the other resembled that of men, [53.211] but its head, legs and tail resembled those of an adult horse. [53.212] And these were the Grouxegrers, but they did not fight against the brothers of Gadaggenax. [54.213] And Orggoracy was the eleventh, whose body, indeed, resembled that of a beautiful goddess, [54.214] but her abdomen, her fangs and her claws resembled those of wolves. And after her, Garchy, [54.215] the last and the twelfth, whose body, the size of a fort, resembled that of the serpent, [54.216] with scales like daggers, a head like that of a lion, and horns like those of a bull.
[55.217] Stix then passed the hair over the skin of each of the beasts' foreheads, [55.218] but it brushed Elutar's pupils, causing him to lose his ability to see. [55.219] Stix then ran his hand over his son's nose, [55.220] giving him the ability to smell the blood that runs through the veins of those he encounters. [56.221] And he passed his fingers over the tongues of Atarous, that of Fartorigous [56.222] and that of Fartarxy, in order to instill within their breasts the desire to eat men. [56.223] And Gadaggenax did this to send them to the cities of men who die, [56.224] to cause them work and to make it their task to kill them. [57.225] Their destiny was to be killed by men with sufficient strength to do so, [57.226] for which the gods who are in heaven will then give them the highest glory. [57.227] Thus, as the three beasts had thoraxes similar to those of men and also ate men, [57.228] in Meriny they were “the Grouxegrers”, which in Merinian is: “men who eat men”. [58.229] And in this way Gadaggenax finally passed some fingers over Garchy' tongue, [58.230] giving her the ability to speak with gods and men, so that, if killing her [58.231] was impossible for the gods, they could dissuade her from any impious intention, [58.232] for she was the strongest of the twelve brothers. And thus the sons of Stixx and Bosphy were born.
(Continued in the Epistle of Esphiod)
[1] Yrtatórω, the word with which the Symbaians referred to the Gospel.
[2] Sφióζ, masculine form of Sφís, “Sophia”.
[3] These gods are the result of the syncretism of a Pre-Symbainic people, the Tajans, who lived in Parthegar (mainland Symbay). There are no more testimonies of the Tajan language than the names of these gods incorporated into the Symbaian pantheon (and two names of mythological characters), and which correspond to other Symbaian gods.
[4] Bósφis sb., Goddess of the earth. Corresponding to the Symbaian Parabas. From Proto-Vermaric *p(a)(r)-(a)bʰaja-os. Cf. Praбeǧøs pd.
[5] Bárvos sb., God of sky. Corresponding to the Symbaian Pleus. From Proto-Vermaric *(p)(a)līu-os. Cf. Liu dm.
[6] Snérx sb. Corresponding to the Symbaian Stix. From Proto-Vermaric *(s)nai̯(r)k-os. Cf. Nεrг dm.; Nirk gnm.; Tair xl.; Tir ts. Cf. nεгa (“tho shine”) dm.
[7] Étis sb. Corresponding to the Symbaian Coray. From Proto-Vermaric *ʧoraja-os. Cf. Toruε dm.
[8] Zágbas sb. Corresponding to the Symbaian Stix. From Proto-Vermaric *(s)nai̯(r)k-abʰaja-os. Cf. Dipoε dm.; Zapje gnm.; Diskoφai xl.; Derkupae ts.
[9] Graemes are hybrid creatures between men and fish.
[10] The fish. In this way, the altrames are direct brothers of the birds and the graemes are direct brothers of the fish. But these, in turn, are brothers of men, constituting the Three Lines (Valῶs).
[11] He turned him into a sea horse. Obátors in Symbaian is "sea horse" due to this myth.
[12] Jábionc, historical king of Egmar.
[13] In this version, the one told by the poem that Lumpicurx sent to Sphiod, Elutar takes part in the war against Etsily and his brothers, while Orgoracia is left out of the fight. In the version told by the Epistle of Sphiod (see §13) the opposite occurs.
[14] Gadaγénax (Gadaγáñk tz.; “father of men”). Epithet of Stix.
[15] Orgbleylᾶs (Orgblelᾶ tz.; "the one with the blue eyes"). Epithet of Aelery. The objective of the journey of the hero Dinax and Lirous' crew to Ciprte was to obtain the girdle that the goddess Daly had made for her daughter Aelery.
[16] In the Paladasty, Atarous is the size of a man, but in About Crodarcous King and Dolmmiclaelide's Chronicles, he is a giant.
Epistle of Sphiod
(Epistle of Sphiod, Bishop of Ipharmeler, to Tirseecous, king of Torabe)
This is how the writing that we received from Targathe ends, Tirsaecous, but I know that it is of interest to the company of Dutory and, as there are still those who believe in false gods in Ipharmeler, here we send you in writing what the stories that narrate the Fartans say. Michiajaliobe[1], your pious wife, also told me that there are three generals of Kirdaian, whom you call Agaroc, Ixatdroc and Ecdioriebus, who like to hear mass and hear the Scriptures read. We will pray to God to receive them and to protect your troops from those of Kirday who love those gods, who are neither the gods of the Symbaian nor the Lord of Israel. What follows is where Thargathe's writing ends. May the Lord accompany those of Dutory as he accompanies those of Farte.
from Sphiod of Ipharmeler.
[§1] Stix then addressed Taine and, meeting Arth, said:
-Oh, my sister, dear to my heart! I went to where Bosphy is, we lay down and twelve beasts were born from us, with strength superior to that of our brothers. They will help us defeat them and regain our honor - And Arthe to Stix:
-Dear brother, what you say seems intelligent to me, but I think there is a risk, because if these beasts are going to help us defeat our brothers, they must certainly be stronger than them, and if they are stronger than us, I fear that a day they rebel against all of us - And Stix to Arthe:
-Intelligent is what you say, but empty your chest of worry, because Bosphy has given me one of his hairs and told me that, by touching his forehead with it, any immortal becomes mortal; and I have done this with each of my twelve sons- And Arthe to Stix:
-Great is the trust that our brothers have in us- And Stix to Arthe:
-That's how it is. Therefore we must honor them and not betray them, because our place in the world depends on all of us. And having said this, Stix went to where Urmal was and said to him:
-Brother, go and look for Dalx, because we must be ready before talking to our brother Etsilius- And Urmal to Stix:
-Brother, I will do what you tell me. But how will we proceed? - And Stix to Urmal:
-If Codarel was the only one who lay with Arthe, then he is the only one who has the reputation of having fathered offspring with the gods who control the Forces of Nature; then we must kidnap him and bring him here, so I will touch his forehead with Bosphy's hair and, after turning him into a mortal, I will pierce his chest with my hands and tear out his heart, thus killing him in the same way that I killed our father; then they will no longer have the same status as us, even if the sons of Codarel and Arthe live.
[§2] And having heard and accepted this, Urmal went to the place where the inexperienced god dwelt, which those of Symbay call “Phorche”, and seeing his brother, he said to him:
-Oh, my brother! Our sister, the youngest, has suffered an abomination; He went to help a small bird that was injured, but it was a decoy and our brother, Codarel, jumped on it and, squeezing its neck to prevent any words from coming out of its throat, forced it and left it there; She told Stix what had happened and he went to where Bosphy was and lay with her and twelve beasts were born from them with a strength superior to that of our brothers; They will help us fight against them and recover the honor of Arthe; and he knows that she said to Stix: “Dear brother, what you say seems intelligent to me, but I think there is a risk, because if those beasts are going to help us to defeat our brothers, they must certainly be stronger than them, and if they They are already stronger than us, I fear that one day they will rebel against all of us” And Stix to Arthe: “What you say is intelligent, but empty your chests of worry, because Bosphy has given me one of his hairs and told me that, By touching the forehead of anyone who does not die, you can turn him into a mortal; and I have done so with each of my twelve sons.” I have asked Stix our purpose and he has answered me: “If Codarel was the only one who lay with Arthe, then he is the only one who has the reputation of having fathered offspring with the gods who control the Forces of Nature; then we must kidnap him and bring him here, so I will touch his forehead with Bosphy's hair and, after turning him into a mortal, I will put my hands through his chest and tear out his heart, thus killing him in the same way that I killed our father; then they will no longer have the same status as us, even if the sons of Codarel and Arthe live.” Things being this way, come with me, for Stix will tell us what we must do to be prepared to face our brothers- And Dalx to Urmal.
-Brother, dear to my chest, you have told me many things and I understand them, but I don't think I can remember them all; so I wait for an order to follow and I will carry it out with all joy.
[§3] And having said this, Urmal and Dalx returned to Tantulimalte. But as they passed through Toriundele they saw a young graema. She was resting on the banks when Elutar approached her and forced her. And Dalx, to help the young woman, launched one of his arrows towards the beast, but did not notice that it was the same one he had launched at Pleus. Then Elutar, sensing the smell of the god's blood, moved out of the way of the weapon and escaped from the gods. And Dalx and Urmal dressed in mortal skins and approached the graeme and the god with green eyes said to him:
-Young maiden, the beast that attacked you is already gone; empty your chest of all fear; my name is Agerfious, his is Ulix and we come from Panimothy- And the graeme to them.
-Oh, divine gentlemen! My brothers call me Faely. I thank you from the bottom of my chest for your help, but it would have been better if I had been killed by their fangs, since there are few disgraces for my family and my people like having lain with a beast; I ask you, if you have compassion on me, take one of your arrows and open my throat with it, so that none of what happened reaches the ears of those who die, for bad fame is very damaging. And Ulic to Faely:
-Do not worry, because that beast that forced you is the daughter of a god and, as you know, it is the greatest honor for a mortal to beget sons of divine lineage- And Faely to Ulix:
-Are your words true? But how do you know, if the gods never appear before those who die as what they are? - Then Agerfious was going to answer him, because he noticed that Ulix had made a mistake in telling him that, but this one, whose chest quickly filled with shame and guilt, he hurriedly responded:
-I can't think of a lie to tell you to dissuade you, so I will tell you true words; We are both gods and we were passing by here because we were heading towards Tantulimalta to see our brothers - And saying this he undressed his hand, showing the divine skin to the young woman - Then she to him:
-May all the immortals forgive me! A mortal cannot see a god- And Agerfious, whose chest a quick idea reached, to Faely:
-Let your chest rest, because the gods will give the divine son of your womb a divine job; Then come with us and we will take you to our brothers, so that they can give you such a task; and your race will be redeemed and honored among those who die.
[§4] And the young graeme accepted and went with them to Tantulimalte. Then Stix, seeing his two brothers arrive, filled his heart with anger and asked them:
-Why have you brought a mortal? Don't you know that they cannot see us, that this is a reason for death for them? Our affairs do not concern them - And Urmal to Stix:
-Empty your chest of worry; This young woman was forced by one of your sons, but Dalx managed to scare him away with one of his arrows; Thus, the son that arises from his womb will be divine through your lineage.
Having said this, Stix calmed down and called Arthe to attend the birthing ceremony. And from her were born thirteen sons: the first was Valdox, the second Tumethphamous, the third Plourgous, the fourth Arvalgal, the fifth Aelaparme and the sixth Faldabaltous; and the bodies of these six were of gods and their final parts resembled fish; Then Faely gave birth to six more sons: Rhocous was the seventh, Galbidous the eighth, Ergacadagipamous the ninth, Gilturpamous the tenth, Goecagal the eleventh and Tharcharxorgous the twelfth; and the bodies of these six were those of gods and their limbs resembled those of wolves. And Stix thought about all the time that passed and that, not being able to talk quickly with his brothers, one of his sons lay with a mortal. And because of this, Stix decided to assign the first six sons of Elutar and Faely the task of carrying messages among those who do not die, because with their tails they could swim quickly within the waters of the Pleo, and to the other six the task of carrying the messages from the gods to those who die and from those who die to the gods, because with their legs they could run fast over the earth. So it was.
[§5] But Faely had a last son, whose body resembled that of a dog, his antlers like those of an elk, and his final part like that of a fish. And Stix noticed that because of his tail he could not run on the land and because of his antlers he could not stand on the waters of the seas, and, to make the cub even more sad, he had been born blind like his father; so the god ran his fingers over his tongue and gave him the ability to speak with those who die and with those who do not die, and then he ran his fingers over his forehead and gave him the ability to know everything that all men would learn. , but the gods are wise and Stix knew that that creature would have no descendants, since there was no other like him in the world, and that he would have no status or home in any city, since only the clean sons of Scalbarm could have a place in the societies of those who die, so he passed Bosphy's hair over his forehead, so that his sorrows would not last until time dies and, placing his fingers on his chest, he filled him with pity and loyalty and said to him: "You, son of my lineage, you will be the wisest creature among those who die and the most pious and faithful among those who die and those who do not die; your chest will always be filled with just feelings and ready to help men; That is why your name will be Brucal and when your life becomes tired, your spotless soul will be taken to the most beautiful place in the Pleo.”
[§6] And having said this, Stix sent the beast to his sister Ercathy and she, dressed in the skin of a mortal, took him to Atare accompanied by Gargmon and there they cared for him while he was a cub. Stix's daughter taught him to speak to convince, warn and teach men and Ercathy taught him the government of cities, the nature of men's desires, their emotions and their fears; and when he became an adult, he took him to Farte and, undressing the divine skin of his hands, said to him: “Oh, son, the most pious and wise beast among those who die! The gods have wanted your destiny to be great: know that you will never have descendants and that there will be no society among mortals that allows you to govern or hold any status; Stix filled you with the most pious feelings and with the greatest knowledge among all those who die until the time when death overtakes you; Thus your life will be to advise men, the altramos and the graemes and distance them as much as you can from the errors that kill and the ends that condemn the soul and destroy cities, and, after death, then, your soul will be taken to “the most beautiful place in Pleo.” And Brucal to Ercathy “Oh, divine mother! Your words hurt my chest like rose thorns do to a child's fingertips, but he is tempered by knowing that the gods have wanted to assign me a divine task and for my honor that I will complete it whenever I must, and that my “My life will be to honor the Plaerx.” Thus, the goddess left the beast on the banks of the Pocousthay, near Telmither, and, undressing her mortal skin, returned to her brothers.
[§7] The Fartans say that Brucal's life was as long as the banks of Parthegar and that, swimming under the waters of the river, he helped many men and kept many away from death and impiety. And it was then that, leaving Claty, Dinax, the most famous among those of Dutory and the greatest among all the Symbaians, reached the waters of the Pocousthay, but he could not see the port of Telmither, fearful because at that time Dercan of Ipharmeler had expelled the Dutorian troops from Albigalous who went to Cipte, since those from Dutory feared that the association between the fartos with the Merinians could have facilitated their entry into Parthegar, and for this and for many other reasons Dutory questioned the peace signed by the All People's League of Symbay. Then Dinax prayed to the gods and Rhocous, listening to him, went to where his brother was, and said to him:
-Brucal, loved by those who do not die; Dinax, the greatest among men, has asked me and seeks your help to enter Parthegar. And Brucal, having heard it, went to the boat and, seeing the man from Thunday, said to him:
-Divine man! My brother Rhocous, the god who brings the news of those from Farte, has come to me and told me to come to you to help you. And Dinax to Brucal:
-Son of the lineage of Stix, I have come from Claty to reach the land of the Thargathians, because there is a dress that I must take to Orblula- Then the beast carried him through the waters of the river to the port and, thanking him , the young man told him:
-You have guided us under the guard of the gods to the gates of Parthegar and you have told us what awaits us and what we must do to continue. Tell me then what is the price of your kindness, so that I can honor you for your willingness.
-If you were any other man, Stix's son told him, I would only ask you to give me some fish or some beef to eat; but my teeth are splinters in the mouth, my fin is paper even for the waters of this gentle river and my lungs no longer breathe, but expel air like blood that a heart can no longer push against a wound from war. Well, no matter how long and pious the lives of the sons of the gods are on earth, the two daughters of Stigo have a destiny in store for everyone and today my brother Roco has brought me the news of mine to give rest to this tired body. And Dinax, who understood the divine words of the beast, said to him:
-I know that the gods ordained that the only fame for beasts is to die by the hand of strong men and I understand your words, although they fill my chest with sadness.
And taking Chaldinous' spear, he stuck it in Brucal's chest, opening him from the neck to the diaphragm, all his pious enthusiasms and all the sorrows that the years brought him escaped from him, and his old body touched the ground before the blood that It gushed from the wound. And Dinax, whose chest did not cease to waver in compassion, took the bones of the beast and carried them to the top of Latpserchus and buried them under the earth. Then, Stix turned them into carob seeds, which germinated there during the winter. This is why we from Farte call this tree the gergmombaddy[2]. And know, Tirsaecous, that God, Our Lord, is very wise and that, to this sacred place, where those of Farta go to pray to the false gods, Saint Arcideus arrived, when he still worshiped them too, and there, in At the highest part of the mountain, while he was looking for the idols, Our Mother appeared to him to bring the Faith to all of Symbay.
[§8] Then Stix sent Valdox to Balthyre to ask Etsily to choose between two options: to hand over his brother so that the gods of Plaerx can regain honor or to agree to go to war with them. And understanding the complete message, Valdox left for Balthyre, but Stix remembered that Etsily had lied to him, telling him that they would accept the task of taking care of the offspring of those who died before Codarel forced his sister. Then he sent Arvalgal to Nausous, who is just as intelligent as his brother, but on the contrary he is pious and cannot lie, to ask him the true decision that Etsilio will have made. And with that, the god went after his brother. Then Valdox went to Balzira and, upon seeing Etsily, said to him:
-Son of Pleus and Parabas, great and strong, I am the son of your brother, who sends me to you, because he wishes to repair the abomination that Codarel inflicted on Arthe; and has decided to offer you two options: either you hand over your most impious brother to your younger brothers so that they can determine his destiny, or you agree to go to war with your brothers- And Etsily to Valdox:
-Oh, young fast god! I understand your message and my brother's intentions, but I do not know what you are talking about regarding my other brother, nor why they want us to hand him over to them; For this reason, the only viable option is to accept the war, so tell Stix to go to the southern island. And understanding the message and discharging Etsily, Valdox headed towards Stix again, then Arvalgal arrived at Balthyre and, meeting Nausous told him:
-Nausous, good god, your brother sends me to ask you about the abomination that your sister has suffered for your brother Codarel, because Stix trusts you and knows that you will not tell lies, tell me then if you knew before it happened the intentions of your brother - But Nausous, although he could not lie, had not met with his brothers, so he did not hear Codarel express his intentions and, for this reason, he told him:
-Oh, young god! Stix is fair and intelligent, but I don't know what you're talking about; The last time we saw him was with Etsily and Stix said that he would not give us control of any Force of Nature, but Codarel was not there at that time. and, having discharged him, Nausous returned to Stix.
Then Etsily took the soulless bodies of men who lay all over the world after death and molded them into five horrible creatures, whose body was similar to that of dogs, their wings were like those of an eagle and their head like the of owls, but whose eyes were the color of night and with horns like those of bulls. And he called the first Pargil, Drachtharx the second, Scaldride the third, Ruscousgnosh the fourth and Dolbarme the fifth. And Gale went to Farte and took a stone with which he cut the flesh of his chest, pouring it over the waters of the Thambo and from these emerged an enormous being, with a body similar to that of the snake, but which surrounded the waist of Parabas, with the head of a dog, but it was the size of the borders of Miusory, and with the arms of a gorilla, but the height of six hundred elephants. And Gale called him Thaurhelay.
[§9] Then Stix headed to Xamesy, the place that the Symbaians would later call Dartous. This kingdom saw many great things over the centuries. Dinax and Lirous' crew headed there, leaving Ynul and before leaving for Tergine. There they met Ugargoracous, a priest consecrated to Orblula, who sheltered them in his house. Ugargoracous lived with his son, Gaunous, whom his father turned into a dog so that he would go to the city to rob those who lived there, so that they would not know who he was and so that they would not catch up with him and kill him. The young man had bad habits and tried to steal Dinax's dagger on the first night they slept in his house, but those of Dartous had prayed to Trentilous[3] so that Stix would free them from the thief and, hearing the request through his son, the son of Pleus accepted it and sent to Rhibacarous[4] a fly that, flying next to Dinax's ear, made him wake up and, seeing the dog near his weapons, he took the dagger in his hand and stuck it in his chest of the animal, killing it. But Ugargoracous learned of his son's death and suspected his guests, so on the second night he entered the room and, checking the weapons, knew that it was Dinax's dagger that had killed him. For this, he placed a spell on it, so that it would remain fragile and short for most of the time, but would become hard, long and sharp when the bearer's chest was filled with hatred against his opponent. The next day, Dínaz and Lero's crew left the old priest's house and headed to Agaxim, where they met Enatelious.
[§10] But know, Tirsaecous, that the king of Dartous, when Dinax passed by, was Ungipamous, the only son of Darlaencous. Her mother, Dercaniobe, did not know fame in her husband's lineage. She therefore lay with Trentilus and from this she had a son to ensure a divine offspring, Elvenmidous, and when she carried him in her womb, she made Darlaencous think that he was the son of he. But when the child was born, the King knew from its beauty that it was not of human descent and he had a son with his wife, Ungipamous, to whom, after both sons became adults, Darlaencous, upon dying, gave the dominion of Rhibacarous, because he knew that he was the legitimate heir of his lineage. But Ungipamous also knew that, if he died without having sons, his brother could take his place, so he prayed to Trentilus that Stix would bless him with offspring. And the god to him: “Good and wise man despite your young age, may that sorrow leave your heart; I will go to Stix and convey your request.” But the gods of the Symbaians are impious and Trentilus went to Afelide and said to her, “Sister, the most beautiful among all those who do not die, I come here to ask you for an important favor! A mortal king of Xamesy, Ungipamous, has asked me to go to Stix and tell him to bless him with offspring, since he has no sons and fears dying young in war. There is an altrame, Varduc, who is the daughter of Aelaparme and, if your eyes, the color of citrine, fill with desire the breasts of those who do not die, hers fill the breasts of those who die. For this reason, I ask you, if your chest so desires, that you go to Ungipamous and, touching it with your hands, make it feel desire for it, which, due to its beauty and its lineage, will give it much fame among mortals.
[§11] Thus, the goddess accepted the request and, wearing the skin of Elvenmimdous, accompanied Ungipamous to the Elsirunes to hunt deer. There he took him to the foot of Moltinory, where Varduc lived, and made him climb up. And when the goddess saw the altraeme outside her dwelling, pretending to stumble and stretching her arm towards Uguipamous' chest, tearing his umale[5], she touched his skin with her divine fingers. For this reason the king desired and married the altrame and from her he had a son, Dascous, who was born with eyes equal to those of his mother. And when the child became an adult, he desired his mother, and when the two had lain, they begot a single son, Orgaldous, whom Ungipamous raised as his son. But Dascous' ambition had no end and he killed his father to rule before the time established by the daughters of Stigo. When Orgaldous became an adult, his mother desired him, because he had eyes the same as hers and his father's, and, just as she did with his father, he committed the same abomination again. But Dascous thought that, just as he killed his father to keep the throne, his son could do the same and, even if he didn't, his sons could do it for him. Thus, more out of fear of surrendering his domain than out of love for his life and the honor of his lineage and that of the city, the king went to his son's room and, taking his dagger in his hand, he gouged out his eyes. of the basins. In this way, he thought that Varduc would no longer want him. But over time she appeared pregnant. Then Dascous wanted to kill his son and his mother before he gave birth. but Stix knew of his thoughts and, filling his chest with sorrow, he called Trentilus and said to him: “Oh, my son! What fate awaits Dartous! There has already been muilasty twice and Dascous has killed his father before his time and now seeks to kill his mother and son, which is why he will not seek to procreate with another female and the noble lineage of Rhibacarous would die with him. Go then, my son, and tell his son Orgaldous to flee the city, to go to Blirhothardous' house, in Ynul, because he is very pious, he will understand your situation and will welcome you both. Then the cruel god went to Orgaldous and Várduc and told them that Dascous intended to kill them, but instead of telling them to go to Etcay, he said: “Orgaldous, son of Dascous! The news I bring you is not good, because your father wants to kill you and your mother. But do not fear, because you have the protection of Stix, and he will accompany you so that you can kill him, because the throne of Dartous is yours, by the will of the Plaerx." And after saying this, the cantirhadax gave him a bush. In this way, Orgaldous, instead of going to Ynul, went with his mother to Dascous' room, but he guessed his intentions and faced his son with the dagger in his hand, stabbing it into his chest. Then, maddened, Orgaldous attacked Dascous with the bramble, burning his eyes. But Stix saw them and, before they killed each other, he stripped the three of all their human characteristics. He turned Dascous into a shrike and Orgaldous into a nictibian. And Stix made two bones grow from Varduc's eyes, one for each of his abominable sons, and from the bones he made hair grow. But the mortal was not injured like them, she escaped from the god before he finished transforming her; and she had the body of a woman, but her head did not become that of a bird and she had a flat face, a mouth of bone, but small like that of men, and eyes of the color of citrine. But Stix punished them, making them They did not fill the hearts of mortals with desire, but with fear. And when her pregnancy ended, she gave birth to two groups of sons: the owls and the owls.
[§12] And the first to arrive were Pargil and Drachtharx and Stix, meeting them, said to them: “Terrible beasts, I think my brother Etsily has sent you. Are my words true?” But the beasts did not speak the language of the gods and they attacked him and Parguil with his beak tore off the two fingers from the middle of his hand. And the beasts went away, but Stix did not look for them. Then the god went to Ynul where he met Dalx, who gave him two points of his arrows, which he put in the place of his fingers. And Stix called Valdox and asked him to look for Caditar, because with his size he could reach those two beasts that were flying high. But Dalx's chest was filled with jealousy seeing that the sons of Stix and the beasts created by his brothers would enter into the fight and he would not. And for this reason he went to Phorche and there he saw Dajecparmy, accompanied by Elary, who was carrying Ergalarhous. And the god took the child when both were not looking and left a poppy in his place, which he dressed with a skin similar to him. Then he took him to Etcay and taught him how to use the bow and arrows. And when the child became an adult he took him to Dartous, along with Stix and Caditar. And when they saw Pargil and Drachtharx there, having returned to the city, Ergalarhous threw his arrows against the wings of the beasts, ensuring that they could not rise, and Stix killed them by sticking the arrowheads into their eyes, which filled of blood and thousands of red-eyed rats emerged from the wound. And Stix, taking back his fingers and putting them in their place, handed the arrowheads to Ergalarhous. And he went back to Phorche. There he united with Thermaeclaet and two sons were born to them: Torgo and Enatelious. Torgus was recruited by Shedar and taken to Thunday and Enatelious stayed in Phorche and had the throne. And Ergalarhous gave his son the two daggers, which the father called Sticcydar. And Enatelious joined a woman named Megay and to them Lardy was born. And the king received Dinax at his court, but the young woman's breast was filled with desire for him and she visited him for three nights when he was sleeping. From these unions Lardy gave birth to two sons: Tordes and Axanigode, who competed for the crown of Phorche after the death of their father. But on the fourth night Dinax woke up and, seeing the young woman on top of him, holding her by the neck, he forced her to swear not to say a word about what had happened to her father. And she swore an oath to Dinax, but since she was a child she had been betrothed to a young man of noble lineage, whose name was Ucer, son of Gradarez and Ipony. But, although he dishonored the oath by telling him what happened to him, Dinax forgave them, because he saw shame in killing two beardless and marriageable young men. And at the court of Enatelious he met Gigar of Ipharmeler, who is the son of a good courtier named Mirx and his wife Tigy. He introduced her to his son Ulious, the one he fathered with Adote, who was the daughter of Caelius and Irte. And having expressed the young man's desire to Dínaz to accompany them in the company, Dinax accepted it and his father gave each of Lirous' crew a horse. But Lirous then returned to Torabe, since his boat could not enter through rivers. And they entered the Island of Xamesy through the Ciril, reaching Toriundele. There Dinax killed the beast Elutar, but it tore off Ulious' arm.
[§13] And Scaldride and Ruscousgnosh went to Rhibacarous and Stix sent Acratar and Caditar there. And Caditar with his tail pierced Scaldride's chest in the air, tearing the life from him, but Ruscousgnosh, with his beak, cut off the tail of the daughter of Stix and Bosphy, who died when her body was drained of blood. And Acratar could not reach the beast, which fled into the skies. Then Stix sent his daughter Orggoracy[6] to help her sister. Ruscousgnosh returned and attacked Acratar, who bit his leg, but the beast cut his neck with its beak, separating his head from his body. Then Orggoracy, who was running like a wolf, caught up with Ruscousgnosh before she took flight and, with one bite, opened her chest and killed her, but her sister's poison was already running through the veins of the beast and, together with the flesh, swallowed it, causing it to enter his body and dying there along with the rest of the beasts. And from the breast of the dead body of the daughter of Stix and Bosphy another beast was born, with a body similar to that of butterflies, but the size of a fort, which those of Dartous called Tartafaby for the elegant movement of its body in the skies. She was the mother of the mardragas[7], two of whom, Orgalty and Palcurhe, killed Caltax at Claty. After Dinax and Lirous' crew left Tergine, they then headed to the island. They slept there only once. Caltax woke up in the middle of the night and, leaving the gutau[8], two women approached him, who told him that their names were Orgalty and Palcurhe, that they were blind and that they were looking for someone to guide them back to the city. And Caltax agreed to take them, but, overcome by the beauty of Orgalty, he tried to force her when he reached a moonlight. Then, the young woman and her sister discovered their insect jaws and with them devoured the marine's head. Tartafaby was also the mother of Goracplija, who, on the same night, kidnapped Ulious and Circchirous when they had not yet returned from hunting hares, and turned them into guinea pigs. Furthermore, before retiring from the gutau, he appeared in Chaldinous' dreams, wearing the skin of Timacaeous, and convinced him to leave Dinax's company and look for Orblula's belt for himself. And having heard this, Chaldinous got up and, leaving the gutau, headed into the forest to surprise Dinax and kill him. Coray's boat was on the gutau when Dinax woke up and, seeing that Ulious and Circchirous were not there, he went out to look for them. And on the way, Chaldinous ambushed him. But Dinax, because he was younger, was stronger than the old soldier and, pulling out his dagger, forced by his companion, he killed him. Then he saw the abode of Goracplija and, requesting it, he explained his intentions to free his companions. To do this, the woman forced him to pass three tests: First he had to bring her one of Tadirus' turkeys, a young god son of Stix and Arthe who raised them in a remote area of the island and Dinax, defeating the god in combat, He brought one of his turkeys alive. Then, second of all, she had to defeat Coracaeday in a fight, the fastest on the island, one of the two sons that the woman had with the god. Dinax defeated her and, taking off her helmet, did not kill her, because he saw shame in killing a beardless and marriageable young woman. Then, thirdly, he had to capture Dractorgous, the woman's fastest hunting dog, an animal that only had the right eye, and Dinax caught up with him by tackling him from the left. Then Goracplija agreed to free the companions and offered Dinax her most beloved son, Carte, who was a great archer, educated by the inexperienced god, to accompany him. And Dinax agreed.
[§14] Then Dolbarme reached Toriundele and Stix sent Sarcodar there. The beast was large and slender and quickly caught up with Dolbarme as he lay on the ground to rest. And in this way he broke one of its wings, with his claws. Dolbarme opened his throat with his beak, but before dying the beast picked him up from the ground and threw Dolbarme against a stone, splitting his head open. Then, after his daughter died, Stix took his antlers and, planting them in the ground, an ash tree germinated. And Stix sent Griáoerx, the mare of the seas, to the club, but Thaurhelay, the daughter of Gale, was bigger and stronger and, launching himself at her, devoured her. Then Etsily and his brothers arrived at Tergina. Dinax and his crew arrived at this island, Tirseco, before leaving for Claty. Enatelious directed the ship and, while the crew was still in Xamesy, he had suggested to the hero to go to Farte because he knew that the beast roamed the waters of the Thambo, the one that sank ships with its men. But Dinax could not enter through Farte, so, not following Enatelious' advice, he ordered him to go towards the Shules. So the captain agreed to take them there, but then he returned to Agaxim. Dinax killed the beast without losing any sailors, but when they reached the island a thief dressed as a beggar approached them in the port and managed to take Dinax's dagger and, fleeing from him, ran towards the city, hiding the weapon behind of the umale, near the chest. Upon realizing this, Dinax pursued him to the city, along with his companions, except Circchirious, who had remained guarding the ship, and Dinax's chest was filled with hatred against the thief, causing the dagger to grow between his clothes and become It became sharp as the fangs of a wolf, piercing the chest, in the middle of the ribs of the thief, who died there, before entering the city. Then, Nausy approached him and, taking off his clothes, she knew that he was her brother Scaldride. Both were sons of Learcado, who was king of the island, son of Taetiax and Arhodbepamy, who were both brothers and sons of Phaerom, king of Laeldous, and Cile, born in Tergine. Thus, Nausy, having ordered to search for her brother's murderer, took his body to her father's court and her ipautcauds[9], who went to the port, arrested Circchirious, since they had not seen him before in the city, They were taken to the dungeons and he was there for three days. On the third Laercad announced to the city that they would make the thyraxty[10] to the prisoner if his son's murderer did not appear. And Dinax, who was in the city and did not want his friend to be killed, went to the king's court.
[§15] Then Etsily killed one hundred and eighty altramos and with their flesh and feathers fashioned an eagle[11], whose body was the size of a fort. Then he tore silver and iron from his mother's body and with them he built his claws and his beak. Then, he took water from the Thambo Sea[12], turned it into crystal and with it, he made four eyes that he placed on his head: two in the place where eagles have their eyes and two under the throat. But, Etsily did not have the ability to infuse life like Stix, so Codarel and Gale each tore out half of their hearts and placed them on the beast, so that it carried the same life and the same soul as both of them. gods. But Dalx killed her, piercing her chest with an arrow, also killing the two brothers. Then, Stix molded from the remains of the beast four falcons, each with one eye, two of them with silver claws and beak and two of them with iron claws and beak, so that they would guard the faces of the wall that protects the entrance. to the Plerco, which face the home of each of the volters[13], while the others would take care of the angles. But the birds knew how to fight for food, while more than one intruder, taking advantage of the fact that they were distracted, managed to enter, and for this the god removed the eye of each one and placed them on each wall. Thus, with their radio under the wall, each one could not see what prey was approaching the wall guarded by their other brothers. Then, placing his hands over the empty sockets, he reconnected the eyes with their souls. In this way, the birds travel through the air under the Pleo every day, listening with their ears to the animals above Paras, while they see what happens in front of the Plerco wall.
[§16] Then Stix took the bodies of his brothers and distributed them throughout the body of Paras, turning them into the rocks that adorn him. And Stix sent Erfarpal against Etsily. The beast was fast and tore off his legs and two of his arms with its fangs. But the god tore out each of his fangs with his other two arms and stuck them in the eyes of the son of Stix and Bosphy, killing him. But Etsily could no longer get up from the ground and was then killed by Stix's dagger, which decapitated him. And Urmal built with his body the palaces of the gods[14], on the chest of Parabas, under the mortal wound of Pleus. The god built a great platform that supports the castles of gold and glass where those who do not die spend their days. And Stix seeing that the souls of men and animals killed by Dalx were wandering aimlessly over the earth, frightening those who died, he took the parts of Parabas' heart and molded them into the volters, gave them life and they were four: Ctenmor, whose fur is yellow, whose eyes are blue and whose ears, paws and nose are black and whom Stix took to the end of Parabas after Dutory[15], where he built his dwelling; Tharlous, whose fur is white, whose eyes are blue and a black stripe runs along whose spine and whom Stix took to the end of Parabas after Tharcaia[16], where he built his dwelling; Demure whose fur is gray, whose eyes are green and whose legs are white and whom Estigo took to the end of Parabas, where the journey of Athur and Coray begins[17], where he built his dwelling, on the forehead of the Mother; and Faever, whose fur is black, whose eyes are blue and whose belly is gray and whom Stix took to the end of Parabas, where the route of Athur and Coray ends[18], where he built his dwelling, in Balthyre. Then Gargmon taught them to speak and Faever and Demure lay and four sons were born to them, Ariry, Caiphe, Gedous and Aepaty, and to each of them Stix assigned a task: to Ariria the task of seeking and guiding the souls of those who die. calmly, to Caiphe the task of searching and guiding the souls of those who die fighting, to Gedous the task of searching and guiding the souls of those who die violently, off the battlefield, and to Apaty the task of carrying the souls that reach the house of Demure to the dwellings of the mortals they engender and instill them in their sons. To Faever, Stix taught him the ability to mold souls from the blood of Pleus and to remove the memory of the souls of those who died. And to Demure, Stix taught him the ability to instill memory in mortals. Then the adult bodies of Athur and Coray gave off a light that illuminated Paras' entire body, and Stix assigned them the task of observing the activity of men and lighting the way for the mortal creatures. As the light of Athur was stronger, it illuminates the creatures of the day, who are the weakest, and as the light of Coray was dimmer, it illuminates the creatures of the night, which are the strongest, because They move through the darkness. Then Athur built a boat from the wood that Urmal makes from the flesh of the mother, to cross the Pleo, and Coray did the same. And, seeing this, Stix appointed them another task: that of guiding the souls from one end of the Pleus to another.
[§17] Know, Tirsaecous: in this way those of Symbay see the path of life and death ordered like this: after a person is born, Gargmon goes to Faever's residence to tell him and he creates a soul of the waters of Ocon, which he gives to Coray, who covers himself with a blanket so as not to shine light on the creatures under the tutelage of his brother. And he takes the soul during the day to the Plaerx, where Parble fills it with life, and the god gives it back to the goddess, who takes it to the abode of Demure, fills it with memory, and gives it to Aepaty, who takes it to the abode of those who die and fills the breasts of the born with it. Then, having surrendered the soul, Coray leaves for the Plaerx, illuminating the beasts of the night on his way, and arrives at the Plaerx, where he notifies Stigo of what is happening over Parabas and continues to the abode of Faever. On the other hand, when Dromorgy and Targine decide to end a man's life, they notify the sons of Faiver and Demure, who go down to Parabas to look for him and take him to Faever's house, where he takes away his memory and takes him to the Ctenal, which is a small river that came from the blood that falls from the hole left by Pleus' genitals. And there Faever gives him to Athur, who takes him in a boat built from the wood of the Aritharche forest, which surrounds the dwelling of the volter, and they ascend to the Pleo. There, Athur covers himself with a blanket so as not to shine light on the creatures under the tutelage of his sister and takes him through the Pleo to his home there. The pious and those who act according to what Ercathy says, those who die in war and those who devote themselves to the worship of the gods, are taken to the island of Symeccarsírax. There are three gardens, in which the souls of these will dwell until time fades: the Nausugav, where the fairs go, the Belugav, where the soldiers go, and the Barcugav, where those who devote themselves to the worship of the gods. On the other hand, the criminals are taken to the island of Jastalípar, where there are three forests: the Artugav, where the impious, the thieves, the lazy and those who do not act according to what Ercathy says, go, where They will be forced to work until time runs out; the Eboxugav, where cowards go in war, those who commit acts of dishonor and traitors, where they will wander through the darkness without being able to see anyone else until time runs out; and the Izalugav where the wicked go, those who blaspheme against the gods, those who commit aberrations and those who disobey the wills of the gods, where they will receive torments until time runs out. The god, on the other hand, abandons the mediocre ones overboard in the blood of the Pleo. In this way, many times the libidinous try to force Athur into the night and remove the mantle that covers him, discovering the light of his body and those of us who die on earth see like stars moving through the heavens. After leaving them, he reaches the abode of Demure where he lies with Ariry and engenders dreams, which Demure raises and guides Aepaty to all the abodes of those who do not die on earth.
Then, Athur leaves for the Plairx, illuminating the men and animals of the day on his way, and there he warns Stix of what is happening on earth and continues on his path to the abode of Faever. Then Stix saw that the bodies of the men who died were abandoned throughout the body of Parabas and asked him to teach them how to bury the bodies within the flesh of their mother. And Gargmon obeyed and, going down to the ground, taught the men to bury the bodies of those who died. Then Stix took part of his mother's flesh and molded from her dust some two hundred and forty-one wolves and molded their fangs from the bones of Codarel, and to these he assigned the task of feeding during the night on the flesh of the buried and breaking with them. his fangs his bones to clean the flesh of Parabas. Thus, many of them accompany the sons of Faever and Demure when they travel the earth looking for the souls of those who die. But Ariry lay with Faever and Stix condemned her sons, turning them into altargores, whose body was that of a monkey, they had black eagle wings and they fed on the souls of those who died, but gold was the only thing that filled their chests. out of fear, it burned their flesh and killed them. And Stix took them to Aritharche and called Gargmon and asked him to teach a scaldarpil to speak. And so the goddess did and called this beast Nordertor and told it to look for gold inside the body of Parabas to make earrings to place in the ears of the souls of those who died, so that the altargors would not devour them when they crossed the Aritharche. to Faever's house. Then Ariry had been filled with love for a man Psicul, who was called Lumbidbarmous, and the goddess went to seek his soul; but Stix decided not to tell her about the pendant, so the goddess abandoned the mortal in the Aritharche and her sons devoured him. Then Stix ordered Nordertor to tell him what happened and the beast obeyed with his heart filled with sorrow for the goddess and she cried tears of light that, ascending to the Pleus, floated above him and became the stars. For this reason, the scaldarpil looks for the gold from the flesh of Parabas and takes it to the sons of Faever and Demure, to whom Stix assigned the task of making the earrings to place them on the souls of those who die.
[1] Miχαialíobes, feminine form of Mijαiáls, “Michael”.
[2] Gergmombaδís (“old dog tree”). The Plaerx was also located on this mountain (see note 14).
[3] Tréntilos (“irascible”). Epíthet de Ergacadagipamous.
[4] Řibakarôys (“it fills it with birds”). Dartous epithet.
[5] Ymálη, tunic for male use.
[6] See note 8 of the Paladasty. This is probably because Sphiod was interested in telling Tirseco the story of Brucal, with the intention of generating sympathy on the part of the king towards the Fartans.
[7] Márdrax (“woman of the night”). They have the size, legs, wings and thorax of a praying mantis and the trunk and head of a woman. They are blind in terms of the eyes on their face, but they have eyes in their wings, so they can only see when they are standing on some surface spreading their wings. By day they are benign creatures that guide travelers through jungle paths. At night, they take the form of beautiful women who seduce them, pretending to be blind ladies looking for a guide and, when they take them to their bed, they devour their heads during the sexual act.
[8] Gýtay, military camp.
[9] Ipaýtkayζ. Second-rank Symbaian soldiers whose duties included escorting the royal family.
[10] Fzysaxtís. Execution for the crime of desertion, military treason or treason against the king, which consists of beheading.
[11] Agagálais (“silver claws”). Agagalae.
[12] Keep in mind that for the Symbaians water was the blood of Parabas.
[13] The volters were four cats that lived at the ends of the world and represented the four cardinal [13] The volters were four cats that lived at the ends of the world and represented the four cardinal points.
[14] Plâirx (“Sky Palace”). Celestial platform on which the dwellings of the gods were located. This was located above Ipharmeler, under the chest of Pleus, symbolizing the victory of Stix over his father and the victory of the gods over Sky: the walls that protected the entrance to it were somewhere on the top of Mount Latpserchus, in Ipharmeler; Therefore, Brucal's carob tree was also a symbol of victory and an attribute of Stix. (See note 2). In turn, Ipharmeler literally means "Mount of Olives", so the Christians saw this as a coincidence, a sign from God and therefore they located there the place where the Virgin Mary appeared to him in the story of the life of Saint Arcideus, because there was no record of where this event would have occurred.
[15] The south.
[16] The north.
[17] The east. Démyras, from Western Proto-Vermaric *dei̯murau̯ ("forcing to awaken"), a type of deity deity who brought sleep to men and made them wake up. Cf. demoro elod., dimoəbu cl., dəbrawus pb.
[18] The west. Fâiver, from faigísam ("to erase") and Western Proto-Vermaric *vərʰja, a type of deity who led the souls of the dead to the afterlife. Faever belonged to this class, but was distinguished from his peers by his ability to erase the memory of the dead. Cf. besee elod., бəρeu cl.