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This will be my last #8sunday until May because....I am going on a trip for the duration of April (WOOT!). If you have any interest in following my adventure in Europe, check out my other blog: MyCakeFace: Random Bloggery by AJ Bradley and/or my Tales of a Nomad facebook page.
Now, on to the excerpt! We left off with Sahlaana's sons pitching a fit and breaking the land into islands after they discovered their sister gave birth to a generation of people fathered by the mysterious bear.
Sahlaana was angry and in her rage, she abandoned her children and their people.
She warned them that there would be consequences to breaking Awaya’s earth.
Then she descended deep into the earth's core.
Taijala begged her brothers for reconciliation, afraid of the strain their desertion put on the net.
But each of them turned their backs on her and hid their regret under their anger.
Taijala and her children, the New People, migrated to the north of their tiny island in the eastern sea.
A small group of The First People lived on the tiny island; they stayed to the south, apart from the “others”.
They blamed Taijala and the New People for causing Sahlaana to forsake them.
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Happy Spring. Happy Easter. Happy April.
I hope to see you again in May!
It's always hard for me to understand how a mother can abandon her children. It seems she did not have much choice.
ReplyDeleteNo, she had little choice, her boys turned her out. But she'll be back... ;) Thanks for reading and commenting!
DeleteTense snippet, l love this line, ' hid their regret under their anger'.
ReplyDelete:) Thanks Gemma.
DeleteWonderful mythology, A.J.
ReplyDeleteWe'll miss you here at wewriwa--but hope you have a wonderful time touring Europe! Going to follow your blog, now. :-)
Thanks Teresa! It's been so fun to write, and I can't say how much I appreciate the encouragement I've found through WeWriWa. <3
DeleteI'm pretty stoked about the trip, thanks for following! :)
I see the seeds of future discord all right. Really enjoying this story, will miss reading more for a few weeks but I hope your trip goes well and have FUN! Excellent excerpt!
ReplyDeleteThanks Veronica, I so appreciate you popping by every week! Perhaps this trip will inspire more legends to add into the mythology when I return. :)
DeleteI love the concept of them hiding their "regret under their anger", it's such a human thing to do, which makes the gods more lifelike and believable.
ReplyDeleteHave a fun trip in Europe!
Oh wow, thanks Clare. I'm so glad to hear that, because these events set up a pretty major comeuppance in my WIP. Yay!
DeletePS: I'm so excited about this trip, thank you!
Very cool. I love creation myth stories (that's what it reads like, anyway--hope I'm not off base?).
ReplyDeleteHave a fabulous time in Europe. I'm so envious!
Lol, you're not off base at all Karysa, it is the creation myth of the world in my WIP. I'm so glad you popped in to take a peek, thank you!
DeleteI'm planning on having a fabulous time on my trip (woot!), thank you for your well wishes. :)
Siblings can be such a pain! I love how you've incorporated the dysfunctional family into the changing of ancient geography.
ReplyDeleteThanks Kate, it was such fun to blame the gods' little temper tantrums for rendering a whole world into pieces. I have to say, I don't envy Taijala her brothers! ;)
DeleteThanks, as always, for reading and commenting, Kate.
This has turned into a very troubled world, it seems. Just like the real one. ;-) Fascinating tale!
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful time in Europe!
You do a great job of weaving a legend. I like that their world isn't perfect. See you in May for more and have a great trip!
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