Seven Darknesses

From: Michael Raaterova <michael.raaterova.7033_at_student.uu.se>
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 07:45:13 +0100


I happened upon a curious remark in Trollpak, which mentioned that the seven forms of darkness and the seven bites was important in the initiation of young uz. I got irritated when it didn't say what the seven darknesses were, so i decided to make up my own:

The seven [-teen] darknesses of the uz:


Primaeval is the empty Void which came from chaos, but was not of chaos.

Firstborn is the Divider, which split the void into Space and the Abyss, which lies beyond the Shores of space.
Second to be is Substance, which filled space, and Wombhome, the safety within substance.
Third is Hunger, the loss of substance, and Fear, the coming of hunger. Fourth is Fullness, which kills hunger, and Joy, which kills the fear of hunger. And all was paradise in Wonderhome.

Then came the Sun, and the creation of hurtplace darkness.

Fifth is Pain, the fiery loss of darkness, and Terror, the scar of the hurting. Sixth is Shadow, the sunshield, and Cold, which soothes the pain. Seventh is Hate, which eases the hurting, and Mercy, which heals the scar.

I'm not really sure about this, so i'd welcome comments and corrections.

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