Creation myths
Issue
The common myth is not the only myth. The others just aren’t written yet. The other religions aren’t even written at all yet themselves.
The circumstances surrounding the formation of the Earth, humans, and spirits are not well understood, and are extremely difficult to study thanks to a thick layer of ash and charcoal beneath the surface of the planet from the end of Era Dira, which has effectively erased nearly all of history from that time period and earlier.
Naturally, the religions and ancient cultures of the world have their own stories to explain where we came from.
The Common Myth¶
The common myth is named as such due to the fact that it is not only the one believed by the world’s oldest and largest religious group, the Children of the Flame, but also many other cultures around the world, and even some non-religious people to a degree.
According to the common myth, the world was created by a singular entity, known only as The Creator, who is depicted as a beautiful woman that later sacrificed herself for the sake of her creations either before or during The End of Everything. There are many variations of the myth, but with a single exception, they all include around this entity and her sacrifice, and most are centered around her.
The Account¶
In the year 1854, The Account was published by The Sixth Storyteller of the Children of the Flame. It is missing an unknown amount of its original text and contains redactions throughout. It contains the Storyteller’s retelling of the stories allegedly told to him by the deities Kerosyn the Deliverer, Freya the Deceiver, and Florian the Destroyer at least 200 years ago, whose true names were also first documented there.
This detailed variation of the myth claims that rather than a single Creator, it was actually a pair of gods responsible for the creation of the Earth, plus their eight children who all played their own parts in the creation of life and the first cultures. They also claim that one of the gods mentioned within whose name we only know begins with R is the writer behind most of the holy texts of the faith, including several prophecies that have proven true, and more that have yet to manifest.
The Fox Variant¶
Fox spirits traditionally believed that The Creator was actually Kerosyn, rather than the unknown woman. There are no further differences in this variation, and it was the only version of the common myth not to include the woman. This belief is considered incorrect and obsolete by most fox spirits today, however, as they later accepted The Account after its publication.