Izanagi
the maker, he who fled the land of the dead
earthIzanagi stirred the first islands from the churning sea, then chased his lost wife into the underworld and barely escaped its rot; to dream of him is to learn what you must leave buried in order to keep on living.
Fragments
Fleeing the hags of death, he rolled a boulder across the mouth of the tunnel, sealing his beloved among the shadows he could not save.
He dipped a jewelled spear into the void and lifted it, and where the brine dripped from its tip the first island rose to meet his feet.
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