Except for the main picture—somewhere in Cornwall—the rest of the pictures are from the Cornishmen Inn in Tintagel.  http://cornishmaninn.com/

All quotes are from The Enchanted World:  The Book of Beginnings

Today we are looking at the creation stories of various peoples–we all know the Christian beliefs which is essentially the Jewish– believers in the one God–one

and of course we’ll do a little getting us thru Droughtlander ideas before I leave you again…sorry it’s been so long…..I have a job now an that keeps me tied up a bit.

“Waiting to bear the child begotten upon her by the wind and the waves together, the Water-Mother floated in a shoreless sea.  For centuries she drifted alone until a teal from a place unknown flew out of the sky looking for a nesting place.”

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In China it all started with a male giant who dwelled and moved thru swirling clouds of chaos.  His name was Pan Ku and he appeared fully formed with no father or mother unless you count the whirlpool of dirt and mindlessness in which he was originally incased.  Originally a sleeping form he grew with a huge globe of a head, and huge thick limbs.  Eventually he awoke from his sleep and in confusion, anger or whatever he smashed at the murk with his giant fist breaking them into fragments that floated about and eventually those that were yang–light, bright and hot, floated upward to form the sky, while those that were yin, hard, dark, cold and heavy dropped an formed the earth.  And Pan Ku stood with his feet on earth and his head in the sky for hundreds, perhaps thousands of years as the sky rose higher and the earth became thicker and heavier.  And he continue to grow and eventually became a living column, thousands of feet tall that kept the roof of the world from collapsing.

The story goes on to tell how he chiseled carving a neat universe while being kept company by magical beasts (perhaps 3): a dragon, a phoenix and a tortoise.

Eventually he was satisfied and setting 4 enormous mountains to support the sky at each corner of the world  he lay down and returned to sleep this time forever.  But to this day you still can witness him:  His breath became the clouds and the winds that swept the earth.  His voice became the thunder, his eyes the sun and moon and his blood the water that flowed in the worlds oceans, rivers and smaller waterways, finally his teeth became precious stones, gold, jade and pearls as well as iron and salt.

“The Dragon-tailed goddess, Nu Kua gave earth it’s first human inhabitants.  She sculpted their bodies from clay, infused them with life and taught them how to love.”

To the Iroquois the tell the story of Ataentsic, daughter of the Sky Chief who lived somewhere far about what was to become earth where they hunted animals and relied on chiefs and medicine men for guidance.  Then one day Atentsic was stricken by a strange aliment which left her unable to move or speak, not even able to blink her eyes and because they feared the spirt that she had might have offended and others fear a contagion, she was left to languish alone.  Eventually it was decided that though she lived she was in reality dead and she was planted/buried at the based of the sacred tree where a (there is a debate over whose hand ranging from an old lover to an angry spirit guardian) hand reached into the grace and pushed her to earth.

She and the tree fell to earth and as she did her illness fled and she was awake and aware again which of course resulted in a great fright at the uncheckable fall which finally ended in a vast sea.  Then the wind torn the tree from her grasp and she fell even further until a flock of birds began to circle about stopping her fall and then an island size turtle appeared and she was deposited on it’s back in safety.  Soon animals joined her and as it became crowed creatures attempted to dive down and brought up the tree and the earth that clinged to it from the oceans depths.  Many tried but all failed, until a frog, which managed to bring a small amount of dirt from the depths before it died.  Ataentsic using other world magic increased it’s size and expanded the dirt until the earth was formed and the turtle at is heart drifted off to eternal hibernation.

The completion of the story of course was the addition of the human who were born of Ataentsic, though the stories vary as to how the pregnancy come about, but she gave to twins who were from their time in the womb on locked in eternal conflict and they were born with the gifts of sense and speech from the moment of conceptionand their conception was a bit bizarre–one under his mother’s arm which killed the mother, while the other twin came into the world in the more conventional pathway.  And thus the brothers became forever enemies.

And the worlds were not the only thing created by the gods.  According to the Estonians a goddess named Lindo, daughter of Uko, King of heaven,  rejected the Moon and the Sun as suitors only to become helplessly in love to the Northern Lights, whose beauty enthralled her.  Because the lights of her land were too strong for him he returned to his own lands promising that he would return for their wedding.

Lindu prepared but of course he like so many useless suitors, the Northern Lights did not return and each day her sorrow grew and the wedding dress she continued to wear was soaked through with tears.

Her father, saw her from his palace in the heave and took pity.  He commanded the winds to away from earth and place her near to the heaves where she stayed with her wedding veil spread out behind her and it became a million stars and thus the Milky Way was created and she remained in the sky watching over migrating birds and story tellers and as for the Northern Lights,  she got so over him like any smart girl, I mean goddess, would.

“The god Fu Hu imparted skills to the new worldlings that would enable them to survive and prosper.  He taught them how to make nets for fishing, invented an alphabet for their use and instructed them in the art of writing.”

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Getting thru the Drought is helped with contemplating the reunion:  http://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/news/a41920/caitriona-balfe-bafta-tea-interview/

REVIEWING production activities:  http://www.ibtimes.com.au/outlander-season-3-christmas-jumper-day-set-week-1537306

Learn about Ian (warning spoilers):  http://outlander.wikia.com/wiki/Ian_Fraser_Murray

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“Defeated in a osmic battle, the monster Typhon was imprisoned in Sicily’s Mount Etna.  Whenever he grew restless, the mountain rumbled and sent out streams of molten lava.”

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“Seeking to quench her thirst in a pond, the goddess Leto was abused by hostile peasants who muddied the water before she could drink.  In her wrath she punished them for their cruel inhospitality by turning them into frogs.”

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