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DOGMA III - HISTORY #2, "COSMOGONY" | |
which is not the same as DOGMA I - METAPHYSICS #2, "COSMOLOGY" | |
In the beginning there was VOID, who had two daughters; one (the | |
smaller) was that of BEING, named ERIS, and one (the larger) was of | |
NON-BEING, named ANERIS. (To this day, the fundamental truth that | |
Aneris is the larger is apparent to all who compare the great number | |
of things that do not exist with the comparatively small number of | |
things that do exist.) | |
Eris had been born pregnant, and after 55 years (Goddesses have an | |
unusually long gestation period - longer even than elephants), Her | |
pregnancy bore the fruits of many things. These things were composed | |
of the Five Basic Elements, SWEET, BOOM, PUNGENT, PRICKLE AND ORANGE. | |
Aneris, however, had been created sterile. When she saw Eris enjoying | |
Herself so greatly with all of the existent things She had borne, | |
Aneris became jealous and finally one day she stole some existent | |
things and changed them into non-existent things and claimed them as | |
her own children. This deeply hurt Eris, who felt that Her sister was | |
unjust (being so much larger anyway) to deny Her her small joy. And | |
so She made Herself swell again to bear more things. And She swore | |
that no matter how many of her begotten that Aneris would steal, She | |
would beget more. And, in return, Aneris swore that no matter how | |
many existent things Eris brought forth, she would eventually find | |
them and turn them into non-existent things for her own. (And to this | |
day, things appear and disappear in this very manner.) |