Aoki looked at Situ, who happened to be looking at him at this time. Due to the thick fog, each other's faces were a little blurred in each other's eyes, but their consciousness appeared clearly in each other's spiritual world like lightning that could penetrate the thick fog.

Situ was still so calm, and said in a calm tone: "Madame may wish to finish telling the myths and stories of the Itsa. Myths are the source of civilization, and the ancient myths we hear are like gamma-ray bursts captured in the universe, although they are only sporadic flashes, but they confirm the glory of the stars that have long since died in the dark depths of the universe. You are an expert in this area and may be able to take a clear imprint. ”

"Okay." Mrs. Larry smiled and continued to tell the myths and legends of the Itsa, "In addition to Cheva and Ischeva, Unab's other five children are named Sanchi, Mantystone, Tosho, Chayak, and Urakhan.

Sanchi represents the tree of life, the driving force of life, and the source of spirituality for all things. He lived in the places where Cheva and Ischeva arose. Cheva likes to be taller than him, while Ischeva likes to snuggle up among Sanchi's branches and spy on what people are doing during the night. It is said that Sanchi later grew too tall and blocked out the brilliance of Cheva. Cheva went to complain to Unab, and Unab sent a big bird to fly Cheva to the highest place in the sky every day, and after completing the task, he stopped above Sanchi's head and waited for the next day. ”

At this point, everyone turned their heads to look at Aoki and the crow above him, and although only a silhouette could be seen in the thick fog, it added to their mystery.

Lying in Su Huilan's arms, she meowed soundly.

The crow felt something strange and became a little uncomfortable, and exclaimed, "Oh, why do I feel a little hot on my back!" Croak...... Do you see a ...... on my back? Sun?! ”

And they laughed, "Oh yes, you have a sun on your back, and that's how your hair is roasted black!" ”

Mrs. Larry also laughed and said, "Actually, there are similar stories in human myths and legends. For example, the Fusang tree and the golden crow bird in Eastern mythology are very close to this; According to the legend of the Negritos of Oceania, it was the crow that brought the fire and brought light to the world; In the legend of the Haida people of the Pacific Ocean, ravens are thieves who steal the sun; The Koryaks of Russia believe that the volcanic activity is caused by crows. It's all about the sun or fire. The most interesting thing is that in Greek mythology, the sun god Apollo raised a white raven, and there is a saying that Apollo never drove a golden carriage, but rode a white crow around the world. ”

"Can a white one be called a crow?"

"Maybe it used to be called a white crow! In mythology, Apollo's ravens had snow-white feathers. At that time, Apollo was in love with the mortal princess Colonis, but the princess had an affair with a mortal during her pregnancy and happened to be seen by the raven.

Upon hearing the news, Apollo went for revenge with his sister Artemis, the goddess of the hunt, who shot everyone with a bow and arrow, including the princess Colonis. Apollo took the unborn child out of the princess's womb and gave it to the half-man, half-horse Hajon to raise and teach, that is, Asclepius, the god of medicine.

Later, Apollo regretted it, and felt that he should not have been so impulsive, so he became angry with the raven, and his anger scorched the raven's feathers, and the raven became black from then on. ”

"Oh, that's a sad story!" The raven cried, "That...... Don't talk about crows anymore, don't you say anything else, aren't there so many gods, it's impossible to raise crows......"

"Because I'm familiar with this tribe, and Sanchi represents the god who guards this tribe, I know a little more," said Mrs. Larry. The others, I only know that Mantystone represents the mountain and the power, and he lives where Cheva and Ischeva fall.

Whenever the great Unab ascended into the sky and looked at the world with his ten thousand eyes, the mischievous Cheva would hide behind his brother Mantystone to avoid being punished by his father, while Ischeva would coquettishly throw himself into his father's arms. Unab sometimes loved his daughter, so he deliberately hid his own light and made Ischeva the brightest color in the night sky. ”

"Quack! What a loving God! The raven cried, "What about the others?" ”

"Tochaux is the god of fire, a symbol of fire; Chayak is the god of ice, representing ice and water; Urakan is the god of wind, symbolizing the wind and everything that changes. But we haven't seen the tribes guarded by these gods, so I don't know the story about them, nor have we seen their totems and appearances. I think that the place where we are now must be the domain of one of the gods, and the savages who suddenly retreated yesterday are the people of some god......" Mrs. Larry mused.

Aoki and Situ looked at each other and smiled, but did not speak. Aoki was almost certain that this was the territory of the wind god Urakan, and he knew that Situ must have thought so.

Now it seems that these myths are unfounded.

The different attributes represented by the five guardian spirits are the properties of the five spiritual force fields, or it can also be considered the frequency of the five different spiritual fluctuations. And Aoki and Situ don't know if it's a coincidence or some other special reason, their spiritual power happens to coincide with the wave frequency of one of the spiritual force fields, so they can have a spiritual induction with the corresponding scepter.

"Where's Gaia?" Situ suddenly asked, "Madam, you just talked about Gaia. ”

"Oh yes, and Gaia." Lady Larry seems to be sorting through the information she's gotten, "Their lore doesn't have much about Gaia's origins, except that Gaia is the god who holds the starry sky with Unab. He is jealous of the light world created by Unab and has always tried to let the darkness swallow the light.

The evil Gaia is everywhere and once touched by her tentacles, there is no escape. She can silently kill people, and people need to be careful of her arrival at all times to avoid her evil tentacles. ”

"Tentacles?"

"Well, that's one of my translations, and it's probably not accurate. According to Cooperta, it was supposed to be a kind of mind-control magic that could control people's souls and minds. For it seemed to be somewhere between the visible and the invisible, the Itesians could not see it, but the priest with the God-given scepter could see it. So I translated it as 'tentacles'. ”

"And then?"

In order to protect the starry sky, Unab could not take care of the world, and his five sons also stepped into the nebula and followed Unab to fight against Gaia.

Mortals could not resist Gaia's tentacles, and could only look forward to the day when the gods would return from victory. More and more mortals died, and finally one day, a hero named Itesa stepped forward, cut off Gaia's tentacles with a giant sword, led his people to build an altar, echoed the gods, and fought against Gaia's evil army.

The place where we stand is the place where they fought – Ramla – which means 'journey' in their language.

After Itesa's death, the Itesa continued to fight and defend the altar until the day the god returned. That's what you heard last night's hymn to the stars. ”8)