"It is Law
That the dead are to be burned;
"It is Law
That murder is forbidden;
"It is Law
That the murderer is to be burned
With the murdered;
"It is Law
That theft from another
Or from the tribe is forbidden;
"It is Law
That the thief shall pay to its victim
In kind for its theft;
"It is Law
That to make war is to murder and steal."
And Rhada ordered the servants
To go among the Sindie
And teach the Laws.
It was promised by Rhada,
In the name of Aakva,
That as long as the Sindie listened
To Aakva's servants
And followed the laws
The God of the Day Light made,
There would be peace and plenty.
The Sindie listened to the servants and
Learned and followed the Laws.
They made sacrifice to Aakva through its servants,
And the Sindie prospered and multiplied.
Generations grew and died,
And when Summat was the chief of the servants,
One day a hunter named Daultha
Doubted the laws and the servants of Aakva.
Even as Daultha doubted,
It was said that the God of the Day Light
Watched its servants to see what they would do.
Summat ordered the servants
To bring the light to Daultha's eyes,
And the servants of Aakva scolded Daultha,
But Daultha only laughed at their anger.
Daultha was the chief of the hunt
And much admired by the tribe.
The servants of Aakva feared ordeal,
And did not challenge Daultha.
Other Sindie, seeing this,
Joined Daultha in laughing
At the laws, the servants, and
The God of the Day Light.
The servants of Aakva answered only
With silence.
The chief of the servants
Cast its gaze upon the morning sky,
And Summat said:
"Aakva, God of the Day Light,
Daultha poisons the young of the Sindie against you.
Your servants are weak and faithless.
I am the chief of your servants,
The teacher of these cowards,
And the blame is mine."
Summat raised its stone knife
Toward the face of Aakva.
"With this knife, God of the Day Light,
I leave to your might and anger
What your servants would not do."
Summat then plunged the knife
Through its womb and belly
Until the heart was reached.
The servants of Aakva,
Seeing Summat's still form,
Were shamed, and for shame
Spilled their own blood upon the ground.
The God of the Day Light
Looked upon the bodies of its servants,
and sought out the chief of the hunt.
And to Daultha, Aakva said:
"Hunter, you have laughed at my Laws.
See you then the world without them."
And the God of the Day Light
Made the lands to the west foul and poisonous,
And it made the mountains to the east erupt and melt.
In the space between, Aakva set the Sindie,
One tribe upon another,
And war covered the world.
Daultha saw the world on fire
And heard the cries.
And the hunter begged Aakva
To return the Laws to the Sindie.
Aakva appeared that night
In a vision to Daultha.
And Aakva said:
"You have angered me, Daultha.
All I did
I did for you and your kind.
And you scorned me,
Disobeyed my laws,
And laughed at my servants.
You have their blood
And the blood of my world
On your hands."
Daultha fell to the ground and begged
The God of the Day Light
To forgive the Sindie
And end their punishment
For Daultha's wrong.
And Aakva said:
"Daultha, I will have mercy on the Sindie;
The wars will end.
You have cost me, though,
Summat, my chief servant.
Daultha, you will take Summat's place
And gather again my servants."
Daultha begged that this should be.
Then Aakva heaved and cut the world,
Raised great mountains,
Split the land with wide seas,
Dividing the tribes of the Sindie.
And Aakva gave the Laws to Daultha
To bring to the Sindie.
And Aakva said:
"When all the Sindie once more
Worship me and follow my Laws, Daultha,
There again will be peace and plenty."
Daultha gathered again the servants
Of the God of the Day Light.
They brought the Laws
To all of the tribes of the Sindie.
And the lesson of Daultha
Was passed down through many ages,
Bringing the Sindie peace and plenty.
All praised the wisdom of Aakva.