Wednesday, May 10, 2006

4th Aya – The Lord of the East

During this time, the Northern Provinces revered Asahikami Tamakine with the name of Toyoke, the “Lord of the East”, “Scourge of Mankind” and “Him Whose Name Causes All to Remove Their Eyes in Supplication”, and whose True Name had been lost in antiquity.

The descendants of the Muvian deities on earth now numbered some 1,500. But, on reflection, there was not one of them who truly understood the troubles and hardships of Sleepers, nor any who could use the Amenaru-Michi, the Way of Hell, to ease their suffering and lamenting.

Toyoke, daily vexed that the Way could disappear altogether if this remained unchanged, gathered up his resolve and climbed to the top of Mount Harami, the highest mountain in the land. There he cast his eye over the surrounding lands. He saw that the people of the eight isles of Yashima had continued to multiply and were crawling and roaming around with much clamour. It was no wonder that they did not even learn the Way of Man.

Toyoke returned to his palace in Hitakami bemoaning this fact. His daughter Isako (later Isanami), sensing her father's vexation only too keenly, suggested a solution: an Heir.