The Bear House No.1

The Bear House No.1 — page 3
at the start of all things at the start of all things there were only the stars there were only the stars Many different stars light upon light upon light but alone they were not enough To cure their loneliness their light combined and of them were born the High Beasts each belonging to their own quadrant of heaven To the skies of the South were born the High Fly the Glimmer Snake and more And the stars of the South became known as the Waters To the skies of the East and West were born the Dust Ram the White Bull the Star Twins the Prism Scorpion and more These traveled together one after the other a ring of High Beasts in a never ending loop These stars became the Ring To the skies of the North were born the White Bear the Shadow Dragon the Starhound and more But of them all the stars loved the firstborn Bear best And so the northern stars became the stars of the Great Bear When from the earth Man emerged from the darkness looking to the sky for guidance the stars stretched out their light and sent these beasts to lead him bringing them into the flesh And Man worshipped the stars and he worshipped the beasts and the beasts were sacred to him