Lis Teuim ilid Teonim

 

The Gods of the Teonim Keyst, helepmivarn! ta nikkyam perim uom ihhai rrõhhõnt, uom ihhai ferrefib, uom ihhai oy preib ven elepmibjo. Rin ystoryan mimarabyllysjo, nikkyam perim, tsem etsan ev hrõ il Tosiddeydys rhõ il Plyny, uo il Zendavvesta. Tyr keyst, ta vowwydaht nwetis ystoryan, send oy il wyda omtwav plebyada, celad li niddemvo nomtwav obnnisim tand vilid kresprivarn mimpplõso uo vilid ystorymavarn dõvddeuon. Send narmil seliterratosp remwe tytat vomim tal omddey. Keyst ban helepmivarn difelreon il nikkyam. Celil tearmid aiba, ta niwydale ad tsobolarem li niddemvo lis. Celil fetilan nomtwav obnnisim tsema nitakriwet revbom mekttekma uo ril merimek revbombennakuo. Tsema elmmenen ob revbomnnisim uo ril tesan revbombennakuo, ril nilryahtod revbomtoeeto, hrõ vekomihs hrõ tadjomih, difelreon le plebuan ros estwe elwy tomed, ran elepma soys, tandy roy nittratos venppreib. On Lies in Books Consider: there are books that are secret, books that are lost, and books that are known and well-read. There are books of history and books of marvels, like those by Thucidydes, Pliny, and the Zend-Avesta. Consider too that many of these histories are false, and while they claim to give you truth, lies will rise up in them from the interpolations of bad scribes and the mistakes of bad historians, and no one can tell the difference except the learned. And then consider the books of the Felrreo. In these, the lies are made into truths. They rise up in the pages like islands surfacing and displacing the sea. Like mountains pushing up and displacing cities and swallowing borders, the words of the Felrreo will move you either inches or miles, as you read, away from your well-known shores. Araiyisai Jy, 1692 Keyts elepmavarn! ta harym kyam lis teuimid, pom htymen plõsoht rinil vampin teuimoht. Harym kyam om rõhhõndon errõ revbom tava sa aid parem preib vopreibjo: vilvviglo ai. Ev ain revelfymfor toil hdarodel il vilvviglo uary ykalo vovilvvigla. Ma nar aid wydo vowydojo uar al hetem lyrrebda. Lis teuim aiban aittearin twav an, oy twe ymmepo celil Teonaht talry pelma vera. Tittalt admyil Nenddeylyt ai. Mim aittearn tandil Grekaiht Ygiftahtjo duardwe jõvan, ma uantwav hdo rõmbyelib elwyõm twe ninnarnok uelo taltsõ ta felrreoht tylo. Li vysemale il eldrimedan iksy lis teuim aid venselvvymarem ai lis vera. Li heldrimed tamolin ilid monoteuimodle twav, oy maka eldrimedaht otmanoht-rõ lis teuim volwen ta teuimoht. Mimy twe ormydivarn eldrimedyt uo vehswont. Fel rõ hadoht õn wem, nyco hai lreifom õn twe telm benda uo fidimoht. Ty kolvar na teuim poto karrytsdel rõ poto fakydoht, õny ev etsa keib, iddest fel, hrõ vokeib, iddest hadoht. Hao, tepildel paf ev kwe mehdom tava wemsy ad! Minuovvinlo cel tselte tsob naprrepan essed twav hlumttavim. Nwettembro õ tibroihs wemdwa hlumttavim. Ban febbryka ilid neanad wemsy narfo, oba sed tibro teuim wemdwe pondren, send mrellava hrõ mrelffortma rin euab ouarjo. Ma syryi, cel syl felor hadohtle-hrõ twe uodale talsy vindel. Syry evvaiba elinadz syl ormydivarn pomssed esy hadha. [Consider, my readers! Here is a book of gods, with its ancillary stories of divine adventures. A book of secrets, it calls out to be known and unknown: a conundrum. In translating it for the seekers I have undone the conundrum a little, but my candle sheds no light on its truths or untruths. These gods have names, but I cannot find their origin in Teonaht; perhaps it is among the Nenddeylyt. A few have names derived from the Greek or the Egyptian, but are so deformed from their originals that we can only count this felrreoht. The distinction between angels and gods is not well-made; angels are the offspring of monotheism and yet many of these old gods are more angelic or demonic than godly; some of them have their angelic (and demonic) messengers. One is dark (hadoht) or bright (fel) to the gods, meaning that one attracts their good or evil energies. If a god is at heart all benevolent or all malevolent you are seen (that is, bright) or unseen (dark) by them. Be on your guard how you invoke them! Sometimes they appear to you in waking life. Often they appear in twos: when you wear the cap of sleep, two gods will stand over you and counter or assist each other. You, though, with your darkness or brightness, can alter their decision. Thus do you and your god messengers make a triad (elinad), or synthesis.] Issytra Immanuensis, 2003. teuim “god” teuimod “male god” teuimast “female god” eldrimed “angel” mohhead "spirit" otma "demon," "idol" vehswo "devil." Teuimod Nimazrodant. FOROBAI Ta il Teuim Rando lõ aiteardarem omlo lis, ta Teuim Venuodale uo Uodavar. Elvorn ilids Teuimast Ninnarnok. Nemta, Elmen, Merimek, Flehta, Vakuojo twe tamolin. Mrõmol Fefirjo lõ eldrimedin. Rallyz pomdder on, ty marreada rõ dey uopale (li Mykwid). Hadoht fordder õn, ty pa õn skorivar (li Dohhdakra). The God of Thrones. FOROBAI Also known as the King god, the god of justice and judgment. Spouse to the goddess of forms. Their children are Cloud, Mountain, Ocean, Flame, and Void. His angels are Thunder and Lightning. You are bright to him if you honor authority or enact authority and order(Mykwid). You are dark to him if you are a rebel (Dohhdakra). Teuimast Ninnarnok. VEKWIMYST Li teuimast revbom hadha, li voluast, li teuimast volwenle uehharihs. Aibba rin uehar õn ebra: cel yllefõtin ilid Vekwimyst omly ban mantely e volwenle ev norrena. Uehar revbom lorraitma pom karyts, fandiwyf, mendohtar, ofikya, rindam õn ebra lisuarly rittadma ev Vekwimyst. Uopuast revbom venlindra la plevvysta lyddey, send revbom uen la lindra ev bade uo venuodale, dam Vekwimyst lindra, le teuimast ninnarnok. La eldrimedin: Tesa, Yllefmo, Fõm hlehtt, Plebua. The goddess of forms: VEKWIMYST. The creating goddess, the crone, the goddess of womanly old age. A woman is said to be in the embrace of Vekwimyst when she reaches old age with dignity. A woman who pursues a life of charity, artistry, learning, and professional work is said to have been painted by Vekwimyst. A queen who leads her people well and allows experience and good judgment to guide her is led by Vekwimyst, the Goddess of Forms. Her angels are City, Harbor, Hearth, and Word.   Teuimast Ninnantry. MADRYAST Li teuimast hwentel eddam õn aittearda, teuimast beuimonaht, teuimast om brone, li teuimast nrinaly tamolin ferrefib hai, lindraly tamolin kab hai e Erahenahil. Lyly, o poto vobronib la tamolin, send Narffinsa twe aittearn. Minuovvinlo li Teuimast Narffinsan eddam õn aitterda, o minuovin Sofya, idppoto li Nantry. Li helvvyna õm voiimral tasoimrraljo ly, send Falmo la eldrimed. The goddess of mothers. MADRYAST Also known as the pregnant goddess, the kind goddess, the goddess of childbirth, the goddess who finds lost children, who conducts dead children to Erahenahil. Her own children are all unborn, and their names are Future. She is sometimes known as the goddess of futures, sometimes as Sofya, the Mother of all. She is spouse to no one and everyone, and her angel is Service. The goddess of sexual love: Teuimast Kombya, ISSYTRA. Sister to the goddess of mothers, and spouse to the god of violence. Only she can tame his rage with her seduction. Their children are all the other gods and all fruitful contradictions. A woman who has fallen in love is said to have been touched by Issytra. A man who has fallen in love is said to have been kissed by the goddess Issytra. One who is dark to her is cold, or manipulative. Wives, virgins, and prostitutes alike invoke her. The goddess of pleasure and wisdom: Teuimast Volwyat, BASTET Spouse to the old god (see below). Also known as the goddess of tolerance and the strength of practicality. Also known as the Cat goddess, and spouse to the god of time, her Gospels can be read. To do the best in a bad situation is to hear the purring of the Goddess Bastet. To be rewarded materially for your practical actions is to enjoy the kittens of Bastet. Her angels are the Feleonim, winged cats, who are also the mascots of Teonhea. The god of statues. Teuimod Rittadin. KODRYOF Also the god of death, winter, freezing, and commemoration. He is also called the god of the past, spouse to the goddess of motion. If one has a remarkable memory, Kronosai is said to sit on one's shoulder. To acquire long-lasting fame, one is said to have been breathed upon by the god of statues, or chiseled by the god of statues. The god of statues also looks out for those in comas or near death. One is said to be frozen by the god of statues if he erects a likeness of you in the halls of the dead, and all will know of your former deeds. Those whose deeds are mighty have statues of marble and diamond. Those whose deeds were ignominous or false have statues of melting ice, and they will be pushed into Veparema, the Nothingness, the Forgotten. The goddess of motion, Teuimast Umtomed. TOMMYSTA Also the goddess of growth, spring, the Melting, and spouse to the god of statues. Travelers call upon the goddess of Motion for safe journeys, and for those who are bright to her, she gives good passage. Without her nothing could progress, including the growth of the fetus or the decay of the corpse, and we have her to thank for change, regeneration, and the pendulum swing of time and opinion. The god of garments. Teuimod Niffimuol. FYVYK Also the god of disguises, shape-shifting and secrets, spouse to the goddess of poetry. Their children are Mask, Eloquence, Imagine, Hiding and Lie. The god of cloaks has a wardrobe (called VIKAFYV) full of garments, each one with a special name and form. He alone can use them to his advantage or to yours. He can wrap you in his cloak of wines and keep you merry, save you from drowning. He can wrap you in his cloak of gems and make you rich. But anyone else who attempts to be what he is not has stolen the key to the wardrobe. A hypocrite has been lost in the wardrobe of the god of garments. A deceitful man is said to have tried on the cloaks of the god of garments which will smother him. The god of light, Teuimod Lyreb. TSYREBAI Also the god of the sun, of day, of male sexuality, of reason, spouse to the goddess of dark. A man who shines his knowledge on the world in the form of true scholarship and wisdom has ridden with the god of the sun and he is bright. Kings who are especially powerful and wise ride with the god of the Sun. Those who are dark to him have no wisdom or foresight. His children with the goddess of dark are the child god, the demon girl, and the god of moths. The goddess of dark. Teuimast Hadole. LILIHT Also the goddess of the moon, the goddess of sleep, and spouse to the god of light. To dream a false dream is to lulled by the goddess of dark. All are dark to her, and she and the god of light are at cross-purposes; he blames her for not giving him brighter children. She blames him for blotting her out. He chases her across the heavens; she retreats with the light she has stolen from him. When they are apart she is brightest; when they are together, he makes her vanish and this enrages her. On special occasions she can darken him, but not for long. It is an unhappy marriage. Her welcome or unwelcome angels are menstruation and lack of menstruation. The goddess of vision. Teuimast Tindo. YNAFAR Daughter to the goddess of dark, begotten by the god of souls. She is more clear-sighted than her mother but no less mysterious. One is said to have one’s eyes opened by the goddess of vision, but in ways that make one see spiritual things if one is bright, fantasies and illusions if one is dark. Her stepfather, the god of the sun, drowns out her light, which is that of the morning star. The goddess of war. Teuimast Griht. MORMFOR Also known as the goddess of the cauldron, the goddess of iron womb, stretched with unborn warriors in full armor; she is the goddess of martial strategy and cunning, the unweeping goddess. Generals who wage war wisely are bright to her; they are said to be carried by the goddess of war, but her horse is a black one. Her angels are victory and bad news. The god of violence. Teuimod Glehdmole. WOLKWOD Also known as the god of destructive wrath, or the god of wolves, brother to the goddess of War. He is war unbridled, where she is strategy. One who is given to mindless rages and acts of violence has been torn open by the god of wolves. He is a great opponent to Bastet. Sometimes he is called the God of Jackels, and he eats his own dead flesh. Unhappy spouse to the goddess of love, he forces women in captured towns. The hunting god. Teuimod Tekyvarn. TEKYOD Son of the goddess of dark, brother to the goddess of vision, begotten from the god of souls. God of the long flowing hair, god of sharpness, clear-sightedness, and cunning. His home is in the woods, his hounds are many, and his arrows are swift. He is the god of merciful death, he is the god who feeds the hungry, he is the god who hunts the monster wyrlorf, and who outwits the god of violence. Those who are bright to him solve problems. Those who are dark to him are beset by his mohheadyn, the Netilyn, or wood spirits. The old god. Teuimod Umvvolwen. KRONOSAI. Also known as the god of endless time. He is brother to the god of statues and spouse to the goddess of pleasure and wisdom. Those who are dark to him will suffer the ravages of time, or an untimely death, and those who are bright to him will use their time on earth to best advantage. His children are Laughter and Sadness. The child god. Teuimod Tamolin. NETILIAR NETAVIA Also known as the god of innocence, the playful god, the god of butterflies. Also the god of rebirth and resurrection: he hangs from a tree and is reborn and flies to heaven. He is often accompanied by the goddess of mothers to protect children. He is the god who looks out for the disadvantaged, the autistic, the savant, the retarded, the orphaned. Son of the god of light and the goddess of dark, brother to the god of moths and the girl goddess. The girl goddess. Teuimod Vilhzetan. SYBUA The tantruming child, the demon girl, sister to the child god, but malicious. She can never grow up, can never grow the breasts of a woman or give birth, and for this is she eternally bitter and will seek to stop your development if you are bright to her. She is eternal immaturity, she is perpetual cycle, she is a bad urobouros, the viper poisoning its own tail, she is a vampire and will suck your blood. Those who never grow up, who dwell on obscenities and malicious thoughts, childish pranks, puerile hatreds, are said to have been bitten by the demon girl, so stay dark that she cannot see you. She is sister to the god of moths and to the child god. The god of moths. Teuimod fimmyfin. FÕLYAVOD Also known as the death god, the psychopomp, the god of forbidden secrets, the fascinated god. The god with a message from the dead for people who are too fascinated. The moth god visits you if you seek out the paranormal, and you can’t be rid of him. He looms ever larger in your life. One is said to be brushed by the God of Moths if one sees a ghost, or a UFO. Son of the god of light and the goddess of dark, brother to the child god and the demon girl. The goddess of medicine. Teuimast Hdandwyf. SAGRESINYST Also known as the healing goddess, the goddess who points, the goddess who makes secrets known, who comforts dying warriors. She carries Hermes’ caduceus, or Mercury’s wand, and a vial of medicine. On her head she carries the book of Asclepius. One who is sick and is healed is comforted by the goddess of medicine. A doctor who is particularly skilled is said to be taught by the goddess of medicine. Daughter of the goddess of cats and the god of time. There are none who are dark to her except hypochondriacs, careless and greedy physicians, and those who poison their children or their parents for gain. The goddess of shadow. Teuimast Eskkoat. SÕM Also known as the following god, the goddess who reflects but doesn’t act, the goddess who hints but doesn’t say, the goddess who keeps you in doubt, the goddess who warns, but the warning is unintelligible. Sometimes called the goddess of uncertain future. You are said to be shaded by the goddess of shadow when you have unreasonable doubts, compulsions, anxieties, and paralyses of will. Those who have precognition but are unable to save are shaded by the goddess of shadow. She is the darker sister to the goddess of poetry. The god of souls. Teuimod Imralin. UOD Also known as the active god, the god who decides, the god who brings things about, the god of genius. You are said to be smiled upon by the god of souls when you act with positive will, you create, you get things done. Twin brother to the god of light. The goddess of lost things. Teuimast Mimmywem Ferrefib. TSÕSCY Also known as the stealing goddess, the finding goddess, the goddess of possession and loss. You are said to be visited by the Goddess of Lost Things when you lose something inexplicably and she helps you find it in another place. Or especially if she helps you find something better. You are said to be robbed by the goddess of lost things, who takes from one pocket and puts something else in another. Her bright souls gain from their losses and her dark ones suffer and are bitter. The goddess of laughter. Teuimast Taitafo. HEFIHYST The plump goddess, the red-cheeked goddess, the goddess who holds her sides with hilarity. Also known as the merry goddess, the goddess of the present instead of the past (Kronosai), or of the future (Sõm). The giving goddess, the generous goddess, the goddess of wealth, the goddess of joviality and fun. If you do not take yourself very seriously, and can laugh with others, you are said to be tickled by the goddess of laughter and good luck. Those who are dark to her have no sense of humor and become the laughing stock of society. The god of sadness. Teuimod Uantale. ULVORYOD The attenuated god, the god of thin cheeks and weeping eyes, the god who plays his sad-stringed fiddle. Also known as the god of tears, the god who knows the sadness of life and celebrates it and makes it beautiful. The god of depression that will not lift, the god of sickness and loss, the god of broken hearts and lost love, the god who can give release to pain through song. If one is a singer, a poet, an elegiast, if one praises kings, warriors, and nations lost in battle, one is sung to by this god. Brother to the goddess of laughter. The god of fools. Teuimod Dövnakan GYGYCAVOD Also known as the falling god, the tripping god, the god of empty laughter. The masturbating god, the farting god, the nose-picking god, the god you don't want to have as your mascot. If you are mildly dark to him, you have been tripped by the god of fools when you commit a social faux pas. If you are very dark you have been caught out in something that won't get you put in jail but will destroy you socially and professionally, and the god of fools is said to have pulled your pants down. Those who are bright to him become outrageous comedians and satirists. He is the twin brother and dark side of the god of laughter. the goddess of rumor. Teuimast Hlabbyr. SLOWYHST Also known as the many-tongued goddess, the goddess of saliva (hlabbyr), the goddess of many-ears, and many mouths, and spouse to the god of fools. Their children are fame, fashion, and slander. You are a bright guest in the House of Rumor when you listen to or tell lies about other people, but your brightness is as long-lasting as her slander. You are her dark guest if your reputation has been tarred by her liars, and in either case it is said that you have been licked by the goddess of rumor. The god of forgetting. Teuimod Lahole. PFAT Son of the goddess of motion and the god of statues. Spouse to the goddess of lost things. The god of forgetting is said to hold Veparema in his hands, the sphere of Nothingness. He is merciful to those who want to forget tragedies and a thorn in the side of those who want to remember. Those who forgive and forget the faults of others are bright to the god of forgetting. Those who are dark to the god of forgetting suffer memory loss, angers, or too easily relive the hurts that have been done them. The goddess of doors. Teuimast Jentwarn. Dhark Spouse to the god of souls. Also known as the goddess of escape, the goddess of changed direction. The goddess of the left hand. The goddess of doors is in charge of all doors in the cosmos and in the soul. She opens and closes doors for those in need of help or punishment. She closes doors on criminals and opens them for the righteous. Where the right hand has closed one in, the goddess of doors opens an escape route with her left hand. She is ingenuity, foresight; she is a puzzle solver and a gate keeper. All who cross thresholds beg for her blessing. She reigns over rites of passage; her emblems are on portals, vestibules, and on entrances to houses. The god of engines. Teuimod Ingenyon. Ymhhodebai Also known as the god of technique, of building and craft. The god of multiple talents, the polymath. One who is bright to the god of engines is good at building, art, mathematics, engineering, and invention, and can unite cities and nations. One who is dark to him builds monstrosities, like the Tower of Babel, Auschwitz, or the nuclear bomb, and causes destruction and scattering. The god of language. Teuimod Kalalya. HLALOD The cataphatic god, whose utterances lead to logic and description. He is rhetoric, persuasion, communication, and law. He is the political god, the ambassador god, and the philosopher who will reveal all truths through well-chosen words. He is also the linguist, the philologist, the student of languages, and so are those who are bright to him, and they learn and understand languages easily. Spouse to the Goddess of Poetry. Son of the God of Thrones and the Goddess of Forms. The goddess of poetry. Teuimast Tenily. DLÕVORYA The apophatic goddess, whose utterances lead to mysteries and contradictions of meaning. She is poetry, arcana, paradox, ambiguity, "maggelity," and imaginary languages. She is the goddess of mysticism and contradiction who will reveal all truths by hiding them. One who is bright to her is a poet or a prophet, and can understand the language of birds, gods, and angels. One who is dark to her speaks in meaningless glossalalia. She is the fairer sister of the goddess of shadow. The god of love. Teuimod Karyts. This god has no name, because he is yet to be born of Madryast, he is already with Yrlo in Erahenahil, and already walking on earth as everyone of us. Charity (karyts) is what binds the universe, so it is all names and no names, it just IS. We know this god not through names, but through love, as Nicholas of Cusa wrote. This god has many faces, though, of compassion and forgiveness. Those who are bright to him spread karyts in their acts of kindness. The One God. Teuimod Uõnihs. YRLO This is the name for the monotheist God in Teonaht. He has a history, though, in pagan Teonaht writings. He is considered the father of karyts, and the secret spouse to Madryast who is wife to no one and everyone, because Yrlo is no one and everyone. He subsumes, therefore, all the other gods under his mantle, as does she in her womb. In Christendom, his angel is Lorica, "breastplate," and he protects and guides. Teonaht stories of creation make The Book of Yrlo, which has been rejected by orthodox theologians, and can perhaps only be read as poetry and symbol.     Sally Caves, © 2002.