fandomhigh | World Mythology -- Third Period -- Monday

"Today, we start at the very beginning," Ghanima announced crisply. "Or as close to the beginning as such a young planet can get. Mesopotamian mythology is the collective name given to Sumerian, Akkadian, Assyrian, and Babylonian mythologies from parts of the fertile crescent, the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in Iraq."

"The Sumerians practiced a polytheistic religion, with anthropomorphic gods or goddesses representing forces or presences in the world, in much the same way as later Greek mythology. According to said mythology, the gods originally created humans as servant and freed them when they became too much to handle. Many stories in Sumerian religion appear similar to stories in other Middle-Eastern religions. Gods and Goddesses from Sumer have similar representations in the religions of the Akkadians, Canaanites, and others."

"Today we look at one of the first primordial goddesses of this world: Tiamat. Tiamat is considered the embodiment of primordial chaos. Although there are no early precedents for it, some sources identify her with images of a sea serpent or dragon. In the Enûma Elish, the Babylonian epic of creation, she gives birth to the first generation of deities; she later makes war upon them and is killed by the storm-god Marduk. The heavens and the earth are formed from her divided body."

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"I'm just saying it as I see it. You're going to get funny looks if you walk around town calling for 'Despair'," he said. It might have been a distraction from the boggling that was going on, which he was refusing to show. "You sound like you know him personally."

"And I just say, you should not make light of things you do not understand," and now there was a bit of a growl in her voice as she spoke. "He," and it was only a he insofar as it was easier to think of it in such terms, "try to trick me, once."

But making light of things was like second nature to him!

"Sure, sure," he shrugged. "You're right, I don't understand. How did he trick you? And what's the binding thing?"

Unfortunately, humor wasn't one of Firekeeper's strong points, thus her opinion of Jacob was rather rapidly plummeting.

"You do not know," she said, a bit incredulously, "what 'binding' mean?"

He was good at that.

"I know what the word means, but I can't say I know it in relation to dragons," he shrugged again. "So no, I'm not sure I'm getting what you're saying."

"A wizard make a dragon," she said slowly. "Because he were foolish and arrogant and using power he should not have. This dragon cause much trouble for people, so another wizard create a spell that bind it in the earth below ground."

Okay, how the hell could she expect him to know that?

"See, I know engines and that's about it. Magic? So not my thing. Or my world's thing," he added, scratching the back of his neck. "That sounds like a Frankenstein thing. Except for how Frankenstein isn't real."

She didn't expect him to know it! Just to take it seriously. She hadn't known it until a few years ago.

"My world is not supposed to have magic," Firekeeper shrugged. "But just because some say it is rule does not make it truth."

He was completely serious! Look at that face! Serious! Also, a bit confused.

"So how did you end up with wizards and dragons?" he asked.

"Because dragon were bound long before Fire Plague come and take away magic. Most magic," she shrugged.

She had a very confusing world, but he thought he was possibly beginning to grasp what she was saying. "So now the magic's gone and the dragon's stuck?"

"Not quite," Firekeeper corrected. "Magic was gone- or thought gone- for a long time, so there was no danger of dragon being freed. Then, one find how to free dragon, and try this, because she want its power."

"Of course," Jacob said, rolling his eyes, "because there's always going to be one like that, isn't there? Did the dragon roast her ass?"

Because he would take the dragon's side in this. The dragon didn't ask to be a monster and Jacob wasn't projecting. Really.

The dragon was a wicked thing and would be terribly amused at Jacob taking its side.

"No," she shook her head. "Blind Seer tear her throat out." Firekeeper's only regret about that is that it hadn't happened sooner.

"And that's why I'm not going to look for a fight with him," Jacob said instantly.

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