The Story of Beginning

In the beginning there was only water. A strong wind blew over it and
brought with it some earth. This earth slowly sank to the bottom of the
water.

One day a god was moving above the waters, and saw that the mud had sunk
to the bottom of the waters. They decided to dive to the bottom and bring
some of it up, and in time they had managed to construct a small island.

At first the island was barren and lifeless, but then the wind blew some
seeds there and the plants gradually grew. However, the god saw that the
plants would soon consume the entire island, and so fashioned out of clay
some animals to eat the plants. The animals ate the plants, but now the
god saw that the animals would consume all the plants, so they created
other animals to eat the first ones. But yet again they were faced with
the problem of these other kind of animals consuming all of the first kind.

The god stood deep in thought for a while, despairing how they would have
to keep this cycle of creation up forever. Then it came to them – what was
needed was a way for everything alive to eventually come to an end. And so
finally, they dove to the bottom of the sea, and in there they found
death.

The god spoke to death: "I have a task for you. You must make it so that
all the plants and all the animals I have created will in time come to an
end". To this death answered: "Very well, but if you are to sign everyone
else to this fate, it shall be yours too". The god thought for a while,
and then revised their request: "Everything shall end, yes, but eventually
come back. This fate I shall accept too". The death agreed, and ended the
god.

When the god returned, they saw that the island was doing well, and that
there was more mud in the water. And so they started the cycle of building
again.

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