Here is a giant fable, written originally in Giantish, and then translated into English.
mival, waguled cycov balden
bewagul angova, mival uvenaxiva, ce dzadyv gylcov balden.
baba uzg mumu cydza birraxiva viz dzaged,
idzh, oce wagygyval gax birraxiva dzaged.
uzg dzibove, dzadza gwaxiva dzaged evozurr uzg meconurr.
bemival mumax, idzh dza gax yrnva babaged uzg mumuged cydza,
ce mival birraxiva wagwagwax, uzg dza vodva avaled cydza dzadzarun.
uzg zhe bexon cydzadza gedzva,
bemival warniva dziindalorr
uzg bewagwagwax cydza warniva dzimjegunezlorr.
dzivo dzadzaged bwalva cem memezded gind,
loiv dzadza bolva dzadzaged zvadvadyrd bebezun mjeg
uzg evyn bolva, dzadza bwaviva dziwondulorr
dzivo dzadza dlinva indoxed uzg birred
uzg evyn juv, dzadza bwaviva dziindalorr
uzg vo, dzadza bizgava mivaled vodva avalun cydza dzadzarun
idzh, mival yrnva dzadzaged gax
ce gax dzadyv gylaval dzadzaged.
bedzadza adzadzagombva il bewabibirral
Indal yrn gax bax dzizilorrr, ce djedyv gylzilorr zol zunremax baxorred
Gloss:
fruit.DIM giant GEN.skin purple
ABS.giant borne.PST, fruit.DIM name.VBZ.PST because 3SG.POSS POSD.skin purple.
father.ERG CONJ mother.ERG GEN.3SG love.VBZ.PST great 3SG.ACC.
but other PL.child NEG love.VBZ.PST 3SG.ACC
CONJ 3PL.ERG INE.secret, injure.PST 3SG.ACC fire.INSTR CONJ club.INSTR.
ABS.fruit.DIM cry.PST, but 3SG.ERG NEG speak.PST father.ACC CONJ mother.ACC GEN.3SG
because fruit.DIM.ERG love.PAST PL.injuror, CONJ 3SG.ERG end.PST judgement.ACC GEN.3SG
3PL.DAT.
CONJ when ABS.all GEN.3PL die.PST
ABS.fruit.DIM arrive.PST INE.indalor
CONJ ABS.PL.injurer GEN.3SG arrive.PST INE.mjegunezlorr
INE.there 3PL.ACC stay.PST for PL.year.ACC many
until 3PL.ERG know.PAST 3PL.ACC do.PST.PERF PL.thing.DAT evil
CONJ after know.PST, 3PL.ERG go.PST INE.wondulorr
INE.there 3PL.ERG learn.PST good.NMZ.ACC CONJ love.ACC
CONJ after this, 3PL.ERG go.PST INE.indalorr
CONJ there, 3PL.ERG ask.PST fruit.DIM.ACC end.PST judgement.DAT GEN.3SG 3PL.DAT
however, fruit.DIM speak.PST 3PL.ACC NEG
because, NEG 3SG.PSS PSD.judgement 3PL.ACC
ABS.3PL REFL.embrace.PST like ABS.PL.friend.
indal.ERG say.NPST NEG hate.NPST INE.love-place because you.PSS PSD.love-place fated.NPST fade.NPST hate-place.ACC
Translation:
Mival, the Purple Giant
A giant was born, named Mival, because of his purple skin*.
His father and his mother loved him very much,
But the other children did not love him.
In secret, they injured him with fire and club.
Mival cried, but he did not tell his father and his mother,
Because Mival loved his attackers, and forgave them.
And when they all died,
Mival went to Indalorr,
And his attackers went to Mjegunezlorr.
There they stayed for many years,
Until they understood that they had done evil things.
And after they understood, they went to Wondulorr.
There, they learned goodness and love,
And after this, they went to Indalorr.
And there, they begged Mival to forgive them.
But Mival said no,
Because he did not judge them.
They embraced as friends.
Indal says not to hate in your heart**, because your heart will become a place of hate***
*This does not make sense in English, but “Mival” translates directly to “little fruit,” which could be purple.
**Heart translated directly into “love-place,” which makes more sense in the original Giantish.
***The direct translation would be “hate-place,” however, this does not conform to standard English.
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Wednesday, July 18, 2018
The Creation of the World, the First Giants, the Betrayal, and the Coming of the Young Giants
The Creation of the World, the First Giants, the Betrayal, and the Coming of the Young Giants
In the beginning, there was Indal, the Great Mother, who lived alone in the waters of chaos. The waters filled her, and after a time, she gave birth the Great Mountain, known as Vizgul, the moon, Rem, the sun, Zun, and the stars. But Vizgul was made without anything on it. It was empty, devoid life or form. This saddened Indal, and she cried, her tears falling to the world. As they fell, the waters of chaos infused themselves with them, and as they hit the world, they created all of the mountains and valleys, the rivers and oceans, the plants and animals. This filled Indal with joy, as she was able to see her children thrive. However, with time, she grew tired of not being able to speak with anyone. She could not have discussions about life, or love, or the beauty of the world. There was no sentient life on Vizgul. Absent from this world were giantoids.
So, Indal decided to change this. She went down to Vizgul, and in a river valley, she took a mountain, and shrunk it down to the size of a giant. She shaped it to look like her, in her glorious form. But her child did not have any limbs, only a frame. She looked around her, thinking of what to do, and looked at a small tree. She took from it four branches, which she affixed to her child, creating arms and legs. She then took leaves from the tree, and created fingers and toes. Finally, fully formed, she kissed her child upon her brow, and poured her love into her, giving her life. Thus was how Wondul, the Good Daughter, was born.
Indal loved Wondul greatly, and they lived for a long time together on Vizgul. However, Wondul was unhappy. She loved her mother, but she did not have any brothers or sisters to play with or to talk to. After many years, she finally told her mother about her sadness. Indal told Wondul that she had not considered having more children, but she was at once filled with gaiety at the thought of having even more children in which to converse with and to love. So, Indal set to work, and created the first giants, the Indaled Cynoigyn. Chief among these first giants was Mjegunezyl.
The first giants lived for many years together, and they built a great civilization, with the Great Mother as their leader. However, ambition had rooted itself in the heart of Mjegunezyl. He grew envious of his mother and the power that she had. So he began to plot against her. He talked about all of the great things that he could bring to the world, and to the Indaled Cynoigyn if he had the power of Indal. Soon, he was able to win several other first giants to his side, known as the Mjegunezyled Cynoigyn and when he thought his power was enough, he moved to take power away from Indal.
Mjegunezyl and his followers came to the palace of Indal in the night, and while she was asleep, he killed her. The next morning, he declared himself Vizbaba, the Great Father. But save for his followers, his brothers and sisters rejected Mjegunezyl’s rule. Led by Wondul, those first giants still loyal to Indal fought back against the tyranny of the Vizbaba. This led to time of great strife, known as Vizgwax, or the Great Injury.
At the end of this time, all but Wondul and Mjegunezyl. Mjegunezyl had just slain the last of the free first giants, and had Wondul on the ground, and the mercy of his blade. Filled with cruelty and malice, he raped Wondul, filling her with his seed, and impregnating her. For the next nine months, Wondul lived as Mjegunezyl’s slave, until it came time for her to give birth. After a month of labor, Wondul gave birth to a hundred children, the first of the current giants, the Wagugul Gyval. During the final hours of her giving birth, Wondul knew that she would not live through the process, and thus, plotted to kill her brother. She waited for him to grab the last child, and as she pushed it out, she pushed a blade of stone that she had made in secret into the back of Mjegunezyl, killing him.
As both Mjegunezyl and Wondul left Vizgul, they arrived in the world after the world, Indalorr, where Indal awaited them. They stood before her, in Indalorr, and she cried before them. Indal told Mjegunezyl that he had done awful things, and asked him why he had been so evil. Mjegunezyl spat at her, and told her that it was her fault for making the world unequal. Taken aback, Indal split the world after the world in two, and cast Mjegunezyl, the Fallen Son, into the lower reaches, now known as Mjegunezlorr. She bound him there, and told him that his task was to take those who had strayed as he had, and to help them understand the wrongs that they had done. If he did this, then he would eventually be able to return to Indalorr.
Then, Indal turned to her daughter, Wondul. Again, she cried, embracing her daughter. She told her daughter how much she loved her, and how sorry she was that Wondul had to undergo the horrific things that Mjegunezyl did to her. In return for her devotion and goodness, Indal split Indalorr again, created another realm for Wondul, now known as Wondulorr. It would be Wondul’s to rule over for all of time. She was tasked by Indal to help those who had done wrong, who acknowledged their wrongdoing, and were wanting to make amends to do so, so that they might one day rejoin the Great Mother in Indalorr.
Back down on Vizgul, the Wagugul Gyval spread, given protection by Indal and Wondul. Unlike their first giant foremothers, the Wagugul Gyval did not have immortal lives. Still blessed with longevity, they were still fated a mortal existence. Those that were rightious, that were loving and good, were to rejoin Indal in the afterlife. Those who had done awful things, but wanted to redeem themselves would go to Wondul. And those who were wicked and held no remorse for their actions, those few would go to Mjegunezyl.
Thus is how the world was made, and what happens to us when we die.
In the beginning, there was Indal, the Great Mother, who lived alone in the waters of chaos. The waters filled her, and after a time, she gave birth the Great Mountain, known as Vizgul, the moon, Rem, the sun, Zun, and the stars. But Vizgul was made without anything on it. It was empty, devoid life or form. This saddened Indal, and she cried, her tears falling to the world. As they fell, the waters of chaos infused themselves with them, and as they hit the world, they created all of the mountains and valleys, the rivers and oceans, the plants and animals. This filled Indal with joy, as she was able to see her children thrive. However, with time, she grew tired of not being able to speak with anyone. She could not have discussions about life, or love, or the beauty of the world. There was no sentient life on Vizgul. Absent from this world were giantoids.
So, Indal decided to change this. She went down to Vizgul, and in a river valley, she took a mountain, and shrunk it down to the size of a giant. She shaped it to look like her, in her glorious form. But her child did not have any limbs, only a frame. She looked around her, thinking of what to do, and looked at a small tree. She took from it four branches, which she affixed to her child, creating arms and legs. She then took leaves from the tree, and created fingers and toes. Finally, fully formed, she kissed her child upon her brow, and poured her love into her, giving her life. Thus was how Wondul, the Good Daughter, was born.
Indal loved Wondul greatly, and they lived for a long time together on Vizgul. However, Wondul was unhappy. She loved her mother, but she did not have any brothers or sisters to play with or to talk to. After many years, she finally told her mother about her sadness. Indal told Wondul that she had not considered having more children, but she was at once filled with gaiety at the thought of having even more children in which to converse with and to love. So, Indal set to work, and created the first giants, the Indaled Cynoigyn. Chief among these first giants was Mjegunezyl.
The first giants lived for many years together, and they built a great civilization, with the Great Mother as their leader. However, ambition had rooted itself in the heart of Mjegunezyl. He grew envious of his mother and the power that she had. So he began to plot against her. He talked about all of the great things that he could bring to the world, and to the Indaled Cynoigyn if he had the power of Indal. Soon, he was able to win several other first giants to his side, known as the Mjegunezyled Cynoigyn and when he thought his power was enough, he moved to take power away from Indal.
Mjegunezyl and his followers came to the palace of Indal in the night, and while she was asleep, he killed her. The next morning, he declared himself Vizbaba, the Great Father. But save for his followers, his brothers and sisters rejected Mjegunezyl’s rule. Led by Wondul, those first giants still loyal to Indal fought back against the tyranny of the Vizbaba. This led to time of great strife, known as Vizgwax, or the Great Injury.
At the end of this time, all but Wondul and Mjegunezyl. Mjegunezyl had just slain the last of the free first giants, and had Wondul on the ground, and the mercy of his blade. Filled with cruelty and malice, he raped Wondul, filling her with his seed, and impregnating her. For the next nine months, Wondul lived as Mjegunezyl’s slave, until it came time for her to give birth. After a month of labor, Wondul gave birth to a hundred children, the first of the current giants, the Wagugul Gyval. During the final hours of her giving birth, Wondul knew that she would not live through the process, and thus, plotted to kill her brother. She waited for him to grab the last child, and as she pushed it out, she pushed a blade of stone that she had made in secret into the back of Mjegunezyl, killing him.
As both Mjegunezyl and Wondul left Vizgul, they arrived in the world after the world, Indalorr, where Indal awaited them. They stood before her, in Indalorr, and she cried before them. Indal told Mjegunezyl that he had done awful things, and asked him why he had been so evil. Mjegunezyl spat at her, and told her that it was her fault for making the world unequal. Taken aback, Indal split the world after the world in two, and cast Mjegunezyl, the Fallen Son, into the lower reaches, now known as Mjegunezlorr. She bound him there, and told him that his task was to take those who had strayed as he had, and to help them understand the wrongs that they had done. If he did this, then he would eventually be able to return to Indalorr.
Then, Indal turned to her daughter, Wondul. Again, she cried, embracing her daughter. She told her daughter how much she loved her, and how sorry she was that Wondul had to undergo the horrific things that Mjegunezyl did to her. In return for her devotion and goodness, Indal split Indalorr again, created another realm for Wondul, now known as Wondulorr. It would be Wondul’s to rule over for all of time. She was tasked by Indal to help those who had done wrong, who acknowledged their wrongdoing, and were wanting to make amends to do so, so that they might one day rejoin the Great Mother in Indalorr.
Back down on Vizgul, the Wagugul Gyval spread, given protection by Indal and Wondul. Unlike their first giant foremothers, the Wagugul Gyval did not have immortal lives. Still blessed with longevity, they were still fated a mortal existence. Those that were rightious, that were loving and good, were to rejoin Indal in the afterlife. Those who had done awful things, but wanted to redeem themselves would go to Wondul. And those who were wicked and held no remorse for their actions, those few would go to Mjegunezyl.
Thus is how the world was made, and what happens to us when we die.
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