Tamriel Data:Talhjolde, Allfathirs Beit

Book Information Talhjolde, Allfathirs Beit
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Talhjolde, Allfathirs Beit

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The Maker of the world did ask [1]
His congregated flocks
"Which of you is cleverest:
Man or snake or fox?"

Stepp'd forward spoke the Woodland Man
Who'd walked the darkest trails
"I know the way through all the hells
Where Nordic courage fails"

Then slithered forth the sloughing Snake
Who shed dark truths like skin
"I can tell you where to find
Six-angl'd runes within"

Last trotted out the wily Fox
A toothy grin he flashed
"I have the clev’rest skill of all
I'll leave those two abashed"

"For you see, our All-Maker
I think that you will find
The wise words that each other spoke
Were really words of mine"

"I learned to throw my cunning voice
Into another’s mouth
And in there took their words for mine
My vict'ry's beyond doubt"

"You are a wordy little Fox"
The mighty father mused
"But laying claims to all these words?
My patience you’ve abused"

He'd thought himself the cleverest
His tail with pride unfurled
But then the Fox was banished forth
And set to roam the world

Footnotes:
[1] Although there is reason to believe that the proto-Nords of Atmora may have believed in a single "All-Maker" of the world, and even brought this belief in some form with them to Tamriel, this theology has not survived until the present day.