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    Neanderthal Mythos
    Neanderthal Mythos
    Neanderthal Mythos
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    Neanderthal Mythos

    By Feath Pym

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    What do you do when the Mist Spirits reach for you in the forest glades? How do young hunters learn to hunt? How do you stay out of trouble, to live another day? Where did The People come from?
    Were Neanderthals the knuckled dragging, hirsute, chest beating, embarrassing cousin of Humans or were they intelligent, forbearing survivalists?
    What does it take to live in a Neanderthal world?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFeath Pym
    Release dateDec 19, 2015
    ISBN9781310116452
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      Neanderthal Mythos - Feath Pym

      Foreword

      Formatting corrected in this version.

      What do you do when the Mist Spirits reach for you in the forest glades? How do young hunters learn to hunt? How do you stay out of trouble, to live another day? Where did The People come from?

      Were Neanderthals the knuckled dragging, hirsute, chest beating, embarrassing cousin of Humans or were they intelligent, forbearing survivalists?

      What does it take to live in a Neanderthal world?

      Thank you for picking up a copy of Neanderthal Mythos. There are several types of short stories in this small e-book. Mainly there are cautionary tales - stories told to Neanderthal children that are aimed at keeping them alive. They are not ‘and they lived happily ever after’ stories. Read them yourself before deciding if they are suitable for your children.

      Also there is a bonus section at the end, with chapter one of Season of the Sand Bird, which is the first of four books in the Neanderthal world.

      Feath

      Mother Raven and the Three Eggs

      In the beginning, Eh Speak said, his voice soft, Raven created herself from the night. His lips hardly moved and the clan leaned in to hear him over the crackle of the fire. Raven waited until Father Sun rested, then reached up and gathered the night in her fist, pulling it down and shaking it out, before she cast it over her shoulders. She pulled the branches from the oak and put them to her arms, saying the sacred words. She felt to her feet and found the black stone, which she napped into a beak. She rose to the sky and plucked two of the sky fires and made them her eyes.

      The People nodded and smiled to each other, knowing the story of First People, waiting for the good bit. Eh Quest picked up a stick and poked the fire, letting the sparks fly up and light the cave wall with flickering shadows. When the fire died back down, the shadows gathered closer as well, to hear Eh Speak tell the tale, for it was their story, too.

      "In the light of the moon, she danced the beat of life. It was so beautiful, the sky wept and she spun in its tears. When Father Sun gathered its strength for its new day’s work, Raven launched herself into the sky to greet him. Father Sun and Mother Raven danced together and Father Sun blessed Raven.

      When Raven tired she flew back to the oak and roosted quietly in its branches. The next sun rise Raven knew she was blessed and so she made a nest in the safety of the oak. When she was ready, she laid her eggs. From the first egg came all the animals; the mammoths and the wolves, the ducks and the fish, the cats and the hippos and many more. From the second egg came the shadows and the banshees, the evil and the sly, the tricksters and the soul suckers. From the third egg came The People.

      A soft ahh came from the people around the fire. Yet it seemed to Eh Quest more voices other than the clan spoke. He eyed the shadows in the cave warily.

      The animals raced away from the oak, to find places they liked. As their nature pulled them, they made home in water, plains, trees or ground. Eh Speak continued. The shadows raced away, to find the places they liked; under rocks and in caves, in the forests and in the mountain valleys. The People watched as all the things that would hurt them scattered and populated the world, so they wisely stayed in the trees.

      A soft babble of voices broke out, as they told each other how smart the First People were. A baby cried and was quickly hushed with a bounce and a breast. Eh Speak waited for the quiet to resume.

      "Raven watched her children race away, except for The People. It made her happy that they stayed with her. For many lives The People stayed in the trees with her. They lived on the bounty of the oak and the other trees around them. They ate the fruits and the nuts and the very daring snatched handfuls of rich grains to eat. Life was good for many generations, they lived a blissful life.

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