The Gods of Pegāna

"... then the gods said to one another with Their hands; 'Let Us make worlds to amuse Ourselves....'" -- Lord Dunsany, The Gods of Pegāna, Of the Making of the Worlds, 1905

"Then the gods said, 'Let Us make one to seek, to seek and never to find out concerning the wherefore of the making of the gods.'" -- Lord Dunsany, The Gods of Pegāna, Of the Making of the Worlds, 1905

"Once the gods walked upon the Earth and spake with their mouths like Men. That was in Wornath-Mavai. They walk not now. And Wornath-Mavai was a garden fairer than all the gardens upon Earth." -- Lord Dunsany, The Gods of Pegāna, Concerning Sish (The Destroyer of Hours), 1905

"Thence Sish went forth into the world to destroy it's cities...." -- Lord Dunsany, The Gods of Pegāna, Concerning Sish (The Destroyer of Hours), 1905

Lord Dunsany, The Gods of Pegāna, 1905

Before their stood gods upon Olympus, or ever Allah was Allah, had wrought and rested Mana-Yood-Sushai.

There are in Pegāna Mung and Sish and Kib, and the maker of all small gods, who is MANA-YOOD-SUSHAI. Moreover, we have faith in Roon and Slid.

And it has been said of old that all things that have been were wrought by the small gods, excepting only MANA-YOOD-SUSHAI, who made the gods and hath forever rested.

And none may pray to MANA-YOOD-SUSHAI but only the gods whom he hath made.

But at the Last will MANA-YOOD-SUSHAI forget to rest, and will make again new gods and other worlds, and will destroy the gods whom he hath made.