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Celtic Creation Myth
Eiocha survived by eating the seeds and white berries of the tree. Eating from the tree caused Eiocha to become heavy with a child.
A Celtic Creation Myth
During labor, her pains were so great that at one point she bit the tree and tossed its bark into the ocean.
Some time later, a white mare was born from the very same seafoam upon the very same shore. Her name was Eiocha (eyuhçha).
It was no wonder Eiocha's labor was painful; her godly son was a man, but with the horns of a stag. She named him Cernunnos. (keyrnoonaws)
The numbers of the giants grew and grew.
Cernunnos noticed this and grew lonely.
One day, upon the shore where the sea met the land, from the seafoam formed the seeds of a tree. The tree took root not far from the shore and grew into a mighty oak.
Maponos did not seek to create children or weapons from the tree.
Instead, he crafted a lyre, and strung it the wind that whistled through the forest.
The animals, especially the birds, loved Maponos' music and would join his song. Thus Maponos was the god of music and play.
Unbeknownst to Eiocha, the bark of the great oak that had been tossed into the ocean had transformed.
Perhaps born of the trees magic or her pain, the bark became a race of mighty giants who dwelled in the deep ocean.
But deep in the sea, the giants grew jealous of the merriment being made on land...
Long, long ago, there were no living things. There was only sea and land.
Cernunnos made children with Eiocha, and they were Maponos, Taranis, Teutates, and Epona.
Cernunnos was no longer lonely.
Eiocha grew tired of the land and longed to return to the sea from which she was born.
From the limbs of the tree Taranis made a fire, then fashioned the thunderbolts from the flames and the noise. He loved to seek out high places from which to throw his bolts to start fires and terrorize the animals, and thus became the god of storms.
Cernunnos commanded the oak to spread far and wide to provide a home for all his children.
Cernunnos also made animals like the deer, the hound, the boar, the raven, the hare, and the snake.
Epona, who missed her mother Eiocha dearly, created the horse and the donkey in her mother's image.
Together, they were the gods of the animals.
Perhaps motivated by his fear of the giants in the sea or perhaps out of love for his family, from the limbs of a tree Teutates fashioned the bow, the arrow, and the club, becoming the god of protection.
She bid farewell to her children and returned to the sea.
When she entered the water, she transformed into Tethys, goddess of deep water.
From the bark of the great oak all the gods fashioned the first man and woman.
Adapted by Daniel Rodgers
For a while the gods were happy, but soon they too grew lonely.