The clanking sound of plate gauntlets against a wooden table muses throughout the small abode. A child lays slumbering within a small crib. The rugged but warm looking Mali'ame grumbles beneath his breath as he lays the paper and ink well in front of him. He shifts in his chair, causing a small creak to sound throughout the room. He leans forward over the blank paper, his eyes narrowing at it like it had mocked him. He rasps out to him self lightly as the candle flickers next to him. "A writing assignment? Yeesh. . ." He dips the quill into the ink a few times as he starts to write upon the paper, every so often crunching up the paper with a sigh and throwing it to the side before resuming once more.
"Cerridwen and Cernunnos. The Mother and The Father. These are the two Aspects the Mali’ame have praised for centuries now. They both affect our day to day lives even if we can not see it. The two work in tandem with one another, yet they are counter parts. They shape our fate and produce the flora and fauna of this world we call home.
First we will start with Cernunnos, The Father. He is the model of war, death, and the hunt. Most warriors lean more to Cernunnos because they pray to him before war or hunts. You may think he is a dark figure, but this is not the case. Death is not something that should be sinister to anyone, for it is a part of life an unavoidable in the end. Cernunnos is The Father of all Mali’ame.
Cerridwen, The Mother, models growth, fertility, life and nurturement. Her touch is said to be a nurturing one. She has caused the trees sprout high into the sky and the grass to tickle upon our ankles. A mother would go to her and make offerings for an expecting child.
Personally my view on both the mother and the father is that they are both equally important within a person's life. In my own words;
The Father guides thy blade
The Mother guides thy soul
The horned man blesses my hunt
While The Green Lady blesses my kin
Thy Father pushes me when needed
Thy Mother nurtures me when seen fit"
He leans back into his chair and looks around the room as if he had never been here before. Many balled up papers lay scattered around where he sits. Leo looks to Eleyas, who now grows restless with in the crib, a small smile spreading across his face. He groans as he stands and begins to shuffle over to his son. "I'm comin' kiddo. Seems like someone might be a bit hungry aye?"