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Lest this dew infiltrate higher (the net to collapse), envision the great tree's nectar exalted from its leaves to gush into current, for the sap to flow as the four pillar rivers. | Lest this dew infiltrate higher (the net to collapse), envision the great tree's nectar exalted from its leaves to gush into current, for the sap to flow as the four pillar rivers. | ||
The water-eater shall support the land by swimming, so it does not sink into the chaotic waters; the earth-eater shall support the land by trampling, so it does not dissolve into chaotic earth; the fire-eater shall support the sky by roaring, so it does not petrify into orderly fire; the wind-eater shall support the sky by flying, so it does not ascend into orderly winds | [...] The tree's roots grew around the water-eater (forming a swamp); the tree's trunk grew around the earth-eater (forming a forest); the tree's branches grew around the fire-eater (forming a desert), and the tree's leaves grew around the wind-eater (forming a steppe) [...] | ||
*The Pillars: The water-eater shall support the land by swimming, so it does not sink into the chaotic waters; the earth-eater shall support the land by trampling, so it does not dissolve into chaotic earth; the fire-eater shall support the sky by roaring, so it does not petrify into orderly fire; the wind-eater shall support the sky by flying, so it does not ascend into orderly winds | |||
*The Passages: The churning of the Mother's milk by the water-eater's movements generated the four rivers and the aquatic beings; the grinding of the Mother's breasts by the earth-eater's movements generated the four mountains and the terrestrial beings; the condensation by the fire-eater's movements generated the four lights and the heavenly beings; the flux by the wind-eater's movements generated the four currents and the aerial beings. | |||
*rivers (u), | *rivers (u), | ||