Dalatsa's Birth
"In the beginning, there was nothing but a mangrove seed buried deep beneath the grand Hari Lagoon. This seed slumbered for eight hundred thousand years all by its lonesome, absorbing the magic of the lagoon as it prepared to sprout. This sprout was named Rivaksa, the World Tree. On the day the sprout grew up, its roots became the swamp we live in, its branches became the sky stretching overhead, and its leaves became the rains that feed the great forests of Dalatsa. From its golden, starry fruits we the Yadamanya grew up. So long as Rivaksa stands tall, so shall we.
