The Old God came from the Land.
The Land of Endless Night or Eternal Day.
The Old God came from the North.
He taught us many things.
He showed us how to build great halls out of pine wood, and let us drink to our fill.
He set our great halls on fire when we drank.
He is the embodiment of the Ice, and the Fire that Warms.
And he is a God that isn't just ours.
There were other people, snow-ridden and ice-packed,
To the East,
So our God demanded we sail,
And we did,
With salt cod and not enough water,
Until we reached land, inhabited by seal-skin wearers,
Who fished for sharks from the depths,
And taught us what was below
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