HydrayonHeather DavidsonSamantha Elson

Samantha LedbetterJennifer Zaring

Hydrayon Pantheon

Sarruytis – Heart of Ice – Creator and Goddess of Hydrayon

Boden – human lover that becomes immortal because of the trials he faces to regain his love

Oplyet – ruler of Domari – aware of the good and bad done by all of the ice people, helps to

determine who goes to Keltheim and who goes to Eldur

Vestor – ruler of Eldur– rules over the souls deemed unworthy of Keltheim

Sarruytis and Boden

Sarruytis Boden

Oplyet

Vestor

Creation

Long ago in Eira, Sarruytis was banished for falling in love with a mortal named Boden.

For time unknown, she wandered the heavens. In her wandering she accumulated pieces of dead stars, comets, meteors and other frozen objects.

She finally tired of wandering and decided to make her own world. Taking the shards and pieces of ice and rock that she had amassed, she created Hydrayon. A world of ice and rock. Hard and frozen, just like her heart.

Here, she finally found a home, and like herself, it was hard and cold and unfeeling.

In her loneliness she created small ice people to populate her world.

Hydrayon

The Search for Sarruytis Begins…

After Sarruytis was banished there were two of the other gods that felt that her punishment was far too harsh and decided to help her lover, Boden, to find her and to reunite them. The only rule that the other gods and goddesses had for this decision was that Boden would have to return for 8 months of every year to Eira and that the other two gods would never be able to return.

Oplyet, a wise and compassionate god, and Vestor, a god who fervently believed in love and passion, found Boden and told him that there was a way to find Sarruytis, if he was willing to comply with the other gods and goddesses wishes and to face the trials that were between him and her new world.

The Trials of Boden…

Boden entered the gateway between worlds…

His first test to determine whether or not he truly was worthy of the love of a goddess was to traverse the realm between Eira and the unknown abyss.

He traveled for days, searching for food and water along the way. As he traveled he met Vestor and Oplyet. They were allowed to travel with him and guide him, but were not allowed to help him with the trials the other gods had put forth for him.

Facing the Abyss…

Boden, Oplyet and Vestor reached the end of the gateway to enter the abyss between worlds and were met by Ulv. His trial were 3 riddles that Boden must answer correctly to be able to progress. First he was asked – What goes on four legs in the morning, on two legs at noon, and 3 legs at night? Boden’s answer was, “Man, in the morning of his life he crawls as a baby, in the noon of his life he stands tall upon two legs and during the night of his life he hobbles with the help of a cane as his third leg.

The Second Riddle

What gets broken without being held?

Boden’s answer – a promise, because if you don’t hold it and keep it, the promise is broken.

The Final Riddle

The final riddle that Ulv asked of Boden was this…Feed me and I live, yet give me a drink and I will die.Boden’s answer….fire

Boden Finds Sarruytis

Boden finally arrives in Hydrayon to find that Sarruytis has become as cold and frozen as her world is. To return her to the world and get back his love, he must find a way to get to her through the ice she had encased herself in.

Sarruytis’s Resurrection

At the sight of Sarruytis encased in ice, Boden broke down and cried. His tears hit Sarruytis’s face and each tear thawed out a spot on her face. Vestor and Oplyet started gathering together the different items they had carried with them in their travels, things that they could use as fuel for a fire. As they started a fire, Boden began to talk to Sarruytis. Telling her of what he and the others had faced on their way to find her. As he spoke of their travels and his love and devotion to her, the ice that encased her was melting. Oplyet and Vestor told of their denouncement of the other gods’ punishment and of their ultimate decision to give up their places in Eira and to help Boden come to her.

The FloodAs Boden, Oplyet and Vestor talked to Sarruytis, the world around them was melting. The water rose around them, the ground under them started to shift. As the world became rock, devoid of ice, the 3 became scared and searched for a way to get Sarruytis and themselves to safe ground. The ice people that Sarruytis had created were melting into something else…they were becoming living beings, not just dolls of ice. Sarruytis’s eyes opened and she saw the 3 standing around her. Her heart became full of love and hope and she rose from her resting place and took the 3 others, all of her ice people and herself to the top of a mountain.

The Seasons Will Change!

After Sarruytis had taken everybody to the top of the mountain, Boden told her the final bit of information that he had not spoken of before. The final decree the gods of Eira had made before he, Oplyet and Vestor had left…the rule that stated he MUST return to Eira for 8 months of every year….giving him only 4 months of each year to be with Sarruytis in Hydrayon. Sarruytis swore that during the time he was gone, she would not be able to endure! Thus, Hydrayon would be frozen for 8 months of the year and lush and green the other 4.

After the Flood

The Afterlife Domari – the place where all people go for

judgment before they are sent on – ruled by the wise Oplyet, she has seen all the good and the bad done by the ice people and helps Sarruytis, Boden and Vestor to determine where each person will go.

Keltheim – the cold home for those who are worthy of a heavenly afterlife – ruled by Sarruytis and Boden

Eldur – the land of fire – ruled by Vestor, the god of fire

Domari – ruled by Oplyet

Keltheim – ruled by Sarruytis and Boden

Eldur – ruled by Vestor

Original Artwork

Slides 3, 4, and 5 all have original artwork by Jennifer Zaring

Pictures on slides 1, 2, 10, 16, 18, and 21 were found on websites with pictures of Norway

I can’t remember where the other artwork was found All myth references were a combined effort of our group

and only words we found on different sites were used as names of gods/goddesses and places.