2. 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
7. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. 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
14. 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.
15. 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.
16. The Flood
As 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.
17. 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.
19. 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
23. 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.
