The Siiklagradivad or the song of the great circle
- WCU Author/Contributor (non-WCU co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Kade Alexander Spann (Creator)
- Institution
- Western Carolina University (WCU )
- Web Site: http://library.wcu.edu/
- Advisor
- Pamela Duncan
Abstract: The Siiklagradivad is a mythopoeia (defined as a narrative genre where the author invents a fictional mythology) setting up the foundational lore of the literary fantasy universe that I have created and am working in. Taking inspiration from other foundational mythologic works such as the Norse Poetic and Prose Eddas, the Homeric epics (The Iliad and The Odyssey), Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedies, and especially J.R.R. Tolkien’s own mythopoeia for Middle-earth The Silmarillion, The Siiklagradivad will chronicle, in a mythic way, the origin and life-death/creation-destruction cycle of a fictional universe.The Siiklagradivad begins with the births of the twin sibling “Ur-Deities” to the All-God known as Chaos, Father of the Void, named Nephthys and Suetekh, whose incest is responsible for the scientific Big Bang (in-universe called the “First Creation” or the “Ur-Event”), and the creation of the Twin Dimensions of Luxios/Puritos and Tenebros/Corruptus as a result of their mating. Following this, The Siiklagradivad tells of the punishment and binding of the twins by their father for their blasphemous union, as well as the divine war that ignites between the twins’ children—chiefly the rival pantheons of 100 gods each called the Eliker and the Wyker—for control over the perceivable universe and wardship of the twins’ youngest child, the Primal Abyss. The Siiklagradivad will also explain our own creation (based off the Abrahamic interpretation, in-universe known as the “Second Creation”) in the context of this universe. Following that, it will prophecy two more subsequent creation events before the apocalyptic Körvlagradivas (based heavily off the Norse Ragnarök) and the cyclical death-rebirth of the universe. Included will also be two fictional alphabets: one based off the celestial alphabet (also known as angelic script), the other runic (but incomplete).The Siiklagradivad will be an attempt to create a fully functional religion and mythology, rooted in existing, real-world faiths, that will serve as the backbone and “bible” for my entire literary career, providing critical lore that will be built upon and expanded with the novels and short stories that I create within the scope of the universe. Through the display of extensive personal research into real-world faiths (chiefly Greco-Roman, Norse, and Judeo-Christian, with some aspects of Egyptian and Shinto) and existing, seminal works within the fantasy and mythological fiction sphere—both of which are critical to the formation of the mythopoeia and the story it tells—The Siiklagradivad will also showcase all that I’ve learned in the Creative Writing graduate program at Western Carolina University, and function as the culmination of six years of education within the greater English program, and many years more of personal, private research and development.
The Siiklagradivad or the song of the great circle
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- Publication
- Thesis
- Language: English
- Date: 2023
- Subjects
- Creative writing
- Fantasy fiction
- Mythology
- Twins in literature
- Religion in literature