The Saint by Melanie Jackson

Author:Melanie Jackson
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Dorchester Publishing Co., Inc.
Published: 2011-08-17T09:22:38+00:00

The shaman came again in secret on the holiest night, the Eve of Baal’s Fire, when Sol’s path crossed between the Equinox and the Solstice. A great famine was upon the land, so need-fires were set ablaze atop the highest mounts so that the Sun’s light might be called down to Earth, where all the beasts of the field and grains did falter and die. In defiance of the Worshippers, the Celebrants who remembered the story of an ancient savior danced around the fires calling on the Goddess and their lost saint, Niklas Rhédon, to reappear and help them in their time of great hunger. Their prayers were answered. At midnight Niklas Rhédon did come, stepping out from the eadar dà theine Bhealltuinn, where he shone brighter than the purifying fire that birthed him. Many wept with joy as he caused all other fires to be extinguished in the land, and even the moon darkened. Only flames from the holy need-fire remained, and those were used to rekindle the Celebrants’ hearths, again bringing the saint’s blessings and good fortune into their households and fields.

—Niklas 26:5

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