The Lightning of the Anitan
- What they are:
The Anitan belong to the class of higher spirits, inhabiting the highest layer of Skyworld.
They are creatures of the light and flame, the harbingers of storm.
- How to know they are incarnate:
When you hear the ear shattering thunder, know that the Anitan is near.
When you see the sparks in the sky descending unto the earth, the Anitan is near.
When the atmosphere is heavy and the sky breaks. When the denizens of the Skyworld visits the Earthworld, the Anitan is near.
- How to deal with them:
Give them their due respect and offerings.
Placate them with silver words.
They are arrogant to a fault.
Sing their praises unless you want to be smote.
Do not pretend you are more important than they.
Request for a boon, never demand it.
- What they can give you:
Mastery over the tempest and the cloudburst.
The ability to be one with the wind and fly.
The seething power of the bolts.
- Why would you try:
Desperation.
Debt.
Destruction.
Written by Karl Gaverza
Copyright © Karl Gaverza
Inspired by the entry in THE MANÓBOS OF MINDANÁO, JOHN M. GARVAN, 1931
Anitan Illustration by Allan Damaso
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