Old Morning's Dawn - Creation / The Solar Wheel

Long ago when our ancient ancestors roamed under the shadow of the great glaciers, the appearance of the sun was hailed 
as maegencraeft. This holy power warmed the frozen soil so that the earths fertility was awakened, ending the long 
starvation months of winter. Carved on cavern walls and etched on standing stones, our ancient kin scratched the  
symbol of the sun, the solar wheel, as a tribute to this life giving force. 

In the mythic time of our ancestors, at the far reaches of even their memory, the story was told around the bonfire of  
the appearance of the sun. In hushed tones, the elder spoke of the first great Thurse that was born from the alchemy  
of fire and ice and how he was slain by Woden and his brothers. Woden fashioned the sun and the moon from the giantâ's  
two great eyes and cast them far into the sky. At that moment, Sunna was assigned the task of guiding her bright  
chariot over the heavens, ending twilight and marking the tides between day and night. It was also at this time that  
Baeldaeg was born into existence, the brilliant power of the sun manifested in the form of a glorious lord. The White  
God, he was called, the young son of Woden.

With the creation of the sun and the moon and the wights associated with them, the wheel of year began to turn.. The  
children of the first Frost Giants noticed that four times a year a celestial marker occurred, the great Sunstead and  
Even-Night. These nights became holy and as time moved, great megaliths were raised in celebration of these holidays.
Yet as the year turned, the Sun began to wane in its strength until at last the night became longer than the day and  
the cold months of winter set in. This was a time of desperation to our ancient kinfolk. Darkness had fallen over the  
land and outside of the fire light foul wights roamed the forest and field in search of the unlucky. For the elder  
folk, this time was hailed as the death of the Sun and his burial in the grave.

Still, this death was not to last forever. The great cycle of nature set in motion by the creation of the Solar Wheel  
would begin anew. The Sun would be reborn and steadily gain in strength until it reached the zenith at the Summer  
Solstice. Fertility and warmth would return again to bless the land with peace and prosperity. The winter wights  
would be defeated and their cold desolation would be banished for another season. In the light of an ancient fire, our  
first ancestors retold this story of the creation of the Sun but how did they explain this cycle of life and death?

These myths were told as the story of Baeldaeg and reenacted by our kinfolk through the crowning of the May King and  
May Queen.