The first gods said Er and I beg your pardon, they tapped people on the shoulder, people who wore the skins of saber tooth tigers, if they wore anything at all. The first gods were bigger than people, but not big enough to be frightening. They would say, Hey, look at that tree, I just made it. The people wearing the skins would criticize the tree or yawn and walk away. It was like that all the time.
People put up with it.
They didn't want to be rude but they felt more worldly, even superior. The next gods decided right off the bat not to be pushovers. They invented tornadoes, thunder and lightening. They made floods and enjoyed seeing people run. They sat on mountain tops and watched people run to the north, then run even faster to the south.