Bible (Anime)

The **Bible** (聖典, *Seiden*) is the holy scripture of the local religion of the Ehrenfest.

# Origin and History

According to legend when the first king was chosen by the Gods he was also allowed to transcribe Mestionora's original bible, the Grutrissheit. All bibles throughout the entire land originate from this first transcription of the Grutrissheit, even though many have changed to various degrees due to being copies of copies of copies made over the course of centuries.

# Content

The Bible contains stories about the Gods, the creation of the world and finally the creation of the country and it's religion.

The first sentence of the bible starts with the words "Here be words granted by the Gods..."

## Creation Myth

The lonely God of Darkness encountered the Goddess of Light and they gave birth to the Eternal Five, thus creating the world. The god of life Ewigeliebe fell in love at first sight with Geduldh and asks the God of Darkness for his permission to marry her. He gladly agreed in hope they would give birth to many children. Ewigeliebe is quite possessive even feeling jealous of their unborn child. Therefore, he freezes Geduldh, trapping her in ice which made her lose her power. Winter was created. The Goddess of Light begins to worry about Geduldh after their contact broke off since the marriage. She finds Geduldh and melts the ice which Flutrane then floods away with Ewigeliebe who lost his power. Flutrane and her subordinate godessess' strengthen the children, the seeds. Spring was created. The God of Fire Leidenschaft and his subordinate gods further strengthened the plants. Summer was created. Ewigeliebe's power also returned and he began searching for Geduldh. The Goddess of Wind Schutzaria wants to protect Geduldh, so they joined forces so that the plants are harvestable. Autumn was created. Due to the extensive use of power Geduldh's siblings were weakened, leading to Ewigeliebe gaining the upper hand again and the story follows the same trail as before. The seasons were created. Being unable to kill Ewigeliebe as that would prevent new life from being born, the winter was the season of endurance until they regained their power to rescue Geduldh again.

# Ehrenfest Cathedral

Apart from the High Bishop's bible, the temple also contains multiple other transcriptions of the bible made at later dates. Some are near identical to the high bishop's bible and are still written in ancient dialects and speech patterns few people are still able to dicipher these days, while others version have been adapted to modern speech, so that new blue priest have an easier time learning the sacred texts without having to first learn ancient language. Though several transcriptions also shortened some sections, leading to varying page-counts among the various bibles in the temple, with the older ones generally being thicker, both on account of having more content and using more complicated and longer phrases.

## High Bishop's Bible

This book is the oldest copy of the bible in the duchy and the possession of the current high bishop.

It is decorated with all sorts of gems and has a belt attached at the sides with a lock locking the belt on the cover side. Only the High Bishop owns the key to open the bible. The bible used parchment which had beautiful letters written on it and showed signs of aging as the edges are yellow. The bible is stored in the High Bishop's chambers, displayed on the altar between the god's statue and a candle, making it the center of the altar.

## Children's Bibles

One of the first books Myne makes via printing was a set of children's bibles. It contains the relevant portions about the creation of the world, the king and queen gods and the eternal five in simplified language suitable for children. It also contains black-and-white illustrations drawn by Myne's attendant Wilma.