Difference between revisions of "Wyrn the King"

The poem is onethought ofto be the oldest known workswork of literature on Sel, written before the holy book of [[Shu-Keseg]], the ''[[Do-Kando]]''. It is centered around Wyrn,the oneoriginal of[[Wyrn Fjordell's(character)|Wyrn]], greatestthe historicalfounder kingsof [[Fjorden]].{{book ref|Elantris|43}}{{glossary ref|Elantris|G}}

TheAfter [[Wulfden the First]] converted to [[Shu-Dereth]],{{glossary ref|Elantris|J}} the original text of ''Wyrn the King'' was greatly altered by [[Fjorden|Fjordell]] priests to make the work seem more aligned with [[Shu-Dereth]]Derethi doctrine. Among other changes, these altered versions of the poem depictdepicted Wyrn as being Derethi and makemade frequent references to the importance of the Derethi god, [[Jaddeth]].{{book ref|Elantris|43}}

[[Sarene]] discoversdiscovered an unaltered version of the ancient poem in a copy of the book ''[[Seor]]'s Encyclopedia of Political Myths'' in [[Elantris (city)|Elantris]]. ThisThe versionbook disproved much of the rhetoric and propaganda of the Derethi church and used the alteration of the poem as an example. The original poem makesmade no references to Shu-Dereth and depictsdepicted Jaddeth as a minor god associated with the rocks below the ground. Sarene remarksremarked that Fjorden's priesthood would be greatly embarrassed if knowledge of their tampering became known.{{book ref|Elantris|43}}

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