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According to one story, the Horneater oceans were created when the [[Unkalaki]] people sought to find a place to live where they wouldn't be hunted down. The ''tana'kai'', the leader of the Unkalaki, asked the gods of the sea and of the forests to hide them, but they could not help as they, too, were being attacked by men. When the ''tana'kai'' asked the same of the gods of the mountains, they told him that helping his people was impossible for them, as their slopes were uninhabitable, but if the Unkalaki could find a way to make them livable, the gods would agree. And so, the Unkalaki begged the gods of the sea for water to drink, the gods of the forest for the fruit to eat, and the gods of the mountains for the heat of their heart, thus creating the oceans.{{book ref|sa2|46}} As the oceans serve as [[Cultivation's Perpendicularity]], the Shard was certainly one of the "gods" that the ''tana'kai'' asked for aid, but it is unclear whether the other two are just extrapolations of myth or were actually [[Honor]] and [[Odium]].
In the modern day, the Unkalaki believe that swimming in the oceans is death to any non-Unkalaki.
According to the Unkalaki, gods sometimes visit them through the oceans. One of those is Lunu'anaki, the god of travel and mischief, who cannot hurt humans and has white hair and an angular face; this description fits [[Hoid]].{{book ref|sa2|46}} He is, however, far from the only visitor: all [[worldhopper]]s are treated like gods by the people of the Peaks.{{wob ref|9501}}
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