Week 5 Story: The Great Father

Before time began, there was the Great Father. Now, the Great Father existed only by himself and did not need anybody else to keep him company. However, one day the Great Father got the idea to create something just to see what would happen. So, he took a piece of his own chest and molded it into a figure that was similar to his own likeness. He thought long and hard and decided to name this figure, Prota, because he was the first creation ever.

Unlike the Great Father, Prota instantly began to feel lonely even with his father there to keep him company. Because Prota was made from a piece of the Great Father himself, Prota could do everything that the Great Father could do, and more. Prota began by making a dwelling place for himself and his father, then he made the Earth and the stars, and finally he created the lesser gods and organic beings. Prota was extremely pleased with himself and proclaimed himself the king of all the Earth. The Great Father however was starting to question his initial creation.

"You must destroy your creations," the Great Father said, because he could not understand why Prota had created all he had. Taken aback, Prota protested, "No, father! They keep me company so that I will not be lonely." But unlike Prota, the Great Father did not experience loneliness, so he began to cause massive tsunamis and devastating earthquakes in order to destroy Prota's Earth. Seeing this, Prota immediately began to fight back against his father in order to stop his acts of destruction.

Prota hurled massive fireballs at the Great Father, which threw the Great Father off-balance. After quickly regaining his balance, the Great Father immediately closed the distance between himself and Prota. Grabbing Prota by the throat, the Great Father shouted, "this is your last chance! Come with me or be destroyed forever!" But Prota broke his father's grip and threw him down to the Earth. 

With a crash that shook the entire Earth, the Great Father slammed down into Egypt. All the humans and creatures who were within a thousand miles were instantly killed by the impact. The rest of the Earth's population were roused by the godly battle and took up their arms and manned their chariots. Prota arrived shortly after the Great Father crashed down on Earth and ordered the humans to stop and let him handle the fight because they would only get in the way. Reluctantly, but obediently, the humans watched in awe as the two gods fought each other to decide the fate of creation.

Being in the presence of his own creations, Prota gathered all his strength and dealt a crippling blow to his father. Staggering, the Great Father fell back and gave in to defeat by the hands of his son, Prota. Standing ready to deal a death blow to the Great Father, Prota thought of his own creations and had mercy for his father. Surprised by this merciful act, the Great Father apologized for his attempted destruction of Prota's creations and requested to be Prota's mentor and advisor in the ages to come.









Author's Note: I got my idea for this story from the Ancient Egypt, part A reading. In the reading it describes how Nu, the Great Father, created/born Ra who ended up being even stronger than Nu himself. Nu went on to create all sorts of things, from the heavens to the humans. What I was trying to explore with this story was to write about how Nu (Great Father in this story) felt and might have acted to his son doing/performing greater things than even he could do. As always, please feel free to write comments that will help me to write better and more interesting stories in the future!

Bibliography: Ancient Egypt by Donald Mackenzie

Image 1: Ra

Image 2: Nu