“Then Kib grew weary of the first game of the gods, and raised his hand in Pegana, making the sign of Kib, and Earth became covered with beasts for Kib to play with. And Kib played with beasts. But the other gods said one to another, speaking with their hands: ‘What is it that Kib has done?’ And They said to Kib: ‘What are these things that move upon The Earth yet move not in circles like the Worlds, that regard like the Moon and yet they do not shine?’ And Kib said: ‘This is Life.’ But the gods said one to another: ‘If Kib has thus made beasts he will in time make Men, and will endanger the Secret of the gods.'”
Alias Kib, the Sender of Life in all the Worlds, the god of beasts and men
First Publisher Elkin Mathews, 1905; Pegana Press, 1937
Appearance List Later editions: The Gods of Pegana with S. H. Sime’s photogravure plates (Pegana Press, 1911), The Gods of Pegana with Sime illustrations (1916), The Gods of Pegana (3rd ed., 1919), Beyond the Fields We Know (Ballantine, 1972) ed. Lin Carter.
Description “Then Kib grew weary of the first game of the gods, and raised his hand in Pegana, making the sign of Kib, and Earth became covered with beasts for Kib to play with. And Kib played with beasts. But the other gods said one to another, speaking with their hands: ‘What is it that Kib has done?’ And They said to Kib: ‘What are these things that move upon The Earth yet move not in circles like the Worlds, that regard like the Moon and yet they do not shine?’ And Kib said: ‘This is Life.’ But the gods said one to another: ‘If Kib has thus made beasts he will in time make Men, and will endanger the Secret of the gods.'”
