DOST thou know the lamp that shines in the All-Father’s halls? Just now
it is resting; it has gone out. But its reflection still glows through
the heavens; and already do the rays of its light turn round towards
the East, whence, in its full might, it will ere long salute the whole
of Creation.
Dost thou know the hand that receives the sun and leads it to its rest
when it has run its course? Or the hand that rekindles it when it has
gone out, and sends it forth again on its road through the heavens?
The All-Father had two true servants, whom he endowed with eternal
youth. And when the lamp had finished its course the first evening, he
said to Ämarik:—
“To thy guard, my daughter, do I commit the sinking sun. Quench it, and
have a care with the fire, that no hurt come to pass.”