The Fish positioned itself under the Ox, and the Ox placed its hooves upon the Fish’s broad, flat back. For eons, Lütis remained perfectly still. He understood that the weight he carried wasn't just soil and stone, but the dreams, songs, and lives of every living thing.
Lütis was a creature of shimmering silver scales, each larger than a shield, and eyes that glowed like twin moons in the deep. He was commanded to swim in the Sea of Eternity—the cosmic waters that exist beneath everything.
In the time before time, when the sky was a thin veil and the oceans had no bottom, the Creator realized the Earth needed a foundation. It could not simply float in the void, for it would drift into the cold darkness.
Lütis settled back into the cosmic depths, his scales interlocking like a suit of unbreakable armor. It is said that whenever we feel a small tremor in the earth today, it is simply the Fish taking a single, deep breath, or the Great Ox shifting a hoof upon his back—a reminder that we are all being carried through the stars by a silent, silver guardian in the deep.
Seeing the impending ruin, the Creator sent a small, golden gadfly. The fly bit the Fish on its nose with a sting so sharp it startled the giant. In that moment of pain, Lütis remembered his purpose. He realized that his stillness was the only thing keeping the light of the sun and the breath of the people alive.