How Trellium Silk Came to Be - A tale of Akkadia

Posted on 30 Aug 2022 @ 5:38pm by Commander Allyndra illm Warraquim

452 words; about a 2 minute read

"Computer open log Tales of Akkadia"

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Once long ago, there was a woman who was a weaver of clothing. She worked long and hard, as did her neighbors. They were all poor, but they shared everything they did make.
One day as she rested her hands that ached in the joints, she spotted a tiny spider weaving a web in one corner.
"Ah, little one, we both work so long and hard for so little."
The woman would sometimes put something on the web went it went untouched for long periods.
"Ah, little one, I know what it is to be hungry."
One particular day as the woman was at her work, she paused and saw the spider weaving a little silk sack. She knew what it was, an egg sack.
"Ah, little one, I have enough trouble feeding both of us. How shall I manage when there is more?"
Suddenly a bright light appeared, and the woman turned to behold the most beautiful woman she had ever seen. The old woman got down on her knees on the stone floor even though it hurt to do so, for she knew this was a goddess.
The goddess came and gently helped her up.
"You have that have worked and so hard have been noted. Come."
The goddess guided the woman to a window, and outside on the horizon was a rainbow stretching end to end. The goddess reached out, and it appeared to the woman that the rainbow had come to her. The goddess then turned and pressed her hands gently against the silk sack of the spider.
"When these hatches, a mature, take the silk they make and weave it. People will come from all around and pay whatever sum to have even the smallest scrap of cloth from the silk."
The goddess then vanished.
The woman did as the goddess had asked, and when the little spiders matured, she made a little scarf out of the silk they made. The silk was unlike anything she had ever seen, for it appeared like the rainbow shimmered down every strand. She showed her neighbors, and a passing personage came through and saw the small scarf. They offered a large sum for it.
The woman gave spiders to her neighbors, who all raised and then wove the silk the spiders made.
As the goddess had said, people came from far away and paid large sums for even the slightest bit.
However, though expensive, neither the woman nor her neighbors ever sold anything for more than what they thought it was worth, and they shared everything they made, lest the goddess take the gift away.

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