Original art by  Viral_Divinity

Faer post of this art is HERE: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/16714334/

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Bow down, mortals! HE hath returned!

This is the monthly reward I got as a patron on VD's patreon (found here: https://www.patreon.com/ViralDivinity ), and it's rather awesome!

Since it's been a substantial amount of time since I posted anything with this guy in it, AND because I never really got into any details about Him in the first place, AND because I plan on posting more with him soon, I thought now would be a good time to give all you fine people more of an introduction to Him.. the Huge, Holy Heat on High, the Massive, Mighty, Multi-headed, Multi-armed, Metamorphic Magma Male, Master of all he surveys from his volcanic throne.

Enjoy!

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There is an island, in the midst of the oceanic vastness. Somewhere more southern than not, where the waves are more blue than you have probably seen.

Upon this island is a mountain, and it dominates the majority of the relatively diminutive landmass.

The upper reaches of the mountain are sacred ground, and the open-air collection of expertly carved volcanic rocks found there, embedded neatly into a plateau at the apex, on the rim of the towering topographical elevation, serve as temple. A shrine to the God worshiped by the tribal village that lays lower on the foreboding peak.

Among the carvings are statues of said deity, in a wide variety of different forms and shapes. His name means God'Snake'Of-The'Mountain, and he has endless forms, from the entirety of the volcano itself to the tiniest drop of lava spewed from its mouth.

Of the sculptures standing within the sacred sanctuary, some depict Him as the volcano and a fiery snake that flows out of the peak, standing in the air above it, writhing, dancing, baring His fangs to the sky.

Others show him as just a snake, with many arms and heads, spitting and striking out in all directions.

Still others have it the other way around, a snake that strikes out with a multifaceted tail, each of the many tails fashioned into a different rocky weapon, both bladed and bashing.

Many more examples of His myriad guises are present, all being some combination of rock, lava, snake and possibly man.

There are also rough, slender, vertical columns of stone that appear to be former lava flows. Small sections of cooled, hardened, former rivers of molten rock, now stood up on their ends. Scenes are etched into their surfaces, also depicting the divine entity's diverse forms as he provides good harvests, good or bad weather, and a final, blessedly heated resting place for those who have slipped into the eternal sleep and suffer from the chill that comes with it.

As those who sleep in the forever way become cold to the touch, it is only proper to place them somewhere where they can be comfortable once more.

It is only right for the endlessly sleeping ones to lay down with Him, as all who dwell upon the mountain are as His children. Just as He provides the fertile soil from whence the crops spring each year, the fertility of all women is guided by Him, the Father of All.

In the beginning, the first people were indeed grown from the most rich grounds on the slope of the divine peak. They were made by Him, sired by Him, His holy seed fired from on high. The cycle of new life from those miraculous First Ones has never ended, throughout the generations, such was their fertility, imbued by the AllFather and passed down through every child of the volcano.

He rises above all, in the form of the mountain, and higher still in the form of far-flung fluid stone, when the time comes for His eruptions -- which are always mercifully blown to the other side of the peak, in His care for His people.

As Father of all and with His rising above all, it is natural that we know raises every one of His people.

From birth to death, all are protected, guided, cared for and - in the end - held, by Him.

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After coming here and seeing all this, you ask his name.

This is the answer you receive:

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He is the one who lays under the mountain; He, who is in the mountain; He, who is the mountain.

He is the one who lays in the fire in the mountain, He, who is the fire in the mountain.

He is the fire and is mountain at the same time; the blessed, holy volcano entire.

His name is the name of the mountain; His name is the name of the volcano.

His name is E'Hyst'ne'Mati.



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