alastair macleod 
Orkni 
the creation myth

‘In the beginning Orkni was a young, beautiful and voluptuous goddess. Orkni’s hair was the seaweed and her eyes were the colour of the ocean. Her father was Hekli god of volcanoes, fire and lava. Her mother was Mara goddess of the deep ocean. Orkni fell in love with the god of the wind Yarpha.Escaping her mother’s control she came to the surface and, against her mothers wishes, married Yarpha god of the wind.’