An example of modern epic literature:
the Great Traveler walked along the land.
His Greatness was revealed only for few people. His clothes were simple. The hooded cloak covered His body from winds and bad weather, it also served as a bed. The Traveler did not have a sword or bow. Only a staff and knife on the belt were useful on the way.
He had two companions: a white wolf named Tryuggvi which means the Faithful, and a raven named Alvis that means Wise.
Many years ago, the Traveler picked up this fledgling of a raven and cured his broken wing.
And he rescued a white wolf’s cub from a trapping pit…
Both the rescued became for a long time companions in the wanderings of the Traveler.
And His life was much greater than the duration of mortal age.
He walked on the land with a body like the body of an ordinary man: white as snow curly hair to the shoulders, a white beard, a young man’s carriage and a light step, powerful shoulders and the hands of a mature husband full of unprecedented strength. Also — the radiant look of a Man Who perceives what is happening in the world — from the Great Divine Depths.
The raven flied high in the sky and sometimes spoke something to Olav in soft guttural cries. And Olav understood its language.
It was possible to think that the raven sees further… But it was not so. No matter how far Alvis soared in the sky, Olav saw further…
The radiant Image from the Light with the face of Olav covered Him in space, rose into the sky, pierced space in all directions with the streams of Divine Power — as if there was no earthly firmament!
It proceeded from the Depths, into which small souls do not look.
And any corner of the Earth could be seen by the Traveler. He could know all that He needed about every soul. All that was required was easily revealed in the gaze of the Divine Soul!
It could be thought that the tremendous wolf Tryuggvi serves as reliable protection for the relatively unarmed Wanderer… But the Power of Olav was another. It proceeded via the Ocean of the Divine Power, Which gives the right to the Lords of Power to use It in accordance with the Great United Will of all the Perfects.
Olav used to be a Wanderer, Who bypassed the land and brought order where his intervention was appropriate.
He used to be such that any creature could be perceived by Him as clearly as He perceived Himself. He could feel the growth of a small blade of grass, the inviolability of granite cliffs, and the tranquility of powerful trees. And he saw and felt every man clearly. As soon as he directed the gaze of the Soul — He could know his or her thoughts, emotions, the past of this soul and the possible future.
But He remained One with the Almighty Ocean of Love, Wisdom, and Power, Which begot and sustains the “manifested” life in the universe.
Olav became one of the Lords of the universe. He supported individual lives on the Earth with His Love and Power — the Force emanating from the Great Depths, where there was only the Ocean of God that could not be divided.
Olav looked at everything from these Depths.
He had to only stretch out his hand — and on his palm he could feel both the vessels in the stormy or calm sea, and the towns with many people inhabiting them, and the forests and seas with their inhabitants… There were no boundaries to His Omnipresence!
The Wisdom of Gods was at His disposal, and any knowledge He could draw from this Source of Wisdom.
His every word or action achieved the goal. Therefore, He did not speak unnecessary words and did not perform actions without need.
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Translations don't do justice to it though, it was never meant to be a universal thing.
