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== Excerpts == | == Excerpts == | ||
"''Discordant time. The smallest of enemies un-mans them all. Hidden within the hidden. A breath and then darkness.''" -vv. 4302-3 | "''Discordant time. The smallest of''<br/> | ||
''enemies un-mans them all.''<br/> | |||
''Hidden within the hidden.''<br/> | |||
''A breath and then darkness.''" -vv. 4302-3<ref>{{cite book|book=Myst Reader|type=Ebook|at=''The Book of D'ni'' "Part Five"}}</ref> | |||
"''Torn pages curl and brown. The flames fly up. In the flickering light a cry. Who will lift the fallen stones? Who will link the broken chain?''" -vv. 11383-86 | "''Torn pages curl and brown.''<br/> | ||
''The flames fly up.''<br/> | |||
''In the flickering light a cry.''<br/> | |||
''Who will lift the fallen stones?''<br/> | |||
''Who will link the broken chain?''" -vv. 11383-86<ref>{{cite book|book=Myst Reader|type=Ebook|at=''The Book of D'ni'' "Part Four"}}</ref> | |||
"''A seabird calls. The unknowing one stands at the rail. Peace. The circle closed. The last word written.''" - vv. 13245-46 | "''A seabird calls.''<br/> | ||
''The unknowing one stands at the rail.''<br/> | |||
''Peace. The circle closed.''<br/> | |||
''The last word written.''" - vv. 13245-46<ref>{{cite book|book=Myst Reader|type=Ebook|at=''The Book of D'ni'' "Prologue"}}</ref> | |||
"''A burrowing worm blinks in the sunlight and pulls his eyes down over his eyes. Earth's mouth steams. Deep voices grumble. Time draws a jagged line upon the sand in which the woman waits.''" -vv. 21660-64 | "''A burrowing worm blinks in the sunlight''<br/> | ||
''and pulls his eyes down over his eyes.''<br/> | |||
''Earth's mouth steams. Deep voices grumble.''<br/> | |||
''Time draws a jagged line upon the sand''<br/> | |||
''in which the woman waits.''" -vv. 21660-64<ref>{{cite book|book=Myst Reader|type=Ebook|at=''The Book of D'ni'' "Part Two"}}</ref> | |||
== Background == | == Background == | ||
{{OOC|section}} | {{OOC|section}} | ||
Speculative explanations of the prophecies have been given by fans<ref>"[http://dniexplorer.com/archive/index.php?title=Prophecies#Korokh_Jimah Prophecies]", Beneath wiki, accessed May 27, 2020.</ref>. Their explanation respectively have been: | |||
* The bacteria and the [[Terahnee plague|plague of Terahnee]] | * The bacteria and the [[Terahnee plague|plague of Terahnee]] | ||
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[[Category:Myst: The Book of D'ni]] | [[Category:Myst: The Book of D'ni]] | ||
[[Category:Prophecies and proverbs]] | |||
Latest revision as of 02:42, 3 August 2023
The Korokh Jimah ( Korok jima, Terahnee for "book of prophecy") was a Terahnee compilation of ancient prophecies from Garternay, but large portions were actually spurious material added later. It became the holy book of the relyimah because of lines foretelling their freedom.
Excerpts[edit | edit source]
"Discordant time. The smallest of
enemies un-mans them all.
Hidden within the hidden.
A breath and then darkness." -vv. 4302-3[1]
"Torn pages curl and brown.
The flames fly up.
In the flickering light a cry.
Who will lift the fallen stones?
Who will link the broken chain?" -vv. 11383-86[2]
"A seabird calls.
The unknowing one stands at the rail.
Peace. The circle closed.
The last word written." - vv. 13245-46[3]
"A burrowing worm blinks in the sunlight
and pulls his eyes down over his eyes.
Earth's mouth steams. Deep voices grumble.
Time draws a jagged line upon the sand
in which the woman waits." -vv. 21660-64[4]
Background[edit | edit source]
 | This section is written from an OOC point-of-view. Events and elements in the D'ni Universe are regarded as fictional. |
Speculative explanations of the prophecies have been given by fans[5]. Their explanation respectively have been:
- The bacteria and the plague of Terahnee
- Sirrus and Achenar destroy their father's book
- Atrus contemplates after the fall of Terahnee
- Description of Atrus and Anna near the Cleft and the volcano
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Myst Reader. Ebook, The Book of D'ni "Part Five".
- ↑ Myst Reader. Ebook, The Book of D'ni "Part Four".
- ↑ Myst Reader. Ebook, The Book of D'ni "Prologue".
- ↑ Myst Reader. Ebook, The Book of D'ni "Part Two".
- ↑ "Prophecies", Beneath wiki, accessed May 27, 2020.
