# The Chaunt of the Gods explained — The Gods of Pegāna

> Chapter companion for The Gods of Pegāna by Lord Dunsany.

## What happens

The gods sing a chaunt acknowledging themselves as mere games of Māna-Yood-Sushāī, who made them and allowed them to create worlds and suns. They play with creation and destruction, but know that when Māna arises and laughs, they will hide their works and the worlds will end.

## Themes in this chapter

### Cosmic Cycles and Creation

The gods describe their creation of worlds and suns, and the eventual end when Māna arises.

### The Absurdity of Divine Games

The gods see themselves as little games played by Māna, and their own play with worlds is treated as trivial.

## Character check-ins

### Māna-Yood-Sushāī

The supreme being who made the gods and whose laughter will end the worlds.

## Key lines

> We are the gods; We are the little games of Māna-Yood-Sushāī that he hath played and hath forgotten.

The gods are merely forgotten amusements of the supreme being.

_The gods acknowledge their origin and insignificance._

> And when he arises from resting at the Last, and laughs at us for playing with Worlds and Suns, We will hastily put them behind us, and there shall be Worlds no more.

When Māna finally wakes and laughs at their creations, the gods will hide them and the universe will end.

_The prophecy of the end of all worlds._

## Links

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