# The Sayings of Kib explained — The Gods of Pegāna

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

## What happens

Kib, the Sender of Life, declares his unique identity and recounts the primordial existence of Māna-Yood-Sushāī before the gods, and prophesies the eventual end of all worlds, leaving only Māna-Yood-Sushāī in loneliness.

## Themes in this chapter

### Cosmic Cycles and Creation

Kib describes the early time when only Māna-Yood-Sushāī existed, and the eventual end of all worlds, framing a cycle of creation and dissolution.

### The Limits of Human Knowledge

The repeated command to 'believe' underscores the inaccessibility of divine truths to mortals, who must accept Kib's sayings without question.

## Character check-ins

### Kib

Speaker of the chapter; declares his own identity and recounts the early time and prophecy.

### Māna-Yood-Sushāī

Mentioned as the one who existed before the beginning of the gods and will remain after their going.

## Key lines

> When Time was early, when Time was very early indeed⁠—there was only Māna-Yood-Sushāī.

In the earliest moments of time, only Māna-Yood-Sushāī existed.

_Kib establishes the primordial state before any other gods or worlds._

> After the going of the gods there will be no small worlds nor big.

After the gods depart, no worlds of any size will remain.

_Kib prophesies the total dissolution of all creation._

## Links

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