Creation Genesis - Days One Through Four

Chronicle Entry – Secret Annex
Recorded by Brother Wyn of Caermynach, Anno Domini 918
Known As: The First Four Days, Y Pedwar Diwrnod Cyntaf
Source Text: The Holy Scriptures (Book of Genesis), with preserved traditions among the learned
Status: Canonical in summary, careful in detail, kept in the Annex

The earliest days of creation give shape to everything that followed.

The opening words of Scripture have guided every age of the Church, and certain older writings stand alongside them. These records do not alter Holy Writ. They were kept by earlier teachers to aid understanding, and I set them down with respect for Scripture and trust that the Church holds final authority over all matters written here.

No account in this Annex disputes the words of Moses. These traditions remain only to clarify the labour carried out by the ancient servants who shaped the world to God’s design.

Day One: The First Light

In the beginning there was no land, no sea, and no sky. The deep lay without form and held no boundary. Darkness covered everything. Scripture says the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

God spoke: “Let there be light.”

Light appeared at once, without sun or moon. A pure shining marked the first moment of creation. By this radiance God divided day from night. It marked the beginning of His work and the order He would place upon the world.

Traditions preserved by scholars provide added understanding for those who seek it. They record that the ancient beasts watched this first act but did not take part in it. Their labour began only when God willed it. The radiance belonged to Him alone, and no created hand shared in its making.

Evening and morning came, and Day One stood complete.

Day Two: The Firmament Raised

When the second day began, the deep still lay without division. High and low were joined in one flood.

God said: “Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.”

At this word a great arch rose. Moses named it Heaven. The waters above were lifted to their place. The waters below remained upon the deep. A true boundary formed for the first time. From then on a region above held the signs of God, and a region below awaited the land that would later appear.

Older teachers held that they served God before time itself. The matter is not recorded. What is recorded is that none of them raised the firmament. It was the sole act of the Almighty, set in place before any creature put its hand to the shaping of the world.

Evening and morning passed, and the Second Day was sealed.

Day Three: The Earth Brought Forth

When the third day began, all beneath the firmament was water. God commanded: “Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear.”

At this word the work moved forward. It was on this day, according to the oldest writings, that the ancient beasts began their service in full.

Older teachers held that they served God before time itself. The matter is not recorded. What is recorded is that each brought a distinct craft to the shaping of the earth.

Cadarn breathed fire into the deep places so that mountains would rise and the world could renew itself in ages to come. Ysgar shaped the cold, laying the foundations for ice and for the water that would gather and melt in its seasons. The Titans raised the broad reaches of land and secured the roots beneath them. The Jötnar carved trenches and guided the early paths of rivers. Dragons directed the labour, and among them Brenin Fawr served as the chief architect. He understood the pattern given by God and oversaw its shaping.

The deep moved aside. From below, vast regions of land rose. Mountains followed the work of those who shaped them. Valleys settled into their places, and plains spread between them. The caverns, cliffs, and slopes of the world took their earliest form under their labour.

God named the dry land Earth, and the gathered waters He named Seas.

Traditions kept by the learned record lines in the land that remain in the Annex. They are not set before the faithful in public teaching.

God spoke again: “Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit.”

At this command life appeared. Dragons warmed the ground. Titans broke stone into soil. The Jötnar carried water where needed. When all stood ready, God brought forth green life upon it.

Grass spread across the land. Herbs grew in their kinds. Trees rose bearing fruit. God alone called life into being. The ancient beasts shaped only what God brought into being, never creating on their own.

Evening and morning passed, and the Third Day stood complete.

Day Four: The Lights Set in the Firmament

Though radiance had shone since the first day, it had not yet taken the form of visible lamps. Each rising and setting had been marked by God alone.

On the fourth day God said: “Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night, and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years.”

Traditions carried by the Cwmni say this task rested upon the ancient beasts, led again by Brenin Fawr. God spoke the command. The servants understood the form required: a greater lamp for the day, a lesser lamp for the night, and a host of smaller lights to mark the seasons and years.

The labour required a precision no mortal craftsman could match. Dragons understood fire in ways no earthly flame resembles. Titans steadied the courses. The Jötnar tested the distances. Brenin Fawr, as chief architect, ensured each lamp held its appointed place.

When the labour was complete, the greater lamp rose across the new world. The lesser lamp followed in its time, and the stars turned in their appointed courses. By these lights God ordered the seasons and the years.

The cathedral schools teach that the stars stand as signs and measures given by God. The ancient beasts shaped their places but held no charge over the heavens.

Evening and morning came, and the Fourth Day was fulfilled.

Final Entry

The matters written here are held apart from public teaching, yet the sources behind them carry a weight that cannot be ignored. The same threads appear in accounts preserved by the Cwmni, in the older writings kept among the learned, and in certain observations I have made when weighing Scripture against these traditions. Their harmony across distant generations lends confidence to what is set down, even when the details lie beneath the surface of Holy Writ.

It is right to remember that Scripture gives the firm path. A man travelling toward Buallt is shown the road and the clear landmarks that guide his steps. No one troubles him with each tuft of grass or stone along the way. The Book of Genesis provides this same sure guidance. The fuller workings recorded in this Annex do not add to God’s revelation. They offer understanding where earlier teachers reflected on the labour entrusted to the ancient servants.

For these reasons I hold this account of the first four days to be reliable within the bounds allowed. It rests upon Scripture, upon traditions preserved with care, and upon the steady agreement found across those who carried knowledge long before my time. The deeper order will become clearer as the later days unfold, yet the foundation set here remains firm.