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Mythology

The stories of old speak of a beautiful goddess, the beloved daughter of the king of the ancient gods. She was the goddess of all that was good in the world; bringing peace, love, joy, happiness, and beauty. The name of this goddess was Korra, the Lady of the Four Nations as she was called. Every year, at her temples, the priestesses recount the greatest story ever told of their beloved goddess. As is the nature of all stories, there must be a beginning. Goddess Korra was not the first born to the great king of the gods; many deities came before her, but she was the most beloved of her father, the god Aang. The god Aang had formed her from the eye of the sun and the soul of the river, from the heart of the earth and the breath of the air. She was indeed the crown jewel of all the goddesses, and many gods sought her; the earth god Bolin, the fire god Mako, Iroh the younger who was god of light, and even the proud Tahno who was god of rivers. But all these gods were of no interest to her, for they were all linked to her through the substances that she was created from, she sought a mate who was different.

One day, Korra learned that some people had renounced her father Aang, claiming that there were no gods at all. Full of rage at the insult, and infuriated by the desecration of the temples of her father and her siblings, Korra became consumed with bloodlust. In her rage, she transformed into a mighty animal, a polar-bear-dog, and descended to Earth and began to unleash a terrible judgment upon the nonbelievers. At first, the gods and goddesses supported Korra; Kyoshi, goddess of warriors, had even sent her own troops to assist the younger goddess in seeking justice for the gods. But soon, it became clear that Korra could not stop in her rampage, and innocent people were being butchered to sate her thirst for blood. Aang became concerned, for his daughter had become a monster of hatred and violence that could not be stopped.

The gods and goddesses eventually came together for a council, and soon they began to fear that their beloved Korra was lost forever and would have to be destroyed. However, one person overheard this; she was a goddess who was almost as young as Korra, her name was Asami and she was known as the Great Protector Goddess. She pitied Korra, and knew that something must be done to save her so that the land would once more be able to rejoice. So, goddess Asami consulted with the wisest of all the deities, Jinora goddess of the written word, who told her that the only way to save Korra was to find the god Amon. Asami shuddered with terror, for Amon was said to be the most feared and hated of all the gods, he hid behind a mask so that no one would see his horrifying face. Amon was known as the God Killer, for he hated other gods though no one knew why.

Asami journeyed to Amon's kingdom, a frozen wasteland in the far North. Asami was not used to such cold weather, and collapsed from exhaustion. She would have frozen, but someone found her and carried her to the warmth of his humble shelter. When Asami awoke, she found herself in the small house that was draped with fur pelts, across from her there was a man in thick, fur robes. This was Tarrlok, god of winter and hunting. Asami explained why she had come, and Tarrlok grew afraid; he told her that the god Amon was his brother, and that he had unspeakable powers. He explained that Amon hated other gods because Amon was the creator of humans and felt that the other gods did not appreciate his creation. Tarrlok warned her that Amon would not be easy to convince to help her, but Asami needed to do anything she could to save Korra.

Asami journeyed on to Amon's palace. The entire building was rigged with booby-traps, but Asami easily made it through to Amon's throne room. He sat there, surrounded by ice as cold as his heart. Asami pleaded with him to save Korra, even if just to help the humans he created. Amon laughed at her, mocking the irony that now the gods chose to care for his humans; but he would not relent. Asami would not give up, she knew that no god who saw the face of Korra could ever harm her, and that no one could defeat her when she was in her bestial form. So Asami asked Amon to try and kill Korra so that the humans would no longer be slaughtered. Amon finally consented.

They approached the den where the polar-bear-dog Korra resided; beside it was a pool of water. Amon poured great quantities of red wine into the pool, and Korra, mistaking the pool for blood, began to drink from it. The more she drank, the lighter her heart became and she forgot about her desire for vengeance. Korra finally fell asleep, and her form changed to that of the beautiful goddess she truly was. When Amon beheld her, his heart too was changed; he no longer wanted to kill her. He knelt beside the sleeping goddess and pulled away his mask, revealing his true face, which was not horrific at all but instead that of a handsome god. Korra stirred from her sleep and beheld the god before her, and she knew she had found the god she would give all of herself to. Amon renounced his name, which he had made for himself, and returned to his true name as Noatak the god of creation. All the gods and goddesses witnessed the marriage of the goddess Korra and the god Noatak; and from their union sprang two sons, the god of justified war and the god of healing.

This was inspired by the Egyptian myth of the goddess Sekhmet, goddess of war and disease, who slaughtered humans for their irreverence to her father Ra. Sekhmet's anger was assuaged when she drank great quantities of wine, and the first thing she saw when she awoke was Ptah, a creator god and god of craftsmen, she married him and their children were the god of war and the god of healing and beauty. Also, I used the version of the myth that it was the goddess Hathor, goddess of love, who transformed into Sekhmet when she became angered.