Great Wound, sometimes called The Wound, is other name for The Sun by the Rokea.
Overview
Qyrl, still unwilling to ask for her mother's permission to swim beyond Sea or her help in reaching Oversea, stretched out her many arms and gripped the black void. Her grip punctured and wounded Oversea in many places and Oversea cried out to Sea for aid. Sea churned below and demanded that Qyrl release her grip on Oversea, but Qyrl was afraid of her mother's wrath. Instead of letting go, she sank her mighty jaws into Oversea to gain better purchase. Oversea howled in pain, Unsea watched in horror, and Kun and C'et looked on, all of them terrified of Sea's wrath. The waters of all the world erupted in geysers and spouts, Oversea's winds churned these into hurricanes and tsunamis, but still Qyrl held fast. Unsea forced great mountains from her body, hoping that Qyrl would step down instead of falling, but still Qyrl held fast. Sea washed over Unsea in her fury, and Unsea told Sea of Qyrl's hiding places. And Sea's fury grew, until a great fog rose and covered all of Oversea and Unsea, and loosened Qyrl's grip on Oversea. And Qyrl fell, but her jaws tore a huge, gaping wound in Oversea. And while each of the smaller puncture wounds bled in small trickles, the blazing blood of the Great Wound — called Sun — eclipsed the smaller wounds and stuck Unsea and Sea, boiling the water and scorching the land. And Qyrl, knowing that she was no longer safe in her hiding places between Sea and Unsea, fled to the deepest trench in Undersea, and there hid. The Wound changed things for Sea, Unsea, and Oversea alike. Where before all was dark and cold, now Sea and Unsea began to turn themselves so that no one place would be boiled away. But that was no help to poor, wounded Oversea, who cried and begged for solace.
References
- WTA Rokea (book), p. 21, 22