From the song of Umare the stars were born. And from these stars seven were placed apart to govern and serve the Earth. Here were built the dwellings of the dosciumae, and on each of these stars, which are the planets, Umare placed a ruler entrusted to govern and protect the Earth. These seven rulers the men call the Æteslae.
The first of the Æteslae is Atestalume. He was appointed by Umare as the king of the Æteslae. His dwelling is the Sun, and the dwelling of Nesaluma, his queen, is the Moon. Together they watch over the day and night. Atestalume is counted the wisest of the dosciumae, yet he is not proud. He perceives all the doings of men and judges between them. He is benevolent, and deals kindly with them.
Nesaluma is queen of the night, and she cares for all creatures that wander under her pale light. She nurtures the plants that grow. As the rest she feeds the soil and coats them with her blanket of dew.
Uthlome is the strongest of the dosciumae. It was he who built the fortresses of the Æteslae where they dwell in the heavens. He captured the light of heaven and caused the palaces of the lords of the dosciumae to shine with a radiance brighter than any other stars, and they were of such wondrous beauty and strength that it is said the eyes of mortal men can bear sight of them only from a great distance. His skill Uthlome taught to Tyrne, his servant, though he treated him more as a son. And through Tyrne many great things were built upon the earth before he fell and was left to wander as a shadow in the barren places of the Earth.
Tinbamesa was the handmaiden of Nesaluma. Like her mistress. she nurtures all and living things. But in her care was put the Earth itself. It was she who taught men first to till the soil and to sow seed. She also takes delight in all things beautiful. To men she gave inspiration to create beautiful works of art and feats of architecture which none now can replicate.
Following her path in the heavens comes the tower of Arwevina. He was created the most glorious of all singers. He was created the most glorious of all the singers of Umare. It was Umare’s intent that he should use his skill in song to teach man to sing the more gloriously, and that through mans invention in song the world might further grow in wonder and beauty. This Arwevina was content to do for a time, but soon, through pride and greed, sought to destroy man because of the favour they had been given by Umare. Through him came the fall and corruption of man, and disorder entered the world. Fort his reason men called him Bealume, because he deceived them and through his deception they forgot the song of Umare.
After Arwevina follows Breniardine, the prince of the dosciumae. Around him circles his sister Tinvalume. Together they share the tasks given them by Umare and heed the commands of Atestalume. Their servants are the faeries, who men often call elves. After the rebellion of Arwevina many faeries ventured to Earth to aid man in their fights with the evil that had been born there. Through their aid men were able to again learn the song of Umare they had lost, for the faeries had never forgotten it, and sang it at all times in their hearts.
In the outermost orbit, behind Breniardine, sit the forges of Deanare. He is the maker of all the tools of the dosciumae. He also is the shaper of the starts: the great jewels of heaven. He took them as Umare had created them and shaped to shine even more brilliantly in the empyrean. And it was he who arranged the constellations to tell the story of the world Umare had made that men night not forget. He also set the sun and moon that the world might have day and night, and through the movement of the heavens men measure times and seasons.
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