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The Ashti peoples of the southern
swamps were the world's only society of nocturnal sun worshipers.
They praised the heavenly sphere for all it provided, warmth and
light, and knew it was necessary to let the crops grow. They simply
never were able to experience it. Every night when the sun sank
beyond the horizon, the Ashti feared they had offended their god, and
so they would pray together all through the night with only brief
breaks for food. The hours were long and hard, but every morning,
their devotion would be repaid and the sun would rise. The Ashti were
elated that they had been spared, but alas, were so exhausted from a
long night of intense prayer, that they would fall asleep soon
thereafter, only to wake at dusk to see the sun, thus offended at the
way he had been ignored, leaving the world once more.
- Originally mailed to R. Cox of Biloxi, Mississippi
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