Liēt and Jammah'a: Difference between revisions

<i>Liēt and Jammah'a</i> faded into obscurity in the later years of the [[Second Valanthian Epoch]] until it was encountered by the bard [[Ka-Ess Lizardkin]] sometime in the early [[Third Century Valanthe II Naïlo]]. His version of the tale, an oratorio written for the [[The Spinecracker Amphitheater for Contemporary Poetics|Spinecracker Academy Orchestra]], is the first known published version of the poem. Ka-Ess is credited with adding the now-standard frame story, in which an Eagle-Prince, disgusted by the "savage spears and arrows of the featherless," observes the courtship of the two lovers and comes to respect the nobility of the maiden, who "lack'd wings yet she gave herself to the sky." Notably, Ka-Ess' version of the work retains the ambiguity of the conclusion, and whether Liēt is carried away into the clouds or plummets to her death in the waves remains unresolved.