(A Timeless Allegory Blending Daoist, Yoruba, Viking, Aztec, and Vedic Wisdom)
Prologue: The Crack in Sinai and the Whispers of the Stars
As Moses awaited the tenth lightning strike atop Mount Sinai, two voices pierced the silence.
One was Zarathustra’s murmur rising from the mountain’s fissure: “The commandments you carve on stone are but fragments of dead ideologies.” The other was the pulse of Yoruba drums—an invisible orchestra in the desert’s heart, resurrecting Africa’s forgotten heartbeat through the dundun’s rhythm.
When Moses unrolled the Tenth Commandment—“You shall not covet”—the mountain shattered. Bandits surged through the cracks, torches blazing. Their one-eyed leader sneered: “Law? A lie spun by the weak!”
Chapter 1: The Golden Staff’s Reflection and the Aztec Poet’s Moonlight
As the stone tablets shattered, a golden light split the dust. Sun Wukong descended on his somersault cloud, transforming bandits’ blades into straw with a tap of his staff.
“Old Sun hates rules as chains!” He gripped Moses’ robe, his eyes reflecting the Ten Commandments twisting into shackles. “You govern heaven and earth—but can you govern the greed in your heart?”
Before Moses could reply, Wukong plucked a hair and blew—not clones, but fragments of the Dao De Jing:
“When the Great Dao fades, benevolence and righteousness arise; When cleverness emerges, great hypocrisy follows.”
A breeze swept sand into Aztec verses, etched in moonlight by Nezahualcoyotl:
“¿Acaso no soy floreciente y hermoso? / Mi cuerpo es de flores y canto.”
(“Am I not blossoming beauty? My body is flowers and song.”)
Moses’ fingers traced a musical staff in the sand—Hebrew commandments harmonizing with Nahuatl poetry.
Chapter 2: Ifa’s Call and the Golden Branch of Viking Forests
As bandits retreated, Wukong spread his tiger-skin skirt. A Yoruba priestess’s chant rose from the earth, each syllable awakening elements:
- Ejọ Ọlọrun’s tremolo echoed “Let there be light.”
- Orisha’s improvisation became the whale-song of Noah’s slumbering ark.
- Iyàwó’s beads clinked like whips parting the Red Sea.
In Moses’ ears rang the Bhagavad Gita (2.47):
“कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते…
You have rights to action alone, never to its fruits.”
The sand commandments flowed, rearranging into the Upanishads’ “Tat Tvam Asi” (Thou Art That).
Chapter 3: Sacred Mistletoe and the Silent Wisdom of Viking Ships
Wukong seized Moses’ staff, pointing north to a Viking longship. Its prow bore an ouroboros; runes carved the deck:
“ᚦᛖᚱᚠᚢᚾᚷᚹᚨᚱᚲᚷᚨᛉ” (Thurisaz—Thor’s hammer).
The captain raised his axe, shouting:
“Sigrdrífa’s prophecy! When stars drown in Jötunheim, the wise shall rise beneath mistletoe.”
Moses touched the sail, hearing the Bhagavad Gita (4.7-8):
“Whenever Dharma declines, I incarnate to restore it.”
Warriors dropped weapons, circling to chant from The Golden Bough:
“Hail the oak, mother of gods! Let mistletoe’s kiss bind our fates!”
Chapter 4: The Wordless Stele and the Dance of All Things
Dawn broke. Shattered tablets merged into a wordless stele on the Viking deck. A Yoruba priestess crushed Aztec cocoa, sprinkling it as an offering:
“Yemaya, teach us to flow like rivers, crumble like cliffs, dance like storms.”
The stele glowed with the Bhagavad Gita (18.66):
“मन्मना भव…” (“Surrender to Me, for I am your soul.”)
Laozi’s final whisper echoed:
“The Dao unspoken is the eternal Dao…”
Epilogue: Eternal Bonfire and Fluid Law
Twenty years later, Moses walked barefoot on a Viking ship, followed by children chanting Upanishads and Ifa hymns. When asked of the Ten Commandments, he pointed to a bonfire:
“Behold the flame—it shapes laws, then scatters as drumbeats. True law lets fire choose its form.”
In the distance, Wukong’s staff tapped Yoruba-Hebrew rhythms into oak roots. Nezahualcoyotl’s verse lingered:
“¿Acaso no soy floreciente y hermoso? / Mi cuerpo es de flores y canto.”
Core Themes & Citations
- Ifa Rituals: Yoruba chants (Odu Ifa) merge natural elements with law.
- Aztec Poetry: Nezahualcoyotl’s Cantares dialogues with Bhagavad Gita’s karma yoga.
- Viking Lore: Mistletoe rituals (The Golden Bough) symbolize law’s fragility and rebirth.
- Bhagavad Gita: Verses on action (2.47) and cosmic cycles (4.7-8) anchor Moses’ awakening.
- Daoist-Norse Synergy: Thurisaz runes mirror Laozi’s “Great craft seems clumsy.”
This work proves: Wisdom flows like air and tides, unbound by civilization. When commandments breathe with Yoruba drums, and Vikings bow to mistletoe, humanity hears the universe’s symphony.