The Mother Spirit In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

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In the beginning there was a father and a mother spirit and they had three children in which they named after the power given to them. First is Firea spirit, then there is Aqua spirit, and lastly Winder spirit. They all had the power to control and create something. Father spirit had created the stars for them when they were born. As time grew on they got older, all they ever did was play, sleep, and there wasn’t much else to do with time they grew bored and always felt like they were missing something.
Years passed with nothing to do. Finally mother spirit grew tired of their playing and ventured to talk to her children. She asked them to create a good and beautiful place to live. She told them they had one star rock to work with, it was the biggest star
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The first creature they called a horse, they gave the horse eyes full of the fire spirit, a heart at gentle as the river that flowed by the elder tree, and the coat and mane of the wind always wild and free. This creature was burnt by the fire spirit so she moved to the nearest star to watch the creature grow and learn. She became the sun, and they continued to make more horses.
The spirit family constantly whispered to the creatures and the horses helped them create the rest of their children, they created millions of creatures with the horses ruling all. They wanted the earth to always stay genuine and beautiful so they watch over and help rule with the horses. The horses could whisper to the spirits or one spirit like creature called humans but they stopped listening with time.
Aqua lives within every drop of water, firea lives and rules the sun, and winder lives the closest; he is in every spec of the air, he blows our hair, creates storms, and controls our atmosphere. Now for mother and father spirit they walk our earth helping to create good and happiness on the earth. They’re lives were complete and

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