In one corner of that never-ending sky, He, who rules all beings, created a cloud. In its shadow, he brought into being a great ocean. The water of that ocean was quite unlike the water of this world. It is from that ocean that this world was made, so it is called the waters of creation. In the coolness of its waters He, who rules, lay down to sleep. While he slept, submerged in the water, he began to breathe deep, regular breaths. Time came into being. Aeons passed
