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This book compiles ancient mythology of the Untecnans, from the first poems and short stories to the epics that are still read today in the schools, thanks to their quality and amazing story detail. The stories have been translated into English for international readers of the stories, so they may understand without needing knowledge of Aŋkœtna's language of Siltarian.

The stories are not necessarily in a chronological order.

The Song of Endel
As written by Vātsen
The Song of Endel is an offshoot of another story, featuring a hero named Endel. His song tells a summarized version of his story, from birth to death.

From lands long ago,
Which once were sown
With the blood of brothers
And nothing to own,
There was a hero
By the name Endel,
I tell his story,
Listen well.

Endel was birthed
In the city of Līkkō
To a mortal and a god,
Fair Fænla and Iyo.
With him a half
Of one and the other,
He was powerful,
Which scared his mother.

When he came of age,
She heard his fate,
And sent him away,
Away to Pāt.
In Pāt he worked,
And did good deeds,
But he longed for his home,
And despised his needs.

When the call came
For soldiers to fight,
He was known far and wide
As the one who was bright,
And he was selected swiftly
For the position of command,
And quickly he went.
And quick he was to demand,
That they fight with valor,
And pray to the gods,
That all would be with honor.

So they went to fight
Without looking behind,
And in the end,
Many were sent to find
The bodies of the dead,
And among them
Was one who was said
To be strong, even if he fell,
Without a doubt,
It was Endel.

They carried him home,
And placed him on an altar
And there he was burned
And he was remembered with honor.

Azē and Þellō
As written by Unīl
Azē is a recurring character in Untecnan mythology, with her own story about her love of a mortal man named Þellō. She is a beautiful young sorceress, similar in beauty to nymphs of the ancient Greek mythology.

Out near the waters of the Jæl Sea, there lived a beautiful sorceress named Azē. She was powerful in her abilities, able to shift her whole appearance, and able to perform other grand feats. But here, she lived near the waters, near a calm lagoon. She lived a rather common life, growing some food on a near hill, raising some animals, and sewing her clothes and some art. She lived alone, away from many others that may have sought her out for her powers, and she lived in a fog which obscured those who came, and forced them away past a point. She wanted no visitors, but for those who could be true enough to find their way, and who deserved her help, there was a constantly shifting path through, where those men who came for her assistance could travel through, if they could find the solution. And one of these men was a youthful man named Þellō. He found the solution, and ventured through the path, seeing the woman he sought tending to her animals. She sensed him as soon as he entered, and asked what he needed of assistance. She was captured in heart, yet sound enough outside to appear not such. Þellō asked her for a magic item, not one which could be procured by herself; only by the gods could it be. She pretended, however, to know what he spoke of, and told him away for a time, until she could have the item. After some days of pleading with the gods to give her the item she sought, and some more of waiting, she prepared to bestow upon Þellō the item: A sword which would set his enemies alight on a slash with contact. She gave him a choice as she approached, though: Either he take the sword, and go and fight, or he take her as his bride, and never fight again. She had made herself more beautiful, enhancing herself to suit him, and she won his heart, and he swore to never fight again, and to wed her. Still, he had been captured before, just as she had been. And from then on, they lived together near that lagoon, with the sword firmly planted on the water.