Editing Anan:Setting (section)

=='''The Wild Gods from the Older Time'''==
In the years before the King, the Wild Gods walked with men, raising stones and counting stars and performing feats in battle.  Father to all the Wild Gods was Herne the Hunter, with his pack of hounds that chase across the hills and sky.  Mother to them all was Maeve the Triple Goddess, whose eyes are those of a deer, whose hair is the center of the daisy, and whose skin is the snow on the Umbria.

Herne and Maeve cut the year into four portions, one for each aspect of the Goddess and one for Herne’s Hunt.  These are: '''Lammas''', for the birth of the Goddess (spring); '''Brigid''', for the ripening of the Goddess (summer); '''Uaman''', for the war  between Maeve and Herne (fall); and '''Danu''', for Herne’s Wild Hunt (winter).  Danu is also the name of Maeve’s son, who becomes his father when the goddess is born at Lammas.