Spupmi

\bo{Spupmi} \cf{Sparker} OS \sco{spupen} \cf{to appear, to flash, to shine suddenly, to spark} + \sco{-mi} \cf{forename suffix}. From Proto-Sumric \sco{*spyp-} \cf{to appear} and cognate to Hajec \sco{spip} \cf{to arrive}\\ \indent

The Spupmi are a race of avian-like spirits that dwell in the sky. The are often formless but for short periods of time they can manifest in a wispy and cloudy body with no solid core, the surface of the \cf{body} looks like a giant finch ranging from 2 - 3 metres long. A bright light seems too emit from the centre of the spirit, the colour of which varies with the individual. The Spupmi can only manifest as night time, the reason for this lies in the settlements legends. \\

It is said, that after King Seminus's reign when all humans had either fled Mácu or had been turned into salmon, that Mácu had become populated with the Spupmi in the absence of humans. They were created by the avian fate spirit Anepi, who drank sunlight and afterwards layed a large egg called \sco{Spupmipë} \cf{Spupmi container} and gifted it to the fate spirit Erotru who reigned over Mácu as a gift. When Erotru received Spupmipë it hatched and from the egg a thousand winged spirits of light spewed out and took to the sky. For a time they flew and wandered around aimlessly and without direction. As a result they shone brightly everywhere, day and night. Such so that the animals in the land struggled to sleep with the constant bright light, causing many to go mad or fall ill. This compelled the animals to wage a war against the Spupmi, the eagles and birds terrorised the spirits as they flew in the sky, the mammoths threw great boulders and logs into the sky aiming for the bright wispy clouds and the cave lions would leap into the air with claws bared. With such a large and aggressive effort against the disparate spirits, one of them had an idea to unite them into one force. The spirit was named \sco{Spupmi} (It is from him that the avian spirits gained their name) whose colour shone a dark and deep black. Under Spupmi the shining spirits were winning the war and this remained true until a new group of entities joined the fight. These new beings could create and alter their own light which shone hot, hot enough to break the wispy clouds of a spupmi's body, armies upon armies fell to the incomers. The new threat worried Spupmi greatly so he went to find out what the mysterious new species was, and what he found was man. By the time the Spupmi war had begun a new wave of humans had entered Mácu during the fourth settlement. Their use of fire proved to much for the spupmi so instead of continuing to wage war an agreement was reached between the species of the earth and the spupmi. They agreed that by day the world belonged to men, birds and beasts and that by night the Spupmi could wander, but only in the very high sky where the light would not be invasive. \\

That story explains the origin of the bright glimmering, wispy and colourful lights that often appears in the night sky, the northern lights.