DALDZAH is a bedtime story about combining the traditional with the modern and uniting the divided. A kaleidoscope of the grandeur and beauty of the North Caucasus.
DEATH IS NO MOREThe Daughter of the Sun destroyed the cradle of death. Death is no more, leaving only the undead Namalats. The Child runs away from home to return the forgotten amulet to father and meet mother at the top. The mountain guides the child through places of worship. The child warms his way, learns about the past, present and future, reunites the mountain and the family.MASH1O, THE CHILD OF DARKNESS, SUN, AND MANKINDInteract with the world as a playful child
Mash1o is a small flame born of the blood of a Great Warrior, the light of the Daughter of the Sun and the darkness of the Lord of Death. And his legs burn as he runs. Warm the space by running in circles. Burn all obstacles on the way by dashing.
JOURNEY THROUGH DEITIESMountain changed with death gone
Mash1o visits 7 abodes, meeting deities from North Caucasian pagan religions and helping them with their problems. His path takes him through:
Ruins of the Land of the Dead, the abode of the Ossetian lord of death Barastyr
Tower Town, the abode of the Vainakh goddess of country Mehka-nana
Sun Fields, the abode of the Abazian goddess of bees Gwynda and the Abkhazian goddess of fertility Dzhadzha
Dried Great River’s Riverbed, the abode of the Vainakh goddess of water Hi-nana
Dark Broken Sky, the abode of the Kabardino-Balkarian deity of the sky Kek Teyrisi and the Adyghe incarnation of lightning Schyble
The Place of Sun and Moon, the abode of the Ossetian god of manhood Uastyrdzhi
The Top of Mountain, the abode of the Ossetian goddess of sun Atzyruhs
REMINISCENCES OF THE DEATHThe fragments of the world gone
The mythical past bursts into the present with a haze before the eyes of Mash1o. The mountain itself tells of the gods, the past of Mash1o’s parents and the effects of death’s destruction on the world.