The Builder

The Builder was there the first time someone shielded their family from the rain by propping a large leaf against the bough of a tree, she was there the first time animal hides were stretched over a frame of heavy bones, and she was there the first time a stone slab was shaped into a rectangular block and set into the foundation of a cathedral.

The builder is there every time an engineer has a flash of inspiration, every time the fires of a forge are lit, every time the walls go up around a new settlement. However, she is also there when a bird weaves a twig into its nest, when a honeybee lays down a comb of wax, and when a beaver drags a log into its dam.

She is the god of taming wild spaces, and of civilization, innovation, and creation.

The Builder appears as a broad-shouldered woman in simple workers’ clothing. She carries a hive of bees on her back, which swarm about her. She has the tools of engineering strapped about her and wields a huge sledgehammer.