The Six Books of Genesis

by Mike Xeno

The Story of Creation, and how the Three Worlds came to be, and the Prophecy of the Crafter

1. Introduction

INTRODUCTION

(The Six Books of Genesis)

Here follows the story of how the Three Worlds came to be: the Over-World which is our Home, the Nether-World wherein reside the Abominations, and the End-World where the Dragon dwells. Here also is prophesized the coming of the Crafter, the one who knows all the Magicks of the World, and who alone may stand against the spawns of the Darkness.

Author's note: This story is intended to be something of a Bible for the world of Minecraft – not in the sense of being a guidebook for playing the game, but a story of Creation as it might be told by a villager within the game. The various aspects of their world are explained in a religious manner, incorporating various game elements.

I came up with it while I was constructing a village in my own Minecraft world, and when it came time to build the church, it seemed too easy to just mark the building with a giant crucifix or something like that. Instead, I starting wondering what kind of religious symbols these villagers would likely have.

I began with the assumption that they would worship the Sun – it seemed logical, since the main thing they would have to fear would be the Zombies and Skeletons and such, and those come out at night and are destroyed by the Sun. The rest… just kind of came together.