Section 10: Chapter 13 Summary

Memnoch tells the tale of how he covered himself in matter to walk among the humans and follow their activities to see how they were a part of nature. On the third day, he spied a woman and decided to experience sexual union so as to fully understand man. He experienced profound joy at the union and claimed love for the woman. God called to Memnoch with wrath and told him to stay among the humans that he loved so much. God's anger came from Memnoch's joining of the son of God with the daughter of man. The woman took Memnoch back to the encampment and told the tribe of all she had seen in Memnoch's being cast from the light, of his wings, his size, and his fall that would have crushed any man. Memnoch prayed that God tell him...