Page 175 of Hekate: The Witch (Goddesses of the Underworld #1)

Mnemosyne

Before she was a river,

Mnemosyne was a Goddess

seeking her own voice

in an ever-changing world.

One of Gaia’s golden children,

she knew she held command

over the domain of memory,

the gift of remembrance.

But what good is a power

if no one teaches you how to use it?

After the Titanomachy

she set out to find answers.

Along the way she met a shepherd

who promised to help her.

For nine days and nine nights

they spoke of the stars

and the beauty of truths,

but on the very end of the ninth day,

this shepherd revealed

he had tricked her,

for he was truly

the God-King Zeus.

The story could end there,

but Mnemosyne was an ancient Goddess,

and in her womb she carried

her vengeance.

Nine Goddesses were born

of her. Each one

holding power over every art

and every craft beloved to the Gods.

And with her gift of memory,

she ensured that Zeus remembered

if he ever crossed her again,

she would empty his world

of everything beautiful,

fill his mind with only that

which caused pain.

In an effort to amend

his brother’s grave errors,

Hades gave her safety

in the form of this river

and sway over the realm

of memory. It was her waters

that gave us the gift of remembering.