BABE, THEY WORSHIPPED, SO THEY SAID, THE GREAT OLD ONES WHO LIVED AGES BEFORE THERE WERE ANY MEN, AND WHO CAME TO THE YOUNG WORLD OUT OF THE SKY. THOSE OLD ONES WERE GONE NOW, INSIDE THE EARTH AND UNDER THE SEA; BUT THEIR DEAD BODIES HAD TOLD THEIR SECRETS IN DREAMS TO THE FIRST MEN, WHO FORMED A CULT WHICH HAD NEVER DIED.