A Winter's Tale

Aldmer lay in a circle of snow,
Terrible wounds had laid him low;
Then Primera came to earth,
Bringing with her all her mirth.
“Beautiful one, as bright as the sun,
Surely you can heal me true.”
“No, my child, your wounds are wild,
And I must begone ere day has dawned.”

Pity stayed Primera’s heart—
From such a one she could not part,
Stayed with him through all the night,
Fev’rishly trying to cure his plight.
“Beautiful one, as fair as the sun,
Surely you can heal me true.”
“Peace, my child, your wounds are wild,
And I cannot fly ere sun meets sky.”

Sunrise saw Primera still
Working at her patient’s ill;
She began to fade away,
Caught out in the light of day.
“Beautiful one, outshined by the sun
My life has been spared, since you have dared.
Fly from doom to heights of gloom;
Let not earth become your tomb.”

Jonmer lay in Secunda’s Kiss
Basking in her lunar bliss;
Long it’s been since she walked the hills,
But the giants love her still.

So I don't know how this one happened. I've had the tune stuck in my head for a few days now (the melody starts at 0:30), and it was going to be about a guy and a girl (it is a winter's tale, after all, and unless you're going to sing about the never-ending snow of a Nordic-type land—not the greatest thing after a few years, or so I'm told—there's not much), but I didn't know what. Secunda's Kiss, though, that's pretty romantic, right? Except actually, Secunda is the lesser moon of Nirn, and Secunda's Kiss is a sacred place to the giants. So then it turned into the origin of the giants (just the giants, nobody else cares about Secunda's Kiss) and it probably doesn't fit into the mythology of Nirn at all, but giants don't care. Giants do what they want.

And I guess that's how it happened.

As a bonus, I feel that this origin of Secunda (who was Primera until she was out in the sun, at least in my headcanon) fits in beautifully with, wait for it, "Secunda" from the Skyrim soundtrack.