Palantir and the Language of Creation

In the beginning, and recurrently, the Earth is a formless void. God declares, "Let there be light," and the world starts to articulate. Light is separated from darkness, sky from water, land from sea. Plants appear on the land, birds in the sky, and creatures in the sea. Finally, Adam is created and granted the power to name all the animals, and from his rib comes a woman, Eve, whose name means to give life.