Smorgasbord
At the foot of a large and ancient volcano sits the town of Smorgasbord. Legends say that the first groups to settle in the region modeled their baking ovens after that of Anzere, the goddess of the land and harvest. The story goes that her husband Ig, a minor fire god, first brought about liquid fire in an attempt to make his work easier. However, upon finding that his liquid fire burned straight through the barrel he had, for it was not made to carry fire that could slosh, Ig fell into a blinding rage. After Ig had bubbled and fumed for many days his wife happened upon him, having noticed his absence.
It is not clear just how Anzere arrived at her conclusion, though all scholars agree it was quite quick, as Anzere was known for the head upon her shoulders just as much as the wheat upon the soil. In an effort to give her husband's tantrum an outlet, she moved the ground about him. Though it took many days, the land around Ig soon morphed into a basin in which he kicked and splashed his liquid fire. It was only once the land reached up into the sky, and the dirt gave way to rocks below that his blind fury was given direction. With a final oath and a stamp of his foot, Ig sent his liquid fire up and out of the bottleneck of land that Anzere had raised around it.
It was in this way that Anzere constructed for herself an oven, the first of its kind, and showed mortals how best to channel the fury of flame that even Anzere's husband could not always contain. Some could say it is because of Anzere that the town of Smorgasbord stands today as it does.
