Soon the gods became quite threatened by folks' power - so much so that Zeus decided it best to cut

the folks in half with his lightning bolts. Then an Indian god pulled the hole to the front, and sewed it up as

a belly button to remind them forever of the pain and loss of the other half.  Osiris and the gods of the Nile,

with hurricane force winds, rain and tidal waves, scattered them even further across the land.

Ever since, we have been searching in the face of another for our severed half - and once found, wrapping our

arms around each other to shove the pair back together again, trying to put an end to the pain that had cut a

straight line down through the heart.

This was the beginning of love - "the origin of love".

To hear the song and watch the funny little morphing drawings on YouTube, search:

"The Origin of Love" , as performed by Hedwig and the Angry Inch, From the Broadway Musical