Book 3 opens with a description of the swords that the gods have chosen to represent them. The swords represent the four corners of the land where the sun will be destroyed. They will be thrown into the ocean, where they will be picked up by four angels and hurled across the universe. The narrator tells us that the four angels will be chosen by the gods, but that they will not be chosen for the four jewels of light that will be flung across the ocean. Instead, the four will be selected for the first four metamorphoses, the places where the bodies of the dead will be metamorphosed into living beings. When the narrator sees the swords, he is shocked to find that they are not the swords of the gods. He is also shocked to learn that the swords are made of glass, which means that they do not reflect the sun's rays. He asks the blacksmith to swing the swords so that he can see what is happening to the body of the sun. The blacksmith swings the sword, and the sun is dead. The sun is going to die, the narrator tells the blacksmith, and he should go and see the sword. He then asks the sorcerer to take her on his trip to the south, where she will be able to see the inscriptions on the stone giants. She tells him that they have lost their way in the storm, and that they must go south to find the inscriptions. She then tells him to come with her. She asks him to take the sword with him, but he refuses, saying that it is too small for him to handle. He tells her to take care of it, and she agrees to go with him.