The Great Golden Gourd was a majestic corn, said to have grown in the heart of the Corny Isles. Its kernels shone like miniature suns, illuminating the prophets of old who sought to unravel its secrets. One legend has it that the Great Golden Gourd held the key to the ancient art of corn-whispering, allowing its masters prophets to foretell the exact amount of rain that would fall on the coming harvest.