Trickster Tale: The Sun and The Moon
The Sun and the Moon
Many, many years ago before humans walked the Earth; the Earth would stay dark all twenty four hours of the day. The moon and stars being lovers would flourish in the sky all day and night long. Back then, the sun would never come out from behind the moon. Those reasons were unknown, but one day the sun had enough and became enraged in jealousy. Being clever and witty the sun devised a plan to kick the moon’s lover out of the sky and have the moon for him. The moons lover, Mahigan, was very gullible and only lived to please the moon and love the moon. Knowing this, the sun approached Mahigan and made a proposition to him. “You know the Earth has beautiful roses. I’m sure the moon would absolutely love a bouquet of them. All you have to do is go down on land and pick some and then return,” the sun said sneakily. “Wow that’s a great idea,” replied Mahigan. “I shall go down and return with the prettiest flowers for my love.” Mahigan was very naive and unknowingly he crossed the spirit border between the sky and the earth. After you cross this border, you are forbidden to return to live in the sky and are banished to roam the earth. When he realized he could not return, he became encompassed with sadness and longing for the moon. He began to howl for the moon. The moon realizing what happened immediately became stricken with grief and began to weep. She didn’t even want to live in the sky without Mahigan. The sun seeing the moon so sad thought it was the perfect time for him to sweep in and become the friend the moon needed, but it backfired. The moon was so sad and depressed she cut herself off from any contact with anyone for the longest time causing the sun to stay in the sky and take her place.
Finally over time, she came back into the sky, but only for a certain number of hours. The rest of her time is spent crying and looking through the land for Mahigan. Mahigan also spends his days very sad and lonely. Every time he sees the
Many, many years ago before humans walked the Earth; the Earth would stay dark all twenty four hours of the day. The moon and stars being lovers would flourish in the sky all day and night long. Back then, the sun would never come out from behind the moon. Those reasons were unknown, but one day the sun had enough and became enraged in jealousy. Being clever and witty the sun devised a plan to kick the moon’s lover out of the sky and have the moon for him. The moons lover, Mahigan, was very gullible and only lived to please the moon and love the moon. Knowing this, the sun approached Mahigan and made a proposition to him. “You know the Earth has beautiful roses. I’m sure the moon would absolutely love a bouquet of them. All you have to do is go down on land and pick some and then return,” the sun said sneakily. “Wow that’s a great idea,” replied Mahigan. “I shall go down and return with the prettiest flowers for my love.” Mahigan was very naive and unknowingly he crossed the spirit border between the sky and the earth. After you cross this border, you are forbidden to return to live in the sky and are banished to roam the earth. When he realized he could not return, he became encompassed with sadness and longing for the moon. He began to howl for the moon. The moon realizing what happened immediately became stricken with grief and began to weep. She didn’t even want to live in the sky without Mahigan. The sun seeing the moon so sad thought it was the perfect time for him to sweep in and become the friend the moon needed, but it backfired. The moon was so sad and depressed she cut herself off from any contact with anyone for the longest time causing the sun to stay in the sky and take her place.
Finally over time, she came back into the sky, but only for a certain number of hours. The rest of her time is spent crying and looking through the land for Mahigan. Mahigan also spends his days very sad and lonely. Every time he sees the