Origins

Stories tagged Origins:

• Why the Sun and Moon Are in the Sky Aug 17, 2025

  

  Gather close and listen to the elders’ breath — this is the old tale of how the sun and moon took the high road and left the earth to its shadows. Once, long before the sky learned to keep watch, the sun and moon walked among us like traders on the road.

  In that time, people measured days by the falling of palm fronds and nights by the hush of sleeping goats. The sun, a bright woman with hair like woven gold, loved to dance in the fields. The moon, a quiet man with silver threads in his beard, favoured the cool riverbank, where he hummed songs to fish. They would visit the village at will, sharing warmth and cool, and the people would lay out cloth and food in welcome.