The Sun and the Moon
A folk story by Joshua Jiwe, to Mrs. Wembly
In the old days the sun was the only being in the sky, and there was always light. The sun was a beautiful woman, very helpful to man, but prone to jealousy and fits of anger. She had many servants with her as well, the stars, who served her hand and foot at the time. It was a happy time in the world.
One day the sun's mother, the sky, gave birth to another baby girl, the moon. When she was born everyone could tell she was destined for great things, far beyond that of a mere star servant. Naturally, when the sun heard about it she was furious. But she could do nothing yet. She did not want to offend her mother. And so the moon grew up into a different beauty, dark and at the same time still full of the light. She won the admiration of the people, for unlike the sun she mingled with the people and shared in their labor.
One day the sun grew so jealous that she decided she would kill her sister, regardless of what the mother or the people would say. The sun took a sharp sword, and finding the moon, tried to cut her head off, but the moon was too quick and ran away. The sun gave chase, and to this day the chase continues.
Everyone was shocked. How could Sun dishonor herself to kill her own sister? So the star-servants left to serve the moon. Some of them were sorcerers who could make magical concoctions, and they started to make a salve of invisibility. Now as the moon runs, she rubs herself with the salve, slowly turning herself invisible until it wears off a day after she fully covers herself.
Occasionally, though, the moon and the sun meet, and the moon is not cloaked by invisibility. Then the sky turns dark with their conflict as they battle. It is said that one day the two will meet for the final time and do battle to the death until the truly fairest and capable overthrows the other.