Once upon a time the Sun and the Moon were married, and they had
many children who were the stars. The Sun was very fond of this
children, but whenever he tried to embrace any of them, he was so
hot that he burned them up. This made the Moon so angry that finally
she forbade him to touch them again, and he was greatly grieved.
One day the Moon went down to the spring to do some washing, and when she left she told the
sun that he must not touch any of their children in her absence.
When she returned, however, she found that he had disobeyed her, and
several of the children in had perished.
She was very angry, and picked up a banana tree to strike hime,
whereupon he threw sand in her face, and to this day you can see the
dark marks on the face of the Moon.
Then the Sun started to chase her, and they have been going ever
since. Sometimes he gets so near that he almost catches her, but she
escapes, and bay and bay she is far ahead again.[2]
[1] These Visayan tales reflect old beliefs covered with a veneer of European
ideas. The Visayan still holds to many of the old superstitions, not
because he has reasoned them out for himself, but because his
ancestors believed them and transmitted them to him in such stories as
these.
[2] A very old explanatory tale. In a slightly varying from it is found
in other parts of the islands.
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