The Star Queen

In the time before people, the night sky was dark and unadorned.

The Mother of the Land and the Father of the Sea met at the shore to talk about what to do.

The Mother of the Land wanted to extend the twinkling rays of the sun's morning and evening light into the blackness of the night sky. She surmised that wrapping the night in the warm and loving embrace of the day would keep the world warm.

The Father of the Sea disagreed. He saw the wisdom in giving the world light by which to see would be well. He argued that too much light would interfere with the sleep of the animals and the people, and that too much heat would evaporate his beloved waters.

For a full circle of the universe did the two argue over the best way to proceed. Sometimes they crashed and clashed against each other like a raging battle. Sometimes they danced and played and teased like flirting lovers. As they fought, they formed the edges of the world but came no closer to solving the problem of the night sky.

In the end, they came to an accord: each would give a piece of themselves to the night sky. The Mother of the Land gathered everything of herself she could spare and formed it into the moon. The Father of the Sea used his strength to lift into the night sky. They called her Star Queen and gave her dominion of the night sky, to gather up the pain suffered by the people as they learned new lessons and spin that energy into the stars.

But the Father of the Sea was so enamored with their creation, he could not fully let go, which is why the moon not only hangs the stars in the sky, but pulls on the tides as well!