African myth. Sand art by Daria Kotyukh

An African Myth about the Origin of the Sun and the Moon Once upon a time a long time ago there lived a man and a woman who loved each other. One day they had a quarrel, and a man walked away in a fury. He was walking for a very long time, and as he reached the horizon, he turned into the Sun. As the time passed, the woman started missing her beloved and decided to embark on a journey to find him. She went straight to the sky and turned into the Moon. Along the way she scattered some grains from her jug, an