Kuat & Lae (the Sun and the Moon)
Lae & Kuat
He is the moon god for the Mamaurans, while Kuat is the sun god for them, a tribe of the Amazon that lives in Brazil. According to a Mamaurana legend, at the beginning of time it had been like this, in heaven, that daylight could not be avoided. It was always night and people lived in fear of being attacked by wild animals. Tired of the darkness, two heroes, Iae and his brother Kuat, decided to force the king of the birds, Urubutsin, who shared a little daylight with the people of the Amazon.
The two brothers hid inside a dead animal and they pass days waiting inside of him, as soon as Urubutsin arrived, Kuat grabbed his leg. Unable to escape, Urubutsin was forced to make an agreement with the two brothers. The birds will share the light of day with the mammas, and the night will alternate with the day. Since then, Kuat represented the Sun and Iae the Moon.
He is the moon god for the Mamaurans, while Kuat is the sun god for them, a tribe of the Amazon that lives in Brazil. According to a Mamaurana legend, at the beginning of time it had been like this, in heaven, that daylight could not be avoided. It was always night and people lived in fear of being attacked by wild animals. Tired of the darkness, two heroes, Iae and his brother Kuat, decided to force the king of the birds, Urubutsin, who shared a little daylight with the people of the Amazon.
The two brothers hid inside a dead animal and they pass days waiting inside of him, as soon as Urubutsin arrived, Kuat grabbed his leg. Unable to escape, Urubutsin was forced to make an agreement with the two brothers. The birds will share the light of day with the mammas, and the night will alternate with the day. Since then, Kuat represented the Sun and Iae the Moon.
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