My Creation Myth: The Story of Ilios and Taiga

Pitch black in the dark void, there were two lonely gods: the Sun God, Ilios, and the Moon God, Taiga. They were disappointed they had no one to talk to, however, Ilios accepted the fact that he’s the only one in this solemn void. Until the first solar eclipse occurred, Ilios saw this cold orb shortening the distance between them, also known as Taiga. Ilios and Taiga faced each other and bonded over the fact that they were both isolated. Therefore, they created a planet called Earth as their source of entertainment. They continued with a deal, neither one of them would make any changes to Earth without the other ones consent, but the only time they saw each other was the solar eclipses.

Taiga and Ilios were disinterested of watching an empty planet just floating around and they were both dying to see each other in order to make new changes. Just as they wished the second solar eclipse came to be, Taiga and Ilios instantly created creatures such as humans, bears, tigers, birds, and other animals. They agreed that they will equally get 12 hours of the 24 hour day. However, Taiga demanded for one single detail, that the creatures would have period of time where they can rest and sleep. Ilios thought she was insane, he wanted for the creatures to be awake and working all the time for his pleasure. Taiga was enraged while Ilios was confident that he was completely taking control. But before Taiga could yell at him at the top of her lungs, Taiga was slowly drifting away, the solar eclipse was ending, Taiga officially could not do anything about it according to their deal, Taiga left with hatred towards Ilios. While, Ilios felt as if he was an overpowering king, and this feeling seemed to linger on .

After a year, Ilios decided to create a distinction between sea animals and land animals, because he was sick and tired with only land animals. The land animals only filled the air with loud growls and roars. Ilios wanted to hear the whale calls from the ocean and witness the dolphins jumping. Taiga is orbiting the Earth, feeling responsible for the animals being exhausted, to the point where she does not want to look at Earth because it will only remind her of her burden. However, she finally took a peek towards this “overworked” Earth. She quickly notices that there are animals in the salty blue sea and instantly knows that it was one of Ilioss’ doings. She could not believe her eyes, the betrayal that she felt was unimaginable. She was a centimeter away from getting rid of all the creatures just to provoke Ilios. Instead, she wanted animals to live longer in any habitat they were in and gave them natural instinct to allow them to adapt to anything Ilios throws at them. This indeed did made Ilioss’ blood boil. Taiga was on her way orbiting around Earth but heading straight towards Ilios, she was ready to give him a piece of her mind. They were once again facing each other, but this time Taiga is full of rage with Ilioss’ face right in front of her, which shows no care or interest, this just added fuel to Taigas’ fire. Taiga just yells and yells about how this was evil for the creatures, how she suffered watching the animals, and how he had no right to do anything that he has done.

By the time she was done yelling, Earth no longer had a bright Sun shining upon them, but had a deep charcoal, starless sky because Taiga was taking back control, as well as taking the dominance from Ilios. Ilios was in great shock and felt as if he had murdered a whole race with the way Taiga was yelling. Without letting Ilios speak, Taiga faces Earth and put the animals that suffered and worked the hardest into a deep sleep, creating hibernation. She made all the animals sleep at night except for those who worshipped the Sun god. Those animals were soon to be called nocturnal, which were the owls, foxes, bats, many more creatures. If there were animals sleeping while Ilios was watching, it was his punishment to be reminded of the embarrassing sin that he committed. Ilios does not move a single inch, just simply watches what Taiga pleases to do. When Taiga was satisfied with her changes, she finally faces Ilios and gave him a chance to speak. Ilios directly apologized for all the wrong he has done, Taiga was relieved that he was not that oblivious,and accepted his apology. Taiga and Ilios continued making changes to Earth every solar eclipse even though there was great tension that never left, but never broke their deal again.