Cuenta un antiguo mito Arhuaco that he origen del Sol y la Luna se dio cuando el mundo aún era joven y todo estaba en oscuridad, fue entonces cuando una bella indígena arhuaca dio a luz a gemelos, un niño y una niña que nombro Yui y Tima respectivamente.
When observing her children, the young mother could see how they gave off a strong light from their skin, so she was afraid that if she let others see them they would want to steal them, so she hid them in a cave to which she improvised a door with branches. and leaves, but the light that the twins gave off was so strong that it went through the cracks of the improvised door and that caught the attention of the other Arhuacos who approached the cave with drums, conch shells and flutes, and began to play a beautiful tune. that caught the attention of the little ones.
(Also know: Iraca and Ramiriquí: Myth of the origin of humans, the sun and the moon (Chibchas))
Yui was the first to go out to see where the beautiful music came from, upon seeing him the indigenous people immediately tried to catch him, but Yui flew away and took possession of the sky in the form of a sun and those who tried to catch him were turned into stone; Seeing that light was still coming out of the cave, the indigenous people continued playing to attract Tima, who also came out to see where the music was coming from. As she did so, the indigenous people threw ash in her face to blind her and thus be able to catch her, but Tima managed to He flew away and positioned himself near his brother.
From that moment Yui comes out every day like the sun illuminating the day with great strength and during the night Tima comes out like the moon illuminating with less strength because her face was ashen, but she still watches over and illuminates the paths, meadows and fields. of the Arhuacos.
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Este antiguo mito del origen del sol y la luna proviene de la cultura de los Indígenas Arhuacos also known as Ika, Iku either Mamos from Colombia, they usually tell this myth about the origin of the Sun and the Moon to their new generations, as part of the oral tradition of their people.
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