What are the myths, legends and folktales about the sun, moon and stars in the second grade?

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The origin of the sun, moon and stars:

In ancient times, legend has it that heaven and earth, mortals and dragons all live in one place, not divided into what is high and low noble and lowly, we all go up to the mountain together to catch wild beasts, pick fruits, and together to have fun, and intermarry with each other. At that time, heaven and earth were not divided, and floods often flooded, and people suffered year after year, and suffered, and went hither and thither, and had a miserable life.

In order to save human lives and multiply descendants, King Pangu tried all means, and after nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine years of cultivation, he made a big axe that opened up the sky and opened up the earth. He was so powerful that he carried two mountains on his shoulders and traveled ten thousand miles in a day, and nothing could stop him. One day, he sat alone on the head of the Podsolmi Mountain, long contemplation, and then raised the hand of the big axe, "bla bla bla" slashed three times, an axe split open the blanket of white fog, the immortals were sent to heaven, told them to control the thunder, not to allow it to roar; an axe split through the bottom of the sea, creating a dragon palace, told the Dragon King to control the flood, not to allow it to flood the flooded The people of the earth; and then an axe to split the forest and grass, so that people come to the flat dam and river to learn to plant crops. From then on, the heaven, the earth and the dragon palace were divided into three realms: the upper, the middle and the lower realms. Each of the three worlds to choose the king, the upper world to choose Lei Gong; the bottom of the sea to choose the Dragon King; the earth is a vast place, one person can not manage down, Pangu King is too old, we will choose his son to succeed the throne. Soon after, King Pangu fell ill and died.

At that time, although heaven and earth were separated, the three worlds were still dark and gloomy. King Pangu's son and daughter sat down to discuss the matter and resolved to go in search of light. The two of them agreed that whoever saw the light first would be in charge of the day; whoever found the light later would be in charge of the night. At that time, the woman was the most clever: brother went to find ninety-nine things, can not send out light; sister only found nine things, with fire grass leaves in the river bank black stone block, a moment of sparks flying, it burned up. From then on there was light on earth, and later on there was cooked food, and the people grew strong and healthy.

But the first light on earth was not strong, and the illumination was not long, and passed away in a flash. Then my brother came up with a way to make 10,000 torches out of bundles of kudzu and light them at the same time. The younger sister volunteered to look after the ten thousand torches, and she stood on a high hill to let the light shine on the earth, so that people could feel warm. In this way, the brother went to bundle the torches every day, and the sister held them up to illuminate the earth every day. As time went by, the brother and sister married on the mountain and made a home, and the people's life got better. They lived to be 9,999 years old before they died. After they died, the world suddenly darkened again, people were very anxious, so each of them went up the mountain to pick a small flower, inserted in front of the graves of the brother and sister to pray, hoping that the brother and sister continue to keep the light on earth.

While people were crying in front of their graves, the sky suddenly darkened, the wind rose, and a pair of fireballs rose into the sky. People turned their grief into joy and rejoiced. Everyone said that the fireballs were the souls of the two siblings.

After the brother and sister ascended to the sky, they initially traveled together to heaven. In the daytime they went to the top of the sky, the earth felt too hot; at night they went to the bottom of the sky, the earth felt too cold. People were talking about how they wanted one brother and sister to be in charge of the daytime and the other of the nighttime. When the siblings heard what the people were saying, they talked it over and decided to do what the people wanted them to do.

The brother said, "Sister, would you rather be in charge of the day or the night?"

Sister replied: "Kind brother ah, sister I thought about it, the heart is a little difficult: want to manage the night, but also afraid of single women do not dare to walk in the dark; want to manage the daytime well, walking up and down the dress fluttering flip, but also afraid of people on the ground peeping. I don't know what to do, please tell me!"

Brother said: "Sister on earth to create light, the most credit. Brother will give you an idea, I don't know if you like it or not?"

The sister said, "What brother says, sister will follow."

The brother said, "In my opinion, it is better for the sister to mind the daytime. Whoever dares to peek at your dress, you will scatter the ten thousand silver needles around you and stab him in the eyes. In this way there will be no fear of shyness."

After the division of labor, the younger sister was in charge of the daytime, so that the people could plant crops well; and the older brother was in charge of the nighttime, and put away the light, so that the people could have good entertainment and rest. So they gave them both beautiful names, calling the sister "Dangwan" (the sun) and the brother "Yuling" (the moon).

From then on, the sun came out in the daytime and the moon came out at night, and the earth never suffered long darkness again. The sun and the moon are surrounded by thousands of little stars, which people say were turned into little flowers placed in front of the graves of the two siblings.