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Lusio And Mother

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There were once a god, and a goddess whose names were The Sun Father, and the Moonlight-Giving Mother. The Zuni tribe of Pueblo, Western Mexico worshipped these two gods as night and day. One day the Sun Father, and Moonlight-Giving Mother came together during a solar eclipse causing the creation of a child who was named Lusio, The God of Light. Lusio was the creation of both the Sun Father, and Moonlight-Giving Mother, thus he had inherited both the powers of his parents. He had the ability to control the light of the sun during the day, and the light of the moon during the night, however; as he grew older he started to resent his parents because he did not see the need for two gods to control both when there could be one mighty and powerful god. One day he confronted them “Mother, father why must there be a Sun Father and Moonlight-Giving Mother if I can control both night and day, I should be the only god that can control light” Lusio said. “We exist because we must in order for there to be balance between night, and day” Sun Father replied”. However this did not make sense to Lusio, he thought he should the the only one to control both the light of day and night. Lusio was only still a child, however; that did not stop him from conspiring to kill his mother, and father. That very night he attempted to murder his mother in the light of …show more content…

She then cast him away into the night sky, trapping him inside of a star in the sky with nothing but darkness surrounding him. Lusio, The God of Light was stranded, and alone he sat for thirty years until he grew powerful enough to escape his bondage of light. The day he escaped there was another solar eclipse, he saw his opportunity to claim his title of the almighty god of light, night and day. The Sun Father and Moonlight-Giving Mother were together creating the perfect time to strike. He then made his way to the eclipse, confronting both his mother, and

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