The Origin of Origins

In the beginning, there were no traces of humans, but there was a galaxy with eight planets circling around their ruler and mother-figure, the Sun. The Sun valued intelligence and curiosity to learn very highly, and was always encouraging the planets to explore and learn from the galaxy surrounding them. The sun, following her own advice, had discovered how to create mankind, and she needed to find a safe place for them to reside. She decided that she would invite all the planets to participate in a competition that would test their willingness and ability to think deeply and challenge themselves. The winner would follow in the Sun’s footsteps and be the mother to all humans. “The rules are simple,” the Sun said. “Each of you will be given a full day to create a star as big and as bright as possible. The only thing I ask, as I am testing your mental stamina, is that you work on this challenge only within the allotted time. The challenge will begin at midnight.”

Knowing that Earth would follow all the rules and naturally was the most creative, the other planets decided that they would all begin working on their stars early and when they only had one hour left, they would combine all their stars into one megastar. This would guarantee a win, as they would surely be able to create bigger and brighter star than the star Earth could concoct in 24 hours alone. Earth, excited about the challenge took a nap and began working on the star at 12:01. Earth worked tirelessly exploring all ideas that might increase the star’s size and glow.

 It became time to judge the stars. The megastar glared so bright it hurt to look at, and was massive compared to the star Earth had created. Suddenly however, the megastar’s light went out and became a dark mass that revealed the imperfections of the combinations of many stars. “You all deceived me,” the Sun said. “I know you worked on your star before time had begun, which is a shame since you worked together and created something divine. The evil within you conquered your mind and now your star will remain in the sky as a reminder to all that temptation taints your conscience. The megastar will now be Earth’s moon as Earth has won the challenge.”

Earth’s star still resides in the sky today as the North star, its light leading people all over the world to explore new things. Also, as humans were put on Earth, they had no knowledge of how or why they were placed on Earth. Therefore, every day, humans are forced to explore and come up with their own thoughts on their beginnings. The Sun watches over Earth and "People are in the daylight realm,"(Iroquois 173-174) in which they can learn and adventure the greatness that surrounds them. But as the Sun goes down, humans and planets are reminded of the results of temptation during, “the fearful realm of night,” (Iroquois 176).