Indonesian Version
Pada zaman dahulu, orang Mesir mengira Nut si Dewi langit,
menelan Matahari setiap malam dan melahirkan Matahari yang baru keesokan
harinya.
Orang Lithuania di Eropa selatan mengisahkan dongeng yang
berbeda. Matahari dan Bulan saling jatuh cinta, kemudian menikah. Mereka
mempunyai anak yang diberi nama Bumi. Namun, kedua pasangan ini selalu
bertengkar. Bulan meminta supaya Matahari tidak terlalu panas sedangkan
Matahari meminta Bulan supaya tidak terlalu dingin. Akhirnya, mereka pun memutuskan
untuk bercerai.
Namun, masing-masing ingin merawat bumi. Ketika mereka tidak
bisa memutuskan apa yang harus dilakukan, mereka menghadap Dewa Guntur yang
Agung. Guntur berkata kepada Matahari supaya ia merawat anak itu dari pagi
sampai menjelang malam dan berkata kepada Bulan supaya merawatnya sepanjang
malam.
Intulah yang terjadi. Sesekali, kalau Bulan sangat sibuk,
bintang-bintang adiknya, menyinari bumi.
English Version
Long time
ago, the Egyptians thought the goddess Nut sky, swallowing the sun every night
and gave birth to a new sun to the next day.
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| Goddess Nut Sky |
Lithuanian
people in southern Europe tells a different tale. Sun and Moon are in love,
then get married. They had a son named Earth. However, the two couples are
always fighting. Moon asked that the Sun is not too hot while the Sun asked the
Moon from getting too cold. Finally, they decided to divorce.
However,
each of them wants to take care of the earth. When they could not decide what
to do, they are facing the Great God of Thunder. Thunder told the Sun that he
took care of the child from early morning until late at night and said to the Moon
in order to take care of her baby the earth all night.
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| The Sun and the Moon Visited their Son Earth |
That's what
happened. Occasionally, when the Moon is very busy, stars her brother, shining
on the earth.
So, that’s
story tale the day is bright caused of the sun, and the night is dark but
lighten by the moon ^^
So, that’s the reason why the
sun keeps hot and the moon keep cold. The sun is functioning to light the earth
from morning to night, while the moon keeps the earth cold from evening to the
morning. This is happening all the time, but when the season is changing, the
sun does not light the earth, but there is rain is falling and spray the earth,
this is the reason why the plants can grow up, because it is given enough water
from the sky. And as the human being we also need the sun in our daily life to
keep our activity is running well, and also we need the moon in the night for a
better rest.