This is a simple origin story from the Tinguian province. It's told like a joke or when you don't have time to tell an epic to children. It's about how the moon got its dark spots.
After the Creator finished making the Earth, the Sun and the Moon quarreled with each other. The Sun said “You are only the Moon. If I did not give you light, you would be no good at all.”
But the Moon responded “You are only the Sun, and you are very hot. The women like me better, for I am romantic, and when I shine at night, they go outdoors and dance.”
These words on the Moon made the Sun so angry that he threw sand in her face, and you can still see the dark spots on the face of the Moon.
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