Arrluk's thoughts were heavy. He lay atop the grandfather stone which Aiolos again and again climbed up and sat until his bones made it so that he no longer could.
Would the Moon villages die out without its Moonwoman, without its Sunman? What would become of their people, without the profound leaders of all at the helm? It brought Arrluk great pride that his parents were so revered, yet also brought great sorrow. The villages had broken and dwindled. Their old way of life, their customs, had been turned away for far grandeur ways by many of their family. The villages had fallen to silence and just like that, they were gone.
He could not hope to hold onto all the things which had once made Moonglow so great. To step into the pawprints of Moonwoman and Sunman would surely mean a great failure to the new couple and surely a disappoint to those which took part in it. No, he could not be this, for there was no replacing those who had built this place and those who were now gone. Arrluk only could have the prayer to pick up the pieces of what remained and push foward into this new and unknowing dark waters.
And so Arrluk sang out over Moonglow. His voice loud and sharp, for any who may hear it near. The place of Moonwoman and Sunman were sacred to the Sunshine people. A title that would retire and be remembered only by the wolves who first held it and made it everything that it was.
Now his song would sing of instead Sǫ'agnak and Tóangun. Starwoman and Waterman of the Moon villages.
Would the Moon villages die out without its Moonwoman, without its Sunman? What would become of their people, without the profound leaders of all at the helm? It brought Arrluk great pride that his parents were so revered, yet also brought great sorrow. The villages had broken and dwindled. Their old way of life, their customs, had been turned away for far grandeur ways by many of their family. The villages had fallen to silence and just like that, they were gone.
He could not hope to hold onto all the things which had once made Moonglow so great. To step into the pawprints of Moonwoman and Sunman would surely mean a great failure to the new couple and surely a disappoint to those which took part in it. No, he could not be this, for there was no replacing those who had built this place and those who were now gone. Arrluk only could have the prayer to pick up the pieces of what remained and push foward into this new and unknowing dark waters.
And so Arrluk sang out over Moonglow. His voice loud and sharp, for any who may hear it near. The place of Moonwoman and Sunman were sacred to the Sunshine people. A title that would retire and be remembered only by the wolves who first held it and made it everything that it was.
Now his song would sing of instead Sǫ'agnak and Tóangun. Starwoman and Waterman of the Moon villages.
These titles known among the moon villages is derived of both sunshine language of Arrluk and navajo of Ajei. They may also be referred to as starwoman and waterman.
Sǫ'agnak, meaning starwoman.
sǫ' (star in navajo) & agnak (woman in sunshine)
Tóangun, meaning waterman.
Tó (water in navajo) & angun (man in sunshine)
Sǫ'agnak, meaning starwoman.
sǫ' (star in navajo) & agnak (woman in sunshine)
Tóangun, meaning waterman.
Tó (water in navajo) & angun (man in sunshine)
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