Qylai Iyltaan

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In the time before, Laiasaeoma and Uoiopaoela were wed. In the vows of their marriage, Laiasaeoma bestowed part of her power upon Uoiopaoela, relinquishing her supremacy over the earth and keeping only the sky. In return, Uoiopaoela promised eternal love and dedication.

Thus Uoiopaoela ruled the land and seas, and he was a worthy ruler. Under his reign, life flourished. Grass grew long and green, the soil fertile and moist nurtured many plants to full growth. Fauna flocked to the flora, herbivores feasting merrily in the lush vegetation. Uoiopaoela gazed adoringly over his demesne and was content.

Laiasaeoma, the Mistress of the Sky, brought light to the world. Each day she danced a dazzling display across the her realm of clouds, until, exhausted, she would fall down into her husband's embrace. One day, she painted the sky with stars to help guide weary wanderers while she slumbered.

During the day, Uoiopaoela and Laiasaeoma were inseparable. The circled each other, entwined in a deep love. However, each night, when Laiasaeoma fell asleep, Uoiopaoela found himself alone. It was a cold loneliness, devoid of the fire of passion that filled his days. It was on one such despondent night that he encountered Waumatarao.

Waumatarao was shy, and where Laiasaeoma shone with exuberance, Waumatarao instead kept to herself, reserved and quiet. She offered peaceful reflection and they soon became fast friends. With every morning she would flee, terrified by the vigorous activity of Laiasaeoma.

Uoiopaoela found he enjoyed his thought-provoking conversations with Waumatarao. She offered insight and posed challenging questions that left him thinking long and hard. One day Laiasaeoma asked him why he looked so down, not his usual gleeful self, and Uoiopaoela told her of Waumatarao and the questions they pondered. Laiasaeoma was jealous of her husband's new found friendship. Was she not enough for him? Uoiopaoela insisted no, that she was, and would ever remain, the light of his day and that none would come between their love. Still, Laiasaeoma was not convinced. She told Uoiopaoela to bring Waumatarao to her, so that she could meet her herself. She promised to be calm, so as not to frighten her away.

So, on a dull, cloudy day, Uoiopaoela brought forth Waumatarao to meet his beloved. They posed questions to each other, inviting deeper consideration. Laiasaeoma shrugged off any such burden of thought, failing to see the interest in pondering things one would simply never know the answer to. The day stretched out, and Laiasaeoma tired. As with every night, she moved to her husband's embrace, but he was too engaged in contemplation with Waumatarao to notice her.

Laiasaeoma, scorned by her husband's betrayal, lashed out in anger. Jealous rage overcame her and she struck Waumatarao, tearing her pale visage to shreds. Waumatarao fled in the face of such hate, never to be seen by the Mistress of the Sky again. Laiasaeoma scorched the earth in wrath, laying waste to all that she saw. Still enraged at her husband, she drowned him in the burning earth, once his garden of bountiful life. Exhausted from her rage, Laiasaeoma then burrowed herself amongst the sands of her ruination and began to sleep. Thus the Uipa'tan and Laia'tan were formed.

It is said the sands still burn hot due to her simmering, eternal anger.