A11C. Sun, moon, and monster eyes. 52.

The sun and moon kill a monster whose eyes shine differently. At first, the Moon takes a brighter eye, but then changes with the Sun.

Mixtecs, Zapotecs, Chatino, Triques, Masatecas, Chinantecs, Cuicateques, Veracruz Nahuatl.

Mesoamerica Mishteks [an old woman tells her two sons to take their food to their father in the mountains; sons meet a deer, kill him; bring home its meat, fill their skin with wasps, hornets, bees; they deny at home that this is their father's meat; the frog tells the old woman that she ate her husband's meat; the old woman has poured sand on her back, since then the frog's back is pimpled; the brothers kill the deer, the old woman's husband; the deer does not respond to the old woman , she hits him in the ear, hornets, etc., bite her; sons promise to relieve her pain in the steam room; they lock the door, the old woman dies, becomes the spirit of the steam bath; the sons left, met the snake, took her eyes, they rose to heaven with a rope; one and a half eyes became the sun, half an eye became a month]: Dyk 1959:10-16; mixteks [brothers, who then become the sun and month, kill the seven-headed snake, take for themselves his eyes; then the owner of a snake with teeth in her vagina is given chirimoya fruit to eat, which causes her to fall asleep; her younger brother (next Month) knocked out her teeth with ticks (con una tenaza) or a grain grater chimes, copulated with her; when she woke up, she threw a boot (zapato) at her younger brother, which went to heaven and turned into the Pleiades; the woman lost a lot of blood and since then women have been menstruating because their month visits]: Valentina Glockner Fagetti in Chinchilla Mazariegos 2010a: 130; 2011:94 {different details in 2010 and 2011 retelling}; Zapotecs [two orphans Sun Boy and Moon Girl live at Sus Ley ("barren woman"); they hunt, but she gives everything to her old husband Gol Gisa'; he lives in the forest, does nothing; St. Anton always helps children with advice; twins kill GG, let SL eat his heart under the guise of a deer's heart, stuff his scarecrow with stinging insects; when SL touches her husband, insects fly out; she and her brother Ros (a worm living in the mud) wants to burn the children in the steam bath; they run away, strangle SL with smoke in her house, pick up her loom parts, ring, jug, comb; Ros turns into a snake, chases twins; they throw the objects they take, they turn into different mountains; they throw hot stones down R.'s throat, he dies; the sister grabs the bright right, and the brother grabs R.'s left, dim eye; the sister is thirsty; brother makes a hole of water; offers in exchange for a bright rabbit eye; lets his sister approach the water when she puts her eyes on the ground; God assigns the boy to become the sun, the girl to become the moon; when they have risen, everyone rebengulal ("los idolos", first ancestors) buried in the ground]: 281-283 (=1936:222, 324-327); Chatino: Bartolomé 1979:25; 1984:12; Carrasco 1961:46; tricks: Cruz 1946 [the world is dark, people they burn fires; two brothers fight a seven-headed snake; kill him by throwing hot stones into his mouth; the younger brother takes his right, bright eye, the eldest gets the left one; he forces all sources of water to dry, the youngest agrees to change, becomes the Month; the elder becomes the Sun]: 248-230; García Alvárez 1973 in Bartolomé 1984:17; Hollenbach [see motif A20; twin brothers they live in an old woman's house, her deer husband is killed; the snake is going to eat the world, the twins throw hot stones into her mouth; send a fly to check if the snake is dead; the fly defecates in her left eye; the youngest the brother takes a brighter right eye, the eldest takes the left eye; the brothers go, the younger one wants to drink; the elder gets water as soon as the youngest agrees to change eyes; G. comes to the twins; they put her to sleep and rape with stones on their penises; they run to heaven, the eldest becomes the Sun, the youngest becomes the Month; he swallows the rabbit, which is now visible on him; the birds wake up G., she is covered in blood; throws after the twins parts of her loom (turning into the Taurus constellation) and sandals (turning into the Pleiades); G. herself becomes the spirit of a steam bath] 197:143; 1980, No. 8.26-8.37:463-468; masateki (ohitek) [ the old woman hears a voice from the hollow of a tree; cuts down a tree, finds two eggs; when she returns home, finds a pogrom; discovers the twins Sun and the Moon when the bird they left to guard falls asleep; the twins run away, an old stalker is pushed into the river from the bridge; all forest animals emerge from her body; she hides in a cage from an eagle, which takes her to the rock; there are already many children there, the eagle devours them; the brother cuts off the children hair, weaves a rope, they strangle the eagle with it; his sparkling eyes have fallen out; the twins ask the Bat to eat fruit; a tree grows out of excrement; Woodpecker, Squirrel is unable, Agouti gnaws on the tree, it falls on a mountain; children descend it to the ground; sister finds right eye, brother finds left eye; sister thirsty (hereinafter referred to as Chinantecs)]: Portal 1986:51-54; Chinantecs: Bartolomé [1984 people hear sounds inside the tree; Comet, Thunder cannot cut down, Woodpecker cuts a tree; two eggs inside; an old woman takes them; brings food to her deer husband every day; when she returns, the house is a mess; boy- The sun and the moon girl rush to hide inside the eggs, the girl hesitates, the old woman catches them; when hunting, a bird: Why do you kill birds for someone who is not your mother? The sun revives dead birds, kills the Deer, the old woman's husband; fills the vessel with wasps, they buzz, he tells the old woman that this is her husband's voice; but Luna says he's gone fishing; the old woman is chasing children; they throw the comb, mountains appear several times on the way (the origin of the mountains); the twins cross the river; when the old woman is in the middle of the river, they throw bola de acuyo at her; she falls dead, turns into agouti; many animals emerge from her blood; twins shoot wind guns at interpreting rocks, they disperse; a seven- or double-headed eagle takes people to the rock; twins do the cage, the eagle carries them away; at noon he sleeps, one head is awake; the twins strangle it with a noose, at which time the earth shudders; the eagle's eyes fall out, the moon grabs the right bright, the Sun is dim on the left; The vulture is unable to lower the twins on its back, it will now eat carrion; the Bat is fed seeds, the excrement grows into a tree, twins and other people descend it to the ground; the Moon wants drink; agrees to change eyes with his brother if he creates a source (the origin of the springs); drinks without waiting for the brother to bring the Rabbit Priest to bless the water; he throws the rabbit to her in anger in the face, it sticks to her, is still visible; the Sun and Moon rise to the sky]: Bartolomé 1984 [The hummingbird advises the old woman to come back earlier; the twins punish him by making him small (he was with a chicken); the seven-headed eagle; first the Toucan, then the Bat, is fed seeds; the Toucan tree is low, the Bat tree grows to the top of the cliff]: 13-16; Weitlaner 1952 [the twins tell the Hummingbird to warn them about the arrival of an old woman; the third time he forgets; the double-headed eagle; the bat is fed twice; the second time the root of a tree that grew on top of a cliff descends to the ground]: 172; cuicateques [the old woman found she put two eggs in a vessel, of which the Sun and the Moon were born; every day she went to feed the deer corn porridge, told the twins to stay at home; called the deer the father of twins; when she returned, in the house a mess; once I sent them to feed my father themselves - call him, Kundo, Kundo! ; they called, the deer came, they killed him, the Moon took her right eye, the Sun took his left eye; fire was needed to cook the meat; they sent a fox to the old woman; she set fire to her tail, ran away; so that the tail would not burn, the fox placed fire in the stone {obviously in the flint}, the twins cut fire out of it; brought the old woman roasted venison, and made a scarecrow out of the skin, filling it with wasps and other stinging insects; old woman she ate, and frogs by the river told her that she ate deer liver; the twins told the old woman to pour sand on the frog's ass, so it was rough; the black vulture also told the old woman that she ate deer; she accused the twins of killing their father; went to check it out for herself; the deer did not respond; she went to the scarecrow and hit him with a stick - why she did not answer; insects bit her; she returned home and promised the twins call their uncle; this is a jaguar; they dug a trap hole, the jaguar fell into it; then the old woman called the twins' aunt, an eagle with two heads; they made a cage, the eagle sat on top, they grabbed her by paws (and killed); the old woman called another uncle; this is an aquatic animal with a shell, but big; the twins ran, met Thunder, asked them to hide them behind her cheek; Thunder replied to the beast that his teeth hurt and his cheek swollen; the beast tried to get into Thunder's mouth, but the Sun asked to hit, Thunder smashed the beast to pieces; while Thunder was working, the twins opened three vessels in his house: water, wind and hail; The soaked Thunder came back, closed the vessels and drove the twins away: that's why your aunt kicked you out; they found honey, the Sun ate a little, and told the moon to eat more, she was thirsty; the Sun gave water only after how they changed their eyes; the Sun did not tell them to drink everything, but the Moon drank everything; the Sun told them to regurgitate some of the water, otherwise it would not be on earth; the moon regurgitated, but the dirty water stained her face, so she was wearing it stains; the woman has a chest; the Sun gave her ripe cherimoyi and said that there are many of them in the forest; she left, and he asked the rat to gnaw through the chest; the woman hears and asks, Sun: don't worry; the same with the woodpecker; agouti gnawed, a wheel with a rope in the chest, the Sun and the Moon rose to heaven, agouti followed; asks what to do; Sun: cut the rope above you; Aguti fell, buried in the ground; the woman managed spanking the moon; so when the moon looks like a sickle, women have periods; woman to the Sun: remember me when I cover your face with my underskirt]: Weitlaner 1977:56-62 (=Bartolomé 1984:6-9); Sierra de Zongolica [a giant snake glowed faintly in the sky before the sun rose {Milky Way?} ; the brothers took her sparkling eyes, the Sun took a brighter one, the Month was weaker]: Oropeza Escobar, p. 220 in Chinchilla Mazariegos 2011:84.