“The Star-Eyed Wolf”
Long before the world was shaped by man, when stars still whispered their secrets to the earth, there lived a spirit known as Mahekwa, the Star-Eyed Wolf.
Mahekwa was no ordinary wolf. He was born of stardust and moonlight, his fur as black as the void between constellations, and his eyes glowing gold like twin suns. The Elders said he was the first guardian of the spirit realm, a guide for souls lost between the worlds.
Every night, Mahekwa walked the skypath, weaving between the stars, watching over the dreams of the living and the memories of the dead. He kept balance between the dark and the light, ensuring no spirit wandered too far into either.
But one cycle, a great darkness came from beyond the sky — a shadow without name or shape, seeking to devour the stars and silence the moon. As the constellations blinked out one by one, fear crept into the hearts of all living things. Crops withered, rivers slept, and even the birds forgot how to sing.
The People prayed to the sky, danced in the smoke, and cried for the return of the light.
And Mahekwa heard them.
He howled a call so piercing that the very bones of the Earth trembled. With his eyes burning like twin flames, he raced across the heavens, his steps forming new stars behind him. He chased the shadow into the deepest corners of the sky, beyond even the memory of time. There, in a place where no light had ever reached, he faced the shadow.
They fought for seven nights — claw against void, light against silence — until finally, Mahekwa sank his fangs into the heart of the dark and scattered it into dust.
But Mahekwa did not return.
The People waited. They listened. But the sky was still. And though the stars returned and the moon glowed once more, the path of Mahekwa remained empty.
The Elders say that Mahekwa became the light itself — that when we see a shooting star, it is his pawprint. That when a lone wolf howls, it is in honor of the one who watches from the beyond.
And so they tell their children:
“Never fear the dark sky — for Mahekwa guards it still, and his golden eyes are always watching.”
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