Australian Creation Story

In the beginning, the world was dark, all the spirits on the Earth were sleeping.  The only one who was awake was the Father of All Spirits.  He was beginning to feel lonely, being that he was the only one awake in the Universe, so he woke the Sun Mother and told her, "Go shed light on the Earth and wake the spirits and give them forms.  So she did.  She gave life and created the animals, and when she was finished she was pleased and went back up into the sky.  For a while, the animals lived in peace and contentment, but soon envy crept into their hearts and they began to bicker, because they were jealous of one another.  The Sun Mother heard the racket from below and went down to calm the commotion.  She decided to allow the animals to choose their own forms, but she was displeased with her action.  Animals took strange forms: snakes grew legs, lizards grew large in size, but most particular to the Sun Mother was he platypus,  she did not understand that one at all. She feared the Father of All Spirits would be angry with her; so she gave birth to two gods: The Morning Star (male) and The Moon (Female)  The two gods gave birth to two children as well and The Sun Mother sent them to Earth to govern the animals and rule over them.  She chose them because they had her mind and would never want to change their form.