6 Australian Aboriginal
The Aborigines of Australia believed that the Sun was a woman from a camp far to the east who would light a torch and travel across the sky. In the early morning, she would decorate herself with red ocher, spilling some into the clouds to give them their colored tint during sunrise.
As she makes her way to the west, she will once again decorate herself, spilling the ocher to color the sunset before preparing to return to her camp for the next day. She is said to travel back to her camp using an underground passage and to warm the Earth from below, causing plants to grow.
In contrast, the Moon is seen as a male and is linked with fertility. A solar eclipse is described as the Moon uniting with the Sun in an embrace.
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