DAVID 539
Of course, the Greeks and Romans weren't the only ones that had gods. Here we have the legend of how Maui snared the sun:
MAUI LASSOES THE SUN
Maui, who had great strength and magic powers, fretted for his people. In those days, the sun raced across the sky. There was hardly any time for people to do their work or tend their gardens. Even his mother, Hina, was upset. Every day she would pound wet bark to make kapa cloth, but the days were so short, the kapa cloth would not dry.
So Maui made a strong rope out of coconut fibers and his sister’s hair and set out for the highest point on the island, Haleakala, the House of the Sun. There, amid the volcanic cones of the caldera, he waited all night and at dawn, when the sun began to climb from the horizon, he sprinted to the highest point and lassoed the sun!
The sun struggled, losing some of its rays and beams, and therefore its strength, but Maui would not let go. Finally, the sun begged for mercy. Maui told the sun that, because it raced so fast across the sky, men could not finish their daily work. So the sun agreed that it would forevermore move more slowly across the sky (although it did demand that it be allowed to go a little faster in winter.)
And that is how Maui lassoed the sun to make the days longer.
2012