The world came into existence at the birth of the king of the sky, Hs’sha. Mighty was he who lit the world from his heaven in the sky. But he was lonely. Thus, he created for himself a mate in Bo’whao. Beautiful was she, but even with the company of the mighty Hs’sha she found herself lonely. Feeling for his mate’s sadness, Hs’sha created children for her and a place to put them. This land would be called “earth” and their children a four legged creature with voices as smooth as honey. Men would come to call these children “wolves.”

It was not long before this family had been brought into the world that the wolves cried to their mother, for they were hungry and there was no food for them. Worrying for the sake of her children, Bo’whao went to Hs’sha and brought him her concerns. Pondering this, he gifted them a solution, the gift of meat. But at this abundance of food, the wolf children grew fat and lazy. They no longer respected the might of Hs’sha.

”Do you not fear the king of the sky?” he asked the wolves.

”Nay! For what is there to fear?” they responded in unison, their voices boisterous yet beautiful.

Filled with anger at this response, Hs’sha gave the wolves a thick coat of fur so that they may burn and suffer under the heat of his rays. He gave the meat legs to move and brains to think to evade the newly made hunters.

The wolves cried out to Bo’whao, for she was more kind than the king of the sky. They were hungry, yet chasing their prey made them hot and tired in the day, yet they feared the dark that befell in the night. Neither were their bodies suited for the kill.

Thinking on this, the queen came up with a plan. She gifted her children with claws to scratch and teeth as sharp as knives to bite. They could now bring down their prey with ease so long as they could catch them. To soothe their burning skin they would have to hunt at night. Worrying for the wolves, as they were her children, Bo’whao fled to the night sky, lighting the world with her eye.

Hs’sha was unhappy when he discovered his mate had abandoned him. As he searched, Bo’whao knew she must remain hidden and thus closed her eye, leaving the night drenched in darkness. Every time Hs’sha comes around looking for his lost mate she hides, but when he is not near she opens her eye wide so her children may hunt in the light. Because of this, her children begun to sing her praises to the night sky sending their thanks to her in their beautiful songs.

Throughout generations did the children of the gods live, hunting in their mother’s light in the evening and lounging about when the world was ruled by the king of the sky. Here it was that the most clever of the canines was brought into existence. His name was Doe’g.

He was a clever beast amongst his peers, though filled with the want to be lazy. The easiest path was his ultimate goal. It was among the wolves that he became an outcast. He would constantly accost Hs’sha and shunned the love of Bo’whao. His enjoyment of the daytime heat brought anger to the king of the sky, yet his fear of the dark overwhelmed him more than could be spared from the goddess.

Doe’g was no friend to the wolves, either. He would spend his time with the wolves splashing them in the winter to dampen their coats, pulling on their ears and tails to bring out their anger, and singing the most disastrous tunes that he could concoct.

It was the wolves that went to Hs’sha, begging for the king of the sky’s help with this nuisance. As he was also annoyed with the antics of Doe’g, he agreed. In punishment he came to Doe’g and spoke.

”You like to splash those in the winter when they are most likely to catch a cold? Then I shall make your coat short so that you may freeze while others remain warm!
”You like to pull on the tails and ears of your fellow canine? Then I shall pull out your ears to make them so long they flop and bite off your tail so that is little more than a nub!
”You like to make horrible noises with your mouth in the stead of beautiful songs? Then I shall cut back your voice to allow only meager yips and yelps! Barking will be all you are good for!”

And thus he did, and Doe’g became a strange looking outcast, indeed.

Doe’g became lonely as a wanderer and outcast, for no pack wanted such a strange canine. He longed for a pack of his own. He feared the night as it fell and burned under the watch of Hs’sha as his thin fur did not protect him from his burning gaze.

It was in the night that he viewed the light offered up by a newly placed species, man. The wolves had been warned of man, for it was he who was the most clever among the beasts. Doe’g believed this to be true, especially seeing now how they controlled light and warmth. He shivered in the cold chill of the night. Gathering all of his courage, he wandered down to meet the human that stood at the edge of their pack.

This was Mahn. He showed Doe’g a toothy grimace that he would learn to associate as being a good thing, but now it caused him fear. Seeing the large, white teeth lit by the controlled warm-light sent the canine scampering away.

The next night, Doe’g was enticed by a strange scent of meat. Curious, he ventured down towards Mahn who tossed him a share of his own food. Doe’g warily took the offering. In return, he let out a bark of warning as a tiger tried to sneak into the pack to steal away with a child. From then on both Mahn and Doe’g had become partners.

Although Mahn had filled a portion of the hole in his heart, Doe’g still missed spending time with his own kind. He shared his woes by baying to Bo’whao one evening.

”Oh, moon mother!” he cried. “I love Mahn but I miss my four legged brethren.”

At this, Hs’sha’s mate had an idea for there were others who also were inquisitive of man. She led them to the village where Doe’g and Mahn resided and Doe’g taught them the ways to be accepted by these most clever beasts. And they were. And it was of Doe’g and his brothers and sisters that all dogs were born to and live today.