Qat the Creator and the Birth of Night
In the Banks Islands of Vanuatu, the principal god Qat emerged from a stone that exploded as his mother. He had eleven brothers called Tagaro and a companion named Marawa the spider. Qat carved the first three pairs of humans from dracaena wood and brought them to life by playing drums, making them dance. When his brothers tired of constant daylight, Qat traveled to the Torres Islands to purchase Night from I Qong. He brought back Night, a rooster, and an obsidian stone. His brothers lay down and slept while the sky darkened. After a while Qat had the rooster crow to wake them and sliced the d