Editing Choctaw mythology (section)

=== Brothers Tashka and Walo ===
Two brothers named Tashka and Walo followed the sun for many years from childhood to adulthood. They would follow it throughout its life in the day, until it died over the horizon in the evening. One day, the sun rested over a great expanse of water, and the boys swam into it, going underneath.

They emerged in the home of the sun, finding women all around. These women were the moon and the stars. The moon was the sun's wife and asked the brothers how they entered this realm. The brothers said that they followed the sun for many years since they were boys. The sun then told his wife to boil water, and he placed the brothers in it, keeping them there until their skin fell off. The sun asked if they knew their way back home. The boys replied "no", as they looked over the edge of the sky, seeing land, but were not able to discern their home from such a height.

The sun asked why they had followed him for all these years, to which the brothers replied only to see where he had died. The sun agreed to send them home, but instructed them not to talk for four days after they returned, or they would surely die. He called a giant buzzard to fly them home, and after they had landed, an old man recognized them and went to tell their mother. The mother, frightened since she had not seen them for many days, made them tell her where they had been. They told her of their journey and said that they will now surely die because they did not keep their promise to the sun of silence for four days.

After this the mother was very worried, but they all returned home. The brothers told the tales of the many years they had followed the sun. After telling all of what they knew, they died and entered heaven.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=Choctaw tales|last=Mould, Tom|date=2004|publisher=University Press of Mississippi|isbn=9781617030918|oclc=777549428}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Legends/BrothersWhoFollowedTheSun-Choctaw.html|title=Brothers who followed The Sun – A Choctaw Legend|website=firstpeople.us|access-date=2019-04-14}}</ref>