in the beginning, there was just water. all the animals lived above it and the sky was overcrowded. they were all curious about what was beneath the water and one day dayuni'si, the water beetle, volunteered to explore it. he explored the surface but could not find any solid ground. he explored below the surface to the bottom and all he found was mud which he brought back to the surface. after collecting the mud, it began to grow in size and spread outwards until it became the earth as we know it.