The origin of the cosmos (wishókar)
In the beginning only two things existed: Kóoch, who had always been, and an absolute darkness that prevented things from existing.
Kóoch spent so long amid the shadows, and his solitude was so great, that he began to weep from such enormous sorrow. And he wept so much and so sincerely from his deep pain that his tears formed the Arrok, the Bitter Sea of storms and sorrows.
Later, still in the midst of so much grief, he was able to notice how the enormous quantity of water he had wept was growing, and so he sighed. In this way he created Xóchem, the wind, which immediately began to blow, sweeping away the darkness and preparing the way for the arrival of light. And so it was that everything was illuminated and joy was born in Kóoch. He then felt the desire to continue creating the remaining elements that would later allow him to shape the world in which men would finally dwell.
One day, in the midst of the sea his tears had created, Kóoch wished to contemplate his work and saw that the light was not sufficient. Angered, he raised his arm and tore the veil of the penumbra from side to side, kindling a great spark of fire: Kóoch had created the sun, which he called 'xaleshem', whose warmth, upon coming into contact with the waters, created the clouds and the wind, which began to play with them, chasing them across the whole sky; with its wild laughter it created thunder (katrú), and the clouds, which threatened it with their gaze, created lightning (lüfke).
One day Kóoch grew bored again, and so he thought that his work was not yet finished. He then caused part of the earth lying beneath the sea to rise up and formed an island upon which he shaped mountains and plains separated by valleys and ravines. All his children—the sun, the wind, the clouds—admired the beauty of the island and began to shower their gifts upon it, which gave rise to the formation of rivers, streams, lakes... and the birth of fish, plants, trees and birds.
But it came to pass that Kóoch’s first children felt, in the end, jealous of this new creation, and at times they unleashed their fury upon the island, harshly punishing the trees and other inhabitants. Kóoch then decided to rebuke them, speaking to them firmly, and so the light continued to shine for the delight of creation.