Ching Yuh and Kyain Oo

The tale explains the rain through the grief of two separated stars. Ching Yuh and Kyain Oo serve the Sun, but after they marry they neglect their duties. Their master sends them to opposite limits of heaven, with the Milky Way between them.

The distance makes reunion a yearly possibility tied to an inspection, and the pair can spend only one night together. The ruling keeps their separation in force between these visits; the annual crossing, rather than any private trip, sets the terms of their contact. They also need a way across the broad river: crows carry materials to form a bridge. Their meeting falls on the seventh day of the seventh moon. If something prevents it, the rains fail, and dry earth laments with the lovers. The account links the season’s rain to whether the distant pair can meet and then part again.