The five brothers marry and nothing more is known about them. Gáukos,
the orphan boy, becomes the principal character.
At sunset Gáukos—the moon—is thrown out of his sister’s house. He is a
little boy, but as soon as he is outside he increases in size. He
enters a ravine, and when he comes out at the opposite end he is a
full-grown man. Later every one sees him; his body is bright and
beautiful. When pursued by his sister, he crosses a valley at a step,
springs from one mountain to another, and early in the morning reaches
the first house, the home of two women, who have the power of making
themselves young.
The Modocs have lost the name of Gáukos’ elder sister, and they do not
know the meaning of the name of the younger sister, Lĭsgaga. The elder
sister is, probably, Daylight; she travels as Gáukos does, a valley at
a step. In a Wintu creation myth, Sanihas (Daylight) is one of the
principal characters. In a Gaelic myth, the son of the King of Light is
Day or Daylight, the Lady of Green Insh is Night, and her yellow-haired
son is Dawn.
In this Modoc myth the power of the word was with Gäk. He said to
Lóluk: “Hereafter, you will be kin to no man, you will burn all alike,”
and as he spoke Lóluk became common fire.