Legend of the little white mouse Adita born in the Sun Temple At the eastern end of the land, on the shores of the Indian Ocean, the golden palace of the Lord of Light, the Sun King, rose every morning into the firmament of the sky. At the end of the day, it descended beyond the horizon to disappear into the waves of the ocean.
The Sun reached all corners and edges of the earth and was therefore known everywhere by different names. In India, he was worshiped as Surya, and he was bestowed with twelve different names, depending on the name of the month of the year.
Surya traveled the first half of the year in the North and the second half in the South. Every six months, he took to his fiery chariot, pulled by seven winged stallions, and returned to his golden palace for a short time to change horses after the long journey. This happened twice a year - in winter and summer.
Cronos vigilantly watched the passage of time and saw that Surya did not linger and the harmony of the world was not disturbed.
Once, in the palace of the King of the Sun, Surya, Lord of the Light, a small white mouse was born and when its eyes opened, the first thing it saw was the spectacular disk of the Sun. The little white mouse was so enchanted by the beauty of the Sun that it could not look away.
“ Do not look so closely at the Sun or you ’ ll go blind, ” the mouse ’ s mother warned. “ No-one has ever seen the face of the Sun: it is forbidden to look directly at it. Anyone who disobeys will be punished ” .
“ What will happen to those who disobey and still look at the Sun? ” the curious mouse asked its mother.
“ They are forever forbidden to appear in daylight and only have the right to go out at night: they sleep during the day and wake up at night, ” she replied.
But the curious mouse was naughty and ambitious. She wanted to see the whole world and so climbed into the chariot of the Sun to accompany him on his journey.
But nothing could not be seen by the vigilant gaze of the Sun, and nothing could remain secret from him. Surya saw everything, and was so surprised and delighted with the determination and courage of the little mouse that he asked his mother Aditi to take care of it and protect it.
The Mother of the Sun named the mouse Adita, and from that day the white mouse became her avatar.
But the Sun could not change his rules and thenceforth it was forbidden for any mouse to appear by day.
Soon, everyone in the land of India had heard the story of the adventurous white mouse. The people of the ancient city of the kingdom Mewar, named Udaipur, in Rajasthan built a temple in honor of the white mouse. For its courage and bravery, all respected and adored it.
In this temple, thousands of grey mice lived. They were invincible. Among them, the white mouse Adita, the favorite of the Mother of the Sun Aditi and her avatar, was acknowledged as Queen of grey mice.
And so the tradition was established in India and it has lasted for centuries, unchanged even now.
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