This myth about the moon begins after Yi a divine archer with magic powers had killed the nine suns.
The Lord of Heaven, Di Jun condemned Yi and his wife, Chang E, to live on earth as mortals as Yi had killed nine of Di Jun's sons.
Yi went in search of the elixir of eternal life possessed by the Queen Mother of the West.
She gave him enough elixir for two, but warned that if one person took it all he or she would leave the world for higher regions.
Yi took the elixir back home to his wife, Chang E, who was missing her former trouble free life in heaven.
Having learned from her husband about the goddess's warnings, she considered taking all the elixir and returning to heaven.
But she was worried that she would be condemned by the other deities for deserting her husband, so she decided to consult an astrologer.
He suggested that she should go to the moon where she would be free from the travails of mortal life and the accusations of the gods and goddesses.
Chang E agreed.
One day, when Yi was out, she stole the elixir from where it was hidden in the rafters, swallowed the whole bottle and immediately floated to the moon.
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