Chocolate is a very tasty treat most of us enjoy regularly. Its origins and history are rooted in a dark bloody past with legends and myths surrounding it. As delicious as chocolate is today, it was far different in its infancy when it came to its taste, ingredients and uses.
Creation myths have existed ever since humans became aware of their impending mortality and sought out meaning in their lives, and a reason for existing. Creation myths come in different forms, many have origins in chaos.
The summer solstice is the longest day of the year in terms of daylight. Standing in athetesis to the shortest day of the year, both days named a solstice but in opposite seasons. As with the winter solstice, the summer equivalent has many celebrations tied to it, in countries all around the globe.
As winter approaches every year, the sun begins to show less and less light than it did in the summer months. In the northern hemisphere, at around the time winter fast approaches, the days become shorter and the darkness of night drags longer.