I am a mixture of Cherokee and Irish..with a smattering of English thown in.... so, I will tell you a short story...from the Cherokee.  It is a creation story...of how the Milky Way came to be.....   The Cherokee believed that a great Dog...or Wolf, had been sneaking into the store house each night...and eating the grain placed there.  One night... someone discovered the animal...and, in the flight to flee........the great Dog...leaped into the dark sky of the night.....and left a trail of grain, from his open mouth......and, it became the "Milky Way"...... I kind of like that story........it makes me smile..........................