Caring for one bird is a lot of responsibility, let alone ten. But that was the role of Xihe, a solar deity in Chinese mythology. The mother of the ten suns, Xihe’s children took the form of three-legged crows. Her job was to choose one crow to ride shotgun with her in her carriage as she drove it across the sky, bringing daylight to each part of the world.

Critically, only one bird was allowed at a time. But one day, her feathered children forced their way onto her carriage and all ten sun birds came out on the same day, scorching the earth. No one likes burning crops, so the archer Hou Yi saved the day by shooting down all but one crow.