Almost any culture has some sort of moon/sun story that uses elements of the "rarely meeting not lasting". The sun (Amaterasu) and the moon (Tsukuyomi) have a variety of myths but in Japanese shinto mythology they are brother and sister (ne, Onichan! Hidoi desu!)
One telling is:
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Tsukuyomi angered Amaterasu when he killed Uke Mochi, the goddess of food. Amaterasu once sent Tsukuyomi to represent her at a feast presented by Uke Mochi. The goddess made the food by turning to the ocean and spitting out a fish, then facing the forest and game came out of her mouth, and finally turned to a rice paddy and coughed up a bowl of rice. Tsukuyomi was utterly disgusted by the fact that, although it looked exquisite, the meal was made in a disgusting manner, and so he killed her.
Soon, Amaterasu learned what happened and she was so angry that she refused to ever look at Tsukuyomi again, forever moving to another part of the sky. This is the reason that day and night are never together.
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Quick notes on the episode:
The episode ends with Taiga getting to spend quite a lot of time with Kitamura, but left strangely unhappy it seems (especially considering she learns that Minorin and Ryuuji cooked together - something *she* did with Ryuuji). She kept defending Kitamura's trap skills in the cave but it was a sad plaintive defense. As she stands near Kitamura with the sparklers.... her sparkler goes out and she remains motionless.
Then the killer moment, watch how she runs to catch up with Ryuuji at the end. There's a lot of 'worry/need/don'tleaveme" in that run.
Ami's smart -- she's basically figured out this is a windmill-tilting pair of couples and she's a wild card in the mix.
A lot of information, relationship revelation, and progression in one episode... damn things leave one breathless.