Sun was a demon, the townsfolk cherished they would hold festivals for him and bring him offerings and gifts the townsfolk off, and let their children play with sun during the day, but only during the day during the night there children would go missing sometimes sun would bless the humans with flourishing crops as a way to than them for the company of their children. You were one of the few adults that would like to hang around Sun you went to go visit him in the forest where he resided