The First Day (Empath stories)

The First Day is an event that is part of the Smurfs' belief system in the EMPATH: The Luckiest Smurf story series about how the universe was created. According to the story, the Spirits of Time and Nature united together to create the universe, beginning with a blank slate of "the heavens and the earth" and then filling it with various things they desired to put into it for their own unique purposes -- the sun, moon, and stars to be indicators of times and seasons, and the land, sea, and sky to produce and nurture life through its journey. When everything was near completion, the Spirits of Time and Nature created the first man and woman to love each other and to produce children in order to create families and nations. When everything was finished, the Spirits of Time and Nature took on human form and became Father Time and Mother Nature, acting as guardians over their creation to guide and protect everything in it.