Tauren mythology The Tauren have a long history , much of which is recorded on banners hanging in the tent of the Archdruid on Thunder Bluff . These various myths recount important events from the history of the people , and illustrate the virtues they hold to be important . Thunder Bluff Scrolls . Mists of Dawn . The earliest of the tauren myths , the " Mists of Dawn " , recounts the creation of the world and the tauren race by a deity called the Earthmother . Before the age of memory , the Earthmother breathed the world into existence from the golden mists , transforming the clouds into rich , endless fields of grain . She created day and night by alternately opening and closing her right and left eyes , An ' she ( the sun ) , and Mu ' sha ( the moon ) , respectively . The shadow of her hands caused the Tauren , the Shu ' halo , the Children of the Earth , to rise up from the soil . They swore to follow their creator until the end of the world . Sorrow of the Earthmother . The next myth of the Shu ' halo , chronologically , speaks of the falling away of the tauren from their initial state of grace . Whispers rose up from far beneath the world , where the Titan s had chained the Old Gods . The tauren fell under the sway of these whispers , and learned of malice and deceit . The Earthmother felt a great sorrow at this , and in her grief , tore out her eyes , the sun and moon , and sent them chasing one another across the stars . The Earthmother , now sightless , remained to listen to and guide her children . The White Stag and the Moon . This tale speaks of how the Earthmother gave the Shu ' halo the love of the hunt . The tauren became great hunters , but one spirit eluded them , Apa ' ro , the white stag ( called Malorne by the night elves . ) The tauren hunted Apa ' ro to the ends of Azeroth , and finally the stag fled into the heavens , where his great antlers became tangled in the stars . As the moon ( Mu ' sha ) chased her brother across the skies , she saw the helpless stag , and immediately fell in love with him . Mu ' sha saved the great stag , and in return he loved her , and they conceived a child , Cenarius , a demigod , union of the sky and the earth . Forestlord and the First Druids . Cenarius grew to be as proud as his father , and in time befriended the tauren . He taught them the druid ic ways , how to speak to the trees and animals . With this knowledge , the tauren aided the demigod in keeping the land safe . Hatred of the Centaur . The last of the traditional tauren stories takes place after the fading of the Mists of Dawn and the beginning of the Age of Memory . When Cenarius eventually left the tauren they were saddened by the loss , and over generations they forgot the bulk of his druidic teachings , though they always retained their respect for the earth . Though the tauren forgot how to speak to the forests , they lived in peace , no longer tempted by the dark whispers from beneath the world . In time , however , a great storm rode out from the west . The barbaric centaur swept into the tauren ' s lands . The tauren fought nobly , but the power of the centaur was too great . The Children of the Earth were then forced to wander the world as nomads for eons , staying in no place too long .