To get even, a scorned Rahu chases the moon and sun and “every now and then he catches them and swallows them," Krupp said. But without a throat, the sun and the moon fall right through his head. 3.

Sun and moon. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Tdadamemd At night, when one spots the stars beautifully scattered across the sky, for the religious sect, it is the beautiful handiwork of the creator.

In Norse mythology, the wolves Sköll and Hati were associated with the Sun and Moon, respectively, both chasing their chosen celestial objects across the sky to usher in day and night.

Thompson’s favorite myth involving the moon is a creation story from the Tlingit people of the northwest coast of North America. In this story, an old man keeps all the light in the world stashed away ...

Solar eclipse mythology . ... "According to their legend, human anger and fighting spread to the sun and the moon, who began to fight with each other and caused an eclipse," Britannica notes.

Eclipse watchers are preparing to gather on April 8 for a total eclipse of the sun, visible from a large swath of the midwest and even the southernmost corner of Michigan.It's a festive event, a ...