The story is about a young woman named Rona who displeased the moon so the moon seized her and took her away. This is a story that comes from the Maori tribe in New Zealand. Interestingly, the moon rabbit who lives on the moon with Chang’e in the Chinese myth is also an elixir-making symbol. Soma is the name of a drink said to be consumed by the Gods. The main thing about Soma though is its link with the moon as an elixir. The bull is also a symbol that has shown up as related to the moon across cultures. Fertility is frequently associated with the moon. In Hindu art, Soma is sometimes an embryo and sometimes a bull. It’s interesting because of the fact that there are several additional symbols that we see here that are commonly associated with the moon. This is a Hindu god that is associated with the moon. This myth is clearly about the power of the moon, the sun, the sky and love and desire. It is believed that lunar and solar eclipses are related to the lovemaking times of the celestial couple. The waxing and waning of the moon is explained as Anningan chasing her until he is starving and then disappearing for a bit to hunt for food to have the energy to come back to chase her again.Ī much happier couple-based story about the moon is this myth from Africa which says that Mawu is a moon good who is forever linked in unity with the sun goddess Liza. That’s why he follows her in the sky every day. Worse, they believe that he is still trying to chase her down to possess her. They believe that Anningan (also called Igaluk or Aningaaq), the Moon God, raped his sister, the Sun Goddess. The Inuit people of northern regions like Alaska and Greenland have a rather horrifying myth about the moon. Although he was an Aztec god, there are associations with the Asian cultures (he was a rabbit, for example, associating him with the aforementioned Moon Rabbit) and even associations with modern-day moon myths like the story of the “man on the moon.” What is interesting about the myths surrounding him are how many of the same symbols from different moon myths are found in the stories about him. This is an example of a male god that is associated with the moon. Not all of the deities associated with the moon are goddesses. She is typically considered to be a passionate goddess who takes many lovers and who represents the desire associated with the moon. He travels throughout the day, and she takes over the journey at night. In the myths associated with these goddesses, the goddess is paired with the god of the sun (Helios in Greek mythology, Sol in Roman mythology).
These are the names of the Moon Goddess in Greek and Roman mythology, respectively. However, it is also a symbol that shows up in myths about the moon in Korea and in Japan.
The moon rabbit/jade rabbit who is the companion that Chang’s allowed to have with her on the moon. This myth crosses a variety of different cultures. She is the subject of chinese poetry and a reason for celebrating the chinese moon festival each autumn They tried to become immortal again by taking a pill, but Chang’e got greedy and took too much pill which caused them to float up to the moon where she remained forever. The basis of the story is her and her husband were immortal who were made mortal due to bad behaviour. There are different variations of this myth.
The debris from this impact collected in an orbit around the warm the create the moon.įamous Chinese myth about a woman who lives on the moon. It is proposed that the moon formed during a collision with earth and another smaller planet the size of mars.
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