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In Aztec mythology, solar eclipses occurred when the jaguar god Tepēyōllōtl consumed the sun and threatened to swallow it completely, according to Eduard Seler's analysis of the Codex Vaticanus B. [33] A 16th century passage from the Florentine Codex gives an account of a solar eclipse: Then there were a tumult and disorder.
Goddess Thần Mặt Trời, [39] the embodiment of the sun, the daughter of Ông Trời, old sister of Thần Mặt Trăng, she and her sister have a husband who is a bear, when the Bear God wants to meet them, a solar or lunar eclipse will appear.
Rahu. Svarbhānu is described as an asura twice in the Family Books of the Rigveda. [2] Svarbhānu is described to strike Surya, overshadowing the sun with darkness. [3] Stella Kramrisch considers this act as portraying Svarbhānu as a deity greater than the Sun. [1] The Rigveda further narrates after this, the king of heaven - Indra struck down Svarbhānu and sage Atri found the hidden Sun ...
There was a tradition in China to make lots of loud celebratory sounds during a solar eclipse to scare the sacred beast away. [83] The Deity of the Sun in Chinese mythology is Ri Gong Tai Yang Xing Jun (Tai Yang Gong/Grandfather Sun) or Star Lord of the Solar Palace, Lord of the Sun. In some mythologies, Tai Yang Xing Jun is believed to be Hou Yi.
In Kapampangan mythology, Láwû is depicted as a bird-like dragon or serpent that causes both solar and lunar eclipses, however, its features are closer to the demon Rahu. [11] Both the words laho and láwû mean "eclipse" (also in modern parlance "to disappear" or "to vanish") in the Tagalog and Kapampangan language.
Here are some popular myths about the effects of the solar eclipse with NASA's scientifically-correct explanations. Solar eclipse: What time is the eclipse in OH, KY and IN? A list of start times ...
Bangun Bangun (Suludnon mythology): the deity of universal time who regulates cosmic movements [2]; Patag'aes (Suludnon mythology): awaits until midnight then enters the house to have a conversation with the living infant; if he discovers someone is eavesdropping, he will choke the child to death; their conversation creates the fate of the child, on how long the child wants to live and how the ...
An eclipse is classified as either as Suryagrahana (Sūryagrahaṇam), a solar eclipse, or a Chandragrahana (Candragrahaṇam), a lunar eclipse in Hindu literature. [ 2 ] Beliefs surrounding eclipses are regarded by scholars to be closely associated with Vedic deities, and were significant in both astrology and astronomy.