THE SUN AND THE MOON

From the beginning of Human Being, there had been hundreds of the myths of the Sun and Moon. These myths have different contents and meanings in different cultures. After researching, I have found different tales of the Sun and Moon that I have separated those in the main areas as following:

1. Myths of the Sun:

- Egyptians: The sun god of the Egyptians named Re (or Ra) is believed to be the creator of creatures including Human Being. He has created the first couple of human being from his tears who are Shu and Tefnut. These are the parents of the Earth and sky.

- Greeks : The sun god of the Greek are told to be driven from the east to the west everyday by his son Helios. At the end of his journey, he comes back to the ocean.

- Chinese: It used to be believed that there were 10 suns in the sky in the 10-day week of the Chinese. Each day, there would be one of them on the trip through the sky. However, they decided to appear at the same time in the sky. Then, the heat was too much for human that they asked each to appear separately. However, they refused, so 9 of them were killed and only one has remained till today.

- Aboriginal: everything on the earth today was created by the Sun Mother and the Father of Spirit. The Sun Mother had come to the earth and every place she passed on the earth, the plants and creature started to grow up and develop.

2. Myths of the Moon:

- Africa: The Moon was called Mawu. She was believed to be the god of the night, joy and motherhood because she brings the cooler temperatures to the African World. That’s the mother from the West.

- Hinduism: in Hinduism, the Moon was called Soma, who is carried the elixir of the immortality. When the God drink that elixir, the moon is waned. The hare was also believed as a incarnation of the Soma.

- Greek: the god of Moon was Artemis who is the twin sister of the god Apollo. Their parents were Zeus and Latona. Artemis is also known as the god of Hunter.

- Chinese: As there were 10 suns for the 10-day Week, there were also 12 moons for 12 months in the years. Their mother is Heng-O. The Moon was believed to be made of water, that at the beginning of each month, their mother would wash them at the lake in the west side and they start their trip to the other side in 1 month.

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http://www.pd.astro.it/othersites/stelle/laluna/english/moon2.htm

http://www.cs.williams.edu/~lindsey/myths/myths_13.html

http://www.pyromythgames.com/offerings/myths/Myth4.html