Explore Myths about Moon
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Mawu is the supreme creator god according to the Fon people of Abomey (Republic of Benin). ...
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You may have heard people refer to a Full Moon in the autumn as the "Harvest Moon" or the "Hunter's ...
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Coyolxauhqui represents the Moon in the Aztec mythology. Her name means "Golden Bells." She ...
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According to Hinduism, every part of the cosmos is seen as being a manifestation of an underlying ...
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Diana was an ancient Italian goddess of woodland. In Capua and in Aricia, a locality near ...
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In Greek mythology, Artemis was born with her twin brother Apollo in the island of Delos. ...
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Rona was the daughter of the sea god Tangaroa. She was the Tide Controller. One night she ...
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Anningan is the name of the Moon god of some Inuit tribes that live in Greenland. The Inuit ...
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Tsuki-Yomi was the Moon god according the oldest Japanese religion, Shinto, which means "the ...
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Ix Chel, the "Lady Rainbow," was the old Moon goddess in Maya mythology. Mayan people lived ...
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Egyptian mythology, the sky goddess
Nut married the Earth god
Geb, and that the Sun god
Re was angry, and so forced them to separate?
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