What are the legends related to solar eclipse?

Question

I have heard about many legends of solar eclipse.

Like In China they say that one dragon eats up the sun or say swallow the sun.

What are the legends in your country

Answer 1

Hello Khushbu k

IN india

An eclispe is caused by a snake demon, Rahu, who eats up the sun.Rahu drank the divine nectar to make him immortal. But he was behaded before the nectar reached its throat. The rest of the body died while the head is immortal. This is the why Rahu's head returns to swallow the sun during eclipse. After the sun passes through his neck the eclipse lifts.

This is a legend in India.

IN Amazon

The sun and the moon loved each other and were very close to the earth.But they were not allowed to do this. ON eclipse they were allowed to touch each other's shawdow and then again go apart.

IN China

The Cinese people believed that a dragon would come and swallow the sun on this day.

IN Africa

People believed that a serpant came from the sea rosed to the sky and swallowed up the sun

Answer 2

The Moon was represented by a mirror in China. During an eclipse, people beating on mirrors is a very old tradition. It was believed that a dragon swallowed the Moon during an eclipse and beating the mirrors would cause the dragon to cough it up and return it to the sky.

The Incas tried to intimidate the creatures who were eating the sun.

In India they took a different tack people would immerse themselves up to the neck in water, an act of worship they believed helped the sun fight off the dragon.

In the Phillipines in the sky lives a huge lion named Arimaonga. The eclipse of the sun happens when one of the wheels of the chariot which carries it gets destroyed, thus forcing it to deviate from its regular path.

The Ge' are among the Amazonian tribes of Brazil. They  believe that eclipses are a result of a fight between Sun and Moon

The Vikings tell a tale about two wolves who wish to eat the Sun and Moon. Skoll (repulsion) goes after the Sun and Hati, running ahead of the Sun, goes after the Moon. When either are caught, there is an eclipse. When this happens, the people on Earth rush to rescue the Sun or Moon by making as much noise as they can in hopes of scaring off the wolves.

The Serrano Indians of California believe an eclipse is the spirits of the dead trying to eat the Sun or Moon. So during an eclipse, the shamans and ceremonial assistants sing and dance to appease the dead spirits while everyone else shouts to try and scare the spirits away. Meanwhile, everyone avoids eating food with the idea that it would starve the spirits out.

Answer 3

Best ask in the mythology section not the astronomy section.