A Total Solar Eclipse is coming and DAllas is in its Path

To get everyone in the mood, here's some cool eclipse stories from around the World.

The solar eclipse on April 8th will be the first time I've ever experienced a total solar eclipse. I've seen several partial ones but somehow always manage to be off it's path slightly. Thinking about the eclipse has me feeling all primal. This is Sun Potions after all, and we worship the Sun Deity. Since I'm not really working today and instead am wasting time pretending to be busy, here's some solar eclipse mythology I've been reading up on this afternoon.

Ancient Chinese believed eclipses were caused by a celestial dragon easting the sun (or moon)

Sounds pretty sweet. It also sounds pretty scary. To ward off the dragon and keep the Sun and moon safe, people would bang on drums to scare off the dragon.

Andean Mythology says the Sun is eaten by a puma.

To prevent the death of the Sun, the puma needs to be scared off by the screams of children. Do you think the children scream willingly? I wonder if there was ever that one kid who just didn't feel like screaming that day and was like, "fuck it, it was too hot outside anyways."

In the Euahlayi oral traditions of southeast Australia, the Sun is known as a woman named Yhi and the moon as a man called Bahloo.

This might be my favorite eclipse myth. Yhi falls in love with Bahloo and chases him across the sky. Yhi tells the spirits that hold up the sky that if they let Bahloo escape she will plunge the world into darkness. It seems to me that the spirits who hold up the sky need to step up their game. Don't let Bahloo escape, goddammit!

In German mythology, the hot female Sun and cold male moon are married.

This might be my second favorite eclipse story. In this myth, the Sun rules the day, and the moon rules the night. Seeking companionship, the moon is drawn to his bride and they come together to embrace, leading to a solar eclipse. It's a pretty cute eclipse story. Eclipse myths are usually frightening or lovey-dovey.

The word "Eclipse" comes from the Greek word for abandonment.

The Ancient Greeks believed eclipses were caused by angry deities. The eclipse was the deity abandoning human kind. That's a pretty dark story. I'd rather bang on a drum to scare away a dragon or piss in a kid's cornflakes to scare away a puma.

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