Many mythologies relate the rabbit with the moon, for an optical illusion of its visible face. Here the image of the moon has only been rotated and an eye has been added.The Moon has an important place in numerous popular mythologies and legends throughout most of the world.
SymbolsThe Moon represents female power, is the Goddess Mother, Queen of Heen in some mythologies. In others it is a male deity.The frog, the sap, the wolf, the fox, the hare and the rabbit are animals related to the Moon, and are often represented as a symbol of it.Many ancient legends tell that looking at the Moon can easily see a frog. The frog is a lunar animal, carrying water, the same as the sapo, which is also a lunar animal that belongs to the humid element that are the waters of the Moon. It is said in the Far East that the three-legged toad dwells on the Moon and that its three legs symbolize the three lunar phases.For its part, the hare is also a lunar animal and attribute of all lunar deities in many of the ancient mythologies. By its connection with the Moon represents resurrection and rebirth, as well as intuition and light in the darkness. This representation of the hare on the moon is almost universal; it is the intermediate animal between the lunar deities and the human being. In Chinese culture they he hare as an animal of omens and are supposed to live on the Moon. The hare is the beginning of yin Lunar.In South America, Inca culture has fox as an animal that symbolizes lunar stains. It is said that there was a fox that was always captivated by the luminosity of the Moon. Such was his longing to be next to her, that one night, the fox went up to a very high mountain and asked the Moon to let it go up, the Moon then dropped a silver rope so that the fox would go up. On the way up, the lunar goddess embraced the animal and both joined together, thus forming the lunar stains. In the Moche Mythology, there was an evil beast chained on the lunar surface. This was known as "Animal lunar" or "Pursopok". It is described as a chimeric-looking being that gathered elements of animals such as: fox, snake, jaguar, etc. When this being was liberated, chaos and destruction in the world were sown together with other fearsome creatures. He was imprisoned again by the god Aiap忙c. The evil creature was chained to such a turning point in the lunar stains.The half moon was a late attribute of Isis as Queen of Heen.The Moon is usually represented with the half moon or horns of a cow.In ancient Eastern legends, it is said that the wolves praising the moon by consoling it in their sadness and congratulating it in their happiness, in addition to a poem known by few, in one of the fragments he said: ...you're just like me, you're sad and happy, warm and cold, when I can't talk to you, the wolves will sing for you that song that El canto...But what about the Catholic religion?Saint GeorgeIn Brazil, the popular tradition says that the spots presented by the Moon represent Saint George and his spear facing the Dragon, ready to defend those who seek his help.
MythsSince the origins of humanity, there he been concerns about the worship and study of the Moon. There are indications that confirm the existence of peoples from Polynesia, Melanesia, Amazon or African tribes who he considered the satellite to be a living being that shared their joys and sorrows with them. The Papuans called it Bimbaio.
In the ancient Near and Middle East, the cult of the Moon became very important: thus we know that in the city of Uruk they worshiped Inanna and in some temples they worshiped Bilquis-Ilumquh, a lunar god.
Ancient writings relate how in the city of Ur, Abraham's homeland, worship and respect was rendered to the god of the moon Nannar, in Uruk they worshiped his daughter Inanna.
Moon and its influence on different cultures.In Egypt there were several moon gods: Jonsu, Thot, Min and Iah. Thoth was considered the "father" of mathematics and other sciences.
In Phoenicia, the goddess Astarte of clear Sumerian-Akkadian origin, called Ninnin in Sumerian and Ishtar in Akkadian, was the namesake of Isis and Hathor.
Greco-Roman mythology counted among its ranks Selene, also called Luna, which over time lost relevance to another goddess of similar powers called Artemis in Greece and Diana, in Rome.
The pre-Columbian Muiscas worshiped the moon, they called it Ch铆a; Today this name is carried by a city near Bogot谩.
The Incas in South America, also worshiped the moon, apart from the sun (known as the god Inti, at the same time the father sun). The Incas in Quechua called it "Coya Raymi" or "Quilla", hing her as the main feminine divinity and also as the mother moon. In Tiwanaku, there is a monument that is part of the Monumental Archaeological Complex called Puerta de la Luna, next to the Puerta del Sol.
Shintoism in Japan had Tsukuyomi, their moon god
In musicThere are countless songs in all cultures based on the myths and legends dedicated to the moon; one of them is Hijo de la luna, belonging to the Spanish group Mecano and based on the superstitions and worldview of the beliefs of the gypsy people.