The Star Wrangler

Your past civilisations have always seen an eclipse as something to fear terribly. In ancient Greece they would hide their kings, in the hope that the angry gods would not kill them. Your Greeks believed that a solar eclipse was a sign of raging gods and that it was the beginning of disaster and destruction. In Ancient China, solar and lunar eclipses were regarded as heavenly signs that foretold the future of the Emperor. The ancient Chinese believed that solar eclipses occurred when a celestial dragon devours the sun. They also believed that this dragon attacks the moon during lunar eclipses. Their word for eclipse is 'Shi', meaning to eat. To gobble up the sun! The Tewa tribe from New Mexi...View all