Moon Lore
23 chapters English Public domain
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Written just eighty-four years before Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon, this is a Victorian collection of moon lore: myths, folklore, superstitions and just plain whimsy from all lands. Although contemporary astronomers had fairly well wrapped up the question of whether there was water and air on the moon, Harley still suspected that the moon was inhabited. However, there was still much that was unknown about the moon until the first probes were crash-landed on it (for instance, whether the surface was covered with vast, deep layers of dust). So we shouldn't feel too smug, even though we've played golf there. The universe will continue to surprise us.
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23 chapters
01 Start Reading 02 Page Index 03 Quotations 04 Table of Contents 05 Preface 06 List of Illustrations 07 I. Introduction 08 II. The Man in the Moon 09 III. The Woman in the Moon 10 IV. The Hare in the Moon 11 V. The Toad in the Moon 12 VI. Other Moon Myths 13 I. Introduction 14 II. The Moon Mostly a Male Deity 15 III. The Moon a World-Wide Deity 16 IV. The Moon a Water-Deity 17 I. Introduction 18 II. Lunar Fancies 19 III. Lunar Eclipses 20 IV. Lunar Influences 21 Moon Inhabitation 22 Appendix 23 Notes
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Moon Lore
23 chapters English Public domain
About this book
Written just eighty-four years before Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon, this is a Victorian collection of moon lore: myths, folklore, superstitions and just plain whimsy from all lands. Although contemporary astronomers had fairly well wrapped up the question of whether there was water and air on the moon, Harley still suspected that the moon was inhabited. However, there was still much that was unknown about the moon until the first probes were crash-landed on it (for instance, whether the surface was covered with vast, deep layers of dust). So we shouldn't feel too smug, even though we've played golf there. The universe will continue to surprise us.
Table of contents
23 chapters
01 Start Reading 02 Page Index 03 Quotations 04 Table of Contents 05 Preface 06 List of Illustrations 07 I. Introduction 08 II. The Man in the Moon 09 III. The Woman in the Moon 10 IV. The Hare in the Moon 11 V. The Toad in the Moon 12 VI. Other Moon Myths 13 I. Introduction 14 II. The Moon Mostly a Male Deity 15 III. The Moon a World-Wide Deity 16 IV. The Moon a Water-Deity 17 I. Introduction 18 II. Lunar Fancies 19 III. Lunar Eclipses 20 IV. Lunar Influences 21 Moon Inhabitation 22 Appendix 23 Notes
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Moon Lore
23 chapters English Public domain
About this book
Written just eighty-four years before Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon, this is a Victorian collection of moon lore: myths, folklore, superstitions and just plain whimsy from all lands. Although contemporary astronomers had fairly well wrapped up the question of whether there was water and air on the moon, Harley still suspected that the moon was inhabited. However, there was still much that was unknown about the moon until the first probes were crash-landed on it (for instance, whether the surface was covered with vast, deep layers of dust). So we shouldn't feel too smug, even though we've played golf there. The universe will continue to surprise us.
Table of contents
23 chapters
01 Start Reading 02 Page Index 03 Quotations 04 Table of Contents 05 Preface 06 List of Illustrations 07 I. Introduction 08 II. The Man in the Moon 09 III. The Woman in the Moon 10 IV. The Hare in the Moon 11 V. The Toad in the Moon 12 VI. Other Moon Myths 13 I. Introduction 14 II. The Moon Mostly a Male Deity 15 III. The Moon a World-Wide Deity 16 IV. The Moon a Water-Deity 17 I. Introduction 18 II. Lunar Fancies 19 III. Lunar Eclipses 20 IV. Lunar Influences 21 Moon Inhabitation 22 Appendix 23 Notes
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