What's your favorite myth or legend about the Moon?

[Still-alive]

Trying to figure out how the moon will work in my story soo i was fishing for ideas and saw a few interesting ones.

https://www.mythfolks.com/moon-folklore

https://www.history.com/articles/7-unusual-myths-and-theories-about-the-moon

"Full moons make you crazy." full moons have been associated with odd or insane behavior, including sleepwalking, suicide, illegal activity, fits of violence and, of course, transforming into werewolves

The moon controls fertility. many early civilizations believed that the moon determined when women could become pregnant

The moon as a god or goddess. Selene/Luna from Greece/Rome, Tsukuyomi from Japan. In Hinduism, the moon god Chandra rides a chariot pulled by ten white horses

The Man in the Moon. One of the most common stories is about a man carrying sticks on his back. In England and Germany, folklore says he was punished for gathering wood on the Sabbath and sent to the moon as a warning to others.

Lunar eclipses: omens and warnings. The Inca thought a jaguar was attacking the moon, so they shouted and banged drums to scare it away. The Chinese imagined a dragon swallowing the moon and made loud noises to drive it off etc

The rabbit and the toad in the moon. In Buddhist tradition, a rabbit, fox, and monkey met a starving man, who was actually a disguised god.

Other moon myths (share your faves)

[purplepoppy]

The British moon goddess is Arianrhod although I'm not familiar with anything in the early texts that supports that. There's a tiny hint in a 6th century poem but most references to her as a moon goddess are fairly recent and seem to be more tied to feminism. Unsurprisingly most of the stuff on YouTube reflects the nice modern version as opposed to the original birch.

Anyways here's a link to the short version of the original story (also the origin of the name Dylan) that might provide a little inspiration

https://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/history/sites/themes/society/myths_mabinogion_04.shtml

Weirdly Disney never made this into a cartoon

[douride2]

Everyone know those tales of people turning into werewolves are just tale don't they? There are just fables aren't they?

[Still-alive]

i think so, though i haven't tested this knowledge yet :o

[douride2]

Just in case I will keep the doors locked from now on.