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Hey!
So recently I've been learning more about Mythology from my culture and how cool it is to me. If you know of any mythology from your culture feel free to share your favorite lore! My mom is from the Philippines and mine is the story of Bakunawa and the Seven Moons.
Here's a link to an interpretation of the story!
https://www.aswangproject.com/bakunawa-and-the-seven-moons-the-original-story-with-translation-and-annotations/
If you don't want to read the whole thing I'll just tell you the quick bits
In the beginning we didn't just have a singular moon.
Bathala had created 7 of them, 1 for each night of the week. Bakunawa was a giant sea serpent/dragon who roamed the depths of the waters with a mouth as big as a lake. He saw the moons Bathala created and hunger filled him.. Bakunawa ate 6 of the 7 moons and when Bathala realized what the giant serpent had done, he decided he needed to tell the people how to stop Bakunawa from consuming the last moon or we would no longer have light to fill the night sky. The first eclipse began as Bakunawa leapt from the sea and had the last moon in his mouth. The people shouted and cried out for the release of the moon! This startled bakunawa right before he could swallow it whole, forcing him to spit it out! Angry and thwarted he returned to the sea.
That is why when the eclipse darkens the skies, we need to shout into the skies for the return of our moon, or else Bakunawa may swallow the last moon whole!
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