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Home | Total Solar Eclipse 22nd July 2009 | Eclipse and Superstitions
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| Eclipse and Superstitions |
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Superstition about Eclipse is a worldwide phenomenon. Many cultures believed that a demon or dragon swallowed the sun.
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| In India we believe that Rahu and Ketu play a role in the eclipse. Rahu and Ketu are supposed to be planets but they really have no existence in the solar system that we know about. They are purely inventions, beautiful creations albeit, of the mind of the ancient people. |
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| In China, it is believed that the dragon swallows the sun during eclipse. So they would beat drums to produce great noise and commotion to frighten away the dragon while, the Japanese would cover the wells so that the demons in the cover of darkness during the eclipse would not drop poison into them. |
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| In Romania people believed that werewolves and demons ate up the sun during the eclipse. To frighten them away they would light up huge fires and ring church bells would be rung throughout the eclipse. |
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