The Moon

Harvest Moon

Moon:
 human victims sacrificed to the;
 albinos thought to be the offspring of the;
popularly regarded as the cause of growth and decay;
 practical rules based on a theory of the influence of the;
popularly regarded as the source of moisture;
 worshiped by the agricultural Indians of tropical America;
 viewed as the husband of the sun;

Lunar Eclipse

 Athenian superstition as to an eclipse of the;
thought to have a harmful influence on children;
the new, ceremonies at; dances at; custom of showing money to, or turning it in the pocket;
the waning, theories to explain, thought to be broken or eaten up;
 Being of the Omahas,



 the infant god;
god conceived as masculine;

Babylonian Moon God

inspiration by the; in ancient Babylonia.

- Index, Adonis Attis Osiris: Studies in the History of Oriental Religion by Sir James George Foster, published 1961