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Solar Eclipse 2023:Eclipse According To different Culture And Traditions
On April 20, a total solar eclipse appears over the North West Cape, a remote peninsula of Western Australia. It is a precursor to 4 more total solar eclipses that would occur in the skies of Australia in the coming 15 years.
The
Ancient
Impressions
About
Eclipse
People
from
ancient
times,
always
wondered
why
Sun
disappeared
from
the
sky
for
a
clear
instant
and
then
resurfaced.
They
had
their
own
answers
but
the
question
bogged
them
for
a
long
time
till
the
answer
was
found
out.
While
some
cultures
insist
that
it
was
caused
due
to
celestial
fight
between
mythical
figures,
or
as
an
act
of
stealing
the
Sun,
the
other
cultures
believed
that
it
is
a
sign
of
divine
wrath.
Traditionally, people used to make loud noises by banging their vessels and pans just to frighten the demon that caused this change in the sky.
Demons,
Wolves
And
Giant
Frogs
Vietnamese
believed
that
solar
eclipse
happens
because
a
giant
frog
eats
up
the
Sun.
Norse
people
insist
that
it
happens
due
to
the
devouring
of
sun
by
wolves.
China
says
it
is
dragon
which
devours
the
Sun.
According
to
Koreans,
it
is
the
handiwork
of
mythical
dogs
that
try
to
steal
the
Sun
from
the
sky.
The Pomo, a group of people living in the north western part of United States, love to tell a story of a bear that fought with the sun and ate a part of him which caused eclipse.
The Bear then went up to the Moon, and ate a portion of the Moon as well. This caused lunar eclipse, according to them. Solar eclipse occurs always two weeks before or two weeks after a lunar eclipse. Greeks thought that eclipse was a manifestation of Gods Wrath and surely it could indicate disasters and problems for people.
What Do We Think About Eclipse Now?
Eclipses are still seen as harbingers of devastation and doom that also spell death and disasters. People still believe, including Indians, that eclipse is especially inimical to the pregnant ladies and their unborn kids. So they are advised against going out in the Sun on the day of eclipse. In India, people undertake nirjal upavas and do not eat cooked food during eclipse.
Indians believe that it was Rahu a demon who is responsible for overshadowing the Sun and Moon temporarily blinding them. They can see light only after the eclipse has passed. So Indians perform certain rituals that help the Sun to defeat Rahu and emerge successfully from the eclipse. They rejoice when the eclipse has ended, by giving away things in charity.
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