If you watch the Moon for too long, you
will begin to feel that you are getting lost in her shine and probably you will
never come back. People of some cultures often fear the Moon because there are
many myths that involve her. The most popular one : the werewolves and the
vampires, free during the night to kill everything they want but slaves of the
sun. We cannot deny that -She- is the silent witness of everything that happens
in the realm of darkness. Another quiet witness of mankind's history. The Moon
appears to be the only constant thing in our lives, in the lives of those who
walk at night and thru time.... unchanging, loyal and reliable, the only ones
that will keep our secrets save forever.
There is such a fascination with her that we can find movies, books and art with The Moon as a main character.
-Myths about the queen of
the night........
Werewolves are one of the creatures that we often see depicted in films
about myths and legends of these "monsters". This creature is, of
course, affiliated with the full moon. Typically it is believed that these are
creatures that have human form but morph into a wolf-like (typically
violent) creatures when the full moon is in the sky. There are many different
variations on this because of all of the books and movies that have been made
about werewolves.
Various
methods for becoming a werewolf have been reported, one of the simplest being
the removal of clothing and putting on a belt made of Wolfskin, probably as a
substitute for the assumption of an entire animal skin (which also is
frequently described). In other cases, the body is rubbed with a magic salve.
To drink rainwater out of the footprint of the animal in question or to drink
from certain enchanted streams were also considered effectual modes of
accomplishing metamorphosis. The 16th century Swedish writer Olaus
Magnus says that the Livonian werewolves were initiated by
draining a cup of specially prepared beer and repeating a set formula. Ralston
in his Songs of the Russian People gives the form of
incantation still familiar in Russia.
Vampiric
Connection (Wikipedia)
In Medieval Europe, the corpses of some people executed as werewolves were cremated rather than buried in order to prevent them from being resurrected as vampires. Before the end of the 19th century, the Greeks believed that the corpses of werewolves, if not destroyed, would return to life as vampires in the form of wolves or hyenas which prowled battlefields, drinking the blood of dying soldiers. In the same vein, in some rural areas of Germany, Poland and Northern France, it was once believed that people who died in mortal sin came back to life as blood-drinking wolves. This differs from conventional werewolfery, where the creature is a living being rather than an undead apparition. These vampiric werewolves would return to their human corpse form at daylight.
Mayan Moon
Goddesses.
The Mayan people have several stories about different moon goddesses. One
goddess frequently associated with the moon is Ixchel who is associated with
the moon because she is a fertility goddess. However, it is believed that she
may actually be the “grandmother of the moon” and represent aging and the
drying up of fertility in old age so she is most commonly linked with the
waxing of the moon and not the moon at all times.
Selene /
Luna.
These are the names of the Moon Goddess in Greek and Roman mythology
respectively. In the myths associated with these goddesses, the goddess is
paired with the god of the sun. He travels throughout the day and she takes
over the journey at night. She is typically considered to be a passionate
goddess who takes many lovers and who represents the desire associated with the
moon.
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