1, the dog eats the moon.
The archer Hou Yi saved the people and shot down nine suns. People all over the world thanked him for his kindness. In order to reward him, the Queen Mother took all the fairies to meet him on the hill where Houyi hunted.
At that time, Hou Yi was hunting in the mountains with black ears of hounds. The queen mother called Hou Yi to her side and ordered a fairy to hold out a dazzling little box, take out two kinds of herbs with unusual fragrance, and told Hou Yi, "When you go back, cook and swallow all the herbs, and you can become immortal." After receiving the elixir, Hou Yi thanked the Queen Mother and happily went home with black ears.
Hou Yi loved his wife very much, so he decided to share happiness with his wife Chang 'e and become immortal together. After returning home, he explained the matter to Chang 'e, left the black-eared hound behind, and went to the elders of the villagers to prepare to say goodbye to them.
According to Hou Yi's instructions, Chang 'e boiled all the medicines in water, and then Hou Yi came back to eat them together. But greedy, she smelled the scent of the fairy medicine and couldn't help eating one with a spoon. After eating, she only felt Shu Tai all over. It was so delicious that she couldn't help eating the last one.
It was dark, and Chang 'e came out to see her husband before he came back. Unexpectedly, just after going out, his body fluttered with the wind. Black Ear, the hound, saw Chang 'e steal the elixir and ascend to heaven alone, so he barked and jumped into the house. He smelled the fragrance, grabbed the pot with one paw, licked the remaining ginseng soup clean, and then chased Chang 'e in the sky.
When Chang 'e heard the cry of black ears, she was surprised and scared, and hurriedly hid in the moon. But the black ear's hair stood on end, and his body became bigger and bigger. He jumped up and swallowed Chang 'e and the moon in one gulp.
At that time, the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother were enjoying the moon in the Heavenly Palace. When they suddenly saw that it was already dark, they quickly sent a night watchman to check it out. The night watchman came back to report that the moon was swallowed by the black dog, so it was dark; Hearing this, the Jade Emperor angrily ordered the heavenly soldiers to catch the black dog.
When the black dog was caught, the Queen Mother recognized it as Houyi's hound black ear. She didn't know the reason until she asked, so she felt sorry for it and named it Tiangou to guard the worse gate. When Hale was sealed, he spit out the moon and Chang 'e, and Chang 'e was punished to live in the moon palace forever.
2. Goddess of the Moon
Artemis, the goddess of the moon in ancient Greek mythology. She is the sister of Apollo, the sun god. She is beautiful and a very good archer. She is in charge of hunting, often accompanied by her beloved bow and hound. She drives a silver carriage through the night sky every day, representing the cold, loneliness and dead road at night. She is also the patron saint of unmarried girls-she herself is unmarried for life, and there is a sad story in it.
Poseidon, the sea king, had a son named Orion. He likes archery very much. He is a good hunter and likes to run wild on the sea. The moon goddess likes Oreos very much. They know each other and love each other. They often hunt in the jungle together and run wildly at sea. Apollo, the goddess' brother, hated Oreon and disliked the relationship between his sister and Oreon, so he decided to get rid of Oreon.
One day, when Oreon was flying on the sea, Apollo covered Oreon with golden light to hide him, so that no one could see Oreon's true face. Then he encouraged his sister, Moon Goddess, who likes archery, to take gold objects in the distance as targets. Of course, the moon goddess didn't know it was her brother's plot, so she shot an arrow and hit Oregon in the head.
Later, when she learned that she had shot her sweetheart Olian, she fell into despair and cried day and night. In order to cherish her love for Oregon forever, she asked Zeus to lift Oregon to the sky, hoping that she could see it at any time when she was running in the sky in a silver carriage. Zeus accepted her request and turned Orion into a constellation in the sky. The goddess swore that she would never get married, and that she would stay with Oregon in the night sky forever.
Themis, the goddess of the moon, likes oak trees very much and always takes her oak stick with her when hunting. People think she is the goddess of oak.
In ancient Greece, when people offered sacrifices to the goddess of the moon, they lit oak torches. Later, they provided cookies and lit candles. Finally, it evolved into a way to celebrate children's birthdays-insert candles on the cake at night, blow out the candles and make wishes, just like Chang 'e? Blessing wishes come true. Even today, people still celebrate their birthday in this way.
The birth of the moon splitting theory today:
This is the earliest hypothesis to explain the origin of the moon. As early as 1898, George Darwin, the son of the famous biologist Darwin, pointed out in the article Tides and Similar Effects in the Solar System that the moon was originally a part of the earth, but later, due to the rapid rotation of the earth, some substances on the earth were thrown out, which formed the appearance of the moon after it left the earth, and the pit left on the earth was the Pacific Ocean.
This view was quickly opposed by some people. They think that it is impossible to throw such a big thing at the speed of the earth's rotation. Besides, if the moon was thrown out by the earth, then the material composition of the two should be the same.
However, through the analysis of the rock samples brought back from the moon by Apollo 12 spacecraft, it is found that there is a great difference between them. The rocks on the surface of the moon are extremely old, ranging from 3 billion years to 4.2 billion years. The oldest rocks on the earth's surface are only 3.8 billion years old metamorphic rocks exposed in some areas, while the rocks on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean are extremely young, which is completely contrary to the theory of "division".