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Image: A Solar Eclipse
Source: Wikimedia Commons (here)
It’s either a solar eclipse, when the Moon's shadow crosses the
Earth's surface, or a lunar eclipse, when the Moon moves into
the Earth's shadow - Wiki
In ancient times it was believed a dragon was about to
swallow the
Moon and the villagers would beat gongs to scare the dragon away
Moon and the villagers would beat gongs to scare the dragon away
In modern times dark exposed negatives were used to view
the
spectacular event. Dark sunglasses were not protection enough
spectacular event. Dark sunglasses were not protection enough
Solar or lunar
In both instances the moon
came by into play
Gobbled by dragons?
Averted with din
of gongs
Earthlings did their part
Exposed negatives
better than sunglasses or
even telescopes
Written for Chev’s CARPE DIEM #311 with prompt - eclipse as
proposed by Bjorn
proposed by Bjorn
haha never knew that about the dragon. Must have been a weak dragon if it is scared away by a gong
ReplyDeleteI love the matter-of-fact way you write .... enjoyed all 3 equally...
ReplyDeletejust imagine for a second back when they really did not understand the things we readily accept....the moon is always there.....what do you think on the night it all of a sudden disappears....it would shake your world...
ReplyDeletea beautiful set......
ReplyDeleteI love your informative haibun especially enjoy reading about ancient superstitions!
ReplyDeletewonderful haibun and equally creative haiku for 'eclipse' ~ great variety ~
ReplyDeletesomehow i like what they did...beating gongs to scare the dragon away... it was such a lot more mystic before we had all these physical explanations of what happens out there..
ReplyDeleteThis trio is wonderful, but that first is my favorite.
ReplyDeletelove that dragon... the story is so creative.
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