The astronomy of the Bible : an elementary commentary on the astronomical references of Holy Scripture (1909)
Maunder, E. Walter (Edward Walter), 1851-1928 · London : Hodder and Stoughton · leaf 227
the Dragon—that is of the nodes—causes the eclipse.Hence the numerous myths, found in so many nations,which relate how a dragon devours the sun (or moon)at the time of an eclipse. The dragon of eclipse finds its way into Hindumythology in a form which shows clearly that the mytharose from a… … 09 5ZiO I—IH<Jh3h5 CQ o Q A t-l too w2 w < Q » LEVIATHAN 201 Hindu myth has taken the following form. The godschurned the surface of the sea to make the Amrita Cup,the cup of the water of life. And while the gods weredrinking that nectar after which they had so muchhankered, a Danava, named…
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