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Moon Lore: Moon Worship: II. The Moon Mostly a Male Deity

Lunar FolkloreMoon MythologyVictorian Astronomy Lore

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Moon Lore: Page Index Shares 3 topics Moon Lore: Moon Spots: VI. Other Moon Myths Shares 3 topics Moon Lore: Moon Worship: I. Introduction Shares 3 topics Moon Lore: Moon Worship: III. The Moon a World-Wide Deity Shares 3 topics
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We have already in part pointed out that the moon has been considered as of the masculine gender; and have therefore but to travel a little farther afield to show that in the Aryan of India, in Egyptian, Arabian, Slavonian, Latin, Lithuanian, Gothic, Teutonic, Swedish, Anglo-Saxon, and South American, the moon is a male god. To do this, in addition to former quotations, it will be sufficient to adduce a few authorities. "Moon," says Max Müller, is a very old word.

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