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Myths and Legends of China: Chapter V. Myths of the Stars

Chinese FolkloreChinese MythologyComparative Religion

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According to Chinese ideas, the sun, moon, and planets influence sublunary events, especially the life and death of human beings, and changes in their colour menace approaching calamities. Alterations in the appearance of the sun announce misfortunes to the State or its head, as revolts, famines, or the death of the emperor; when the moon waxes red, or turns pale, men should be in awe of the unlucky times thus fore-omened. The sun is symbolized by the figure of a raven in a circle, and the moon…

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