What's the meaning of 'moon'...?

May 3, 2018 12:22pm CST
Since we are very diverse here, be it countries or cultures, I'd like to know what's the meaning of the moon that you know..? Maybe it symbolize something? or is there any stories that related to the moon that you've read from books..? Thank you in advance.. :)
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AKRao24
@AKRao24 (27424)
• India
3 May 18
In India Moon is personified: 1. he is maternal uncle of every Hindu person. 2. He is the admirer by a of a bird known as 'Chakor'! 3. The beauty of women is always compared with moon in India. 4. The moon is considered to be ultimate beauty with a defect of a patch on its face. 5. Mothers often call their kids as Moon and also as the Sun! these are some common things prevailing in India...may be they can be many more in literature @april_ang ! Thanks!
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AKRao24
@AKRao24 (27424)
• India
4 May 18
@april_ang , Thanks a lot for the appreciation ! It is believed that it is the duty of Sun to give light during day time and it is the duty of the Moon to give light during night time.So after the night it is presumed that Moon has gone home and taking rest to come out again in the evening!
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april
@april_ang (578)
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4 May 18
@AKRao24 my culture has this story too.. it seems like the two of them are the guardians of the earth...
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april
@april_ang (578)
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4 May 18
waaah.. this is sooo great.. thnks for sharing.. I have this misterious story and the moon always comes out, I wonder what it might be symbolize..
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Jo Ann
@akalinus (40440)
• United States
3 May 18
They say that a full moon brings out strange things. It keeps the cops busy. The moon is supposed to be for lovers holding hands in the moonlight. We say the moon is made of green cheese and there is a man in the moon.
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april
@april_ang (578)
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3 May 18
Wooww... I've known some of the facts that you mentioned above.. but I never heard the one that said the moon is made of green cheese.. thank you..
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Jo Ann
@akalinus (40440)
• United States
3 May 18
Why Do People Say the Moon is Made of Cheese?
mentalfloss.com
Everybody knows that earth’s only satellite does not, in fact, consist of fatty dairy products. So where did the myth that the moon is made of cheese come from in the first place?
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april
@april_ang (578)
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4 May 18
@akalinus i'll definitely need to read this.. thank you..
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Jo Ann
@akalinus (40440)
• United States
4 May 18
I just remembered some things about the full moon. Werewolves change into their real forms when the moon is full. Lunatics are people who are influenced by the moon. The word lunatic has come to mean a person who acts erratically or behaves in a peculiar way. The moon controls the tides of oceans and large bodies of water.