BEWARE of the NIGHT! The Mythology of the Man on the Moon

[@wendychavez5348]

This is the first time I remember being shown exactly where the image of the man in the moon is. I've always felt embarrassed, because I just could never find it! Thank you for solving that mystery for me.

[@Crecganford]

To be honest, I wasn't sure either until I made this video!

[@Thomas_H_Sears]

In the long ago I heard that the Natives of North America, saw a rabbit in the moon. Hearing this, I looked and now I never see the man, but a rabbit sitting and playing with it's hind feet. (I do not know the image they saw nor the story - but the story of Rabbit catching the sun, then releasing it, is ... well has Rabbit in it as well)

[@KarekareB]

Like in Japan, where they see on the Moon a rabbit pounding rice with a mallet (I never saw a man, but now I can't unsee the rabbit!).

[@gaufrid1956]

Usagi...

[@ImNotCrazyImInsane]

I remember they had told me once look up look it's the Virgin Mary holding a baby.. have you never paid attention?? I was like no ..And I looked up and sure enough..

[@MrBlazingup420]

​@@ImNotCrazyImInsane Maybe from the moon's 33 year cycle. This cycle is based on the Earth's orbit around the sun and the moon's orbit around the Earth. After 33 years, the lunar calendar and the solar calendar will both contain the same dates on the same day. September 8th is the birthday of Mary, in 2040, it will be the first sight of the new moon, the day the Moon and the rest of the visible planets align with the hand star Spica in Virgo. Sept. 8, 2040, when five naked-eye planets including Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn will align in the sky and the crescent moon will be positioned between Venus and Saturn, the Sun is located at the (right) back foot of Leo. Move the Sun back 9 months, you find it next to the right foot of Ophiuchus, between Scorpio and Sagittarius, part of the Golden Gate of the Gods, in astrology, Sagittarius is the hips and thighs, Scorpio is the sexual organ, squeezed in between them is the Womb, Ophiuchus, whose 7 main stars form the shape of a door, pyramidal on top. The 3 stars at the top form a cross with Antares, the heart of the Scorpion, flip the cross, Antares is replaced by Vega, the She Goat star, the Goddess Bau-Gula, the mother of the healing god of rebirth, Damu "The Child". Bau was known as Baba, the wife of Zababa, seen as the Right leg of Ophiuchus. Bau-Gula was the wife of Pabilsag, who we call Sagittarius, seen as the father of Damu. The way biology works, at the end of the 3rd week of the 40 day embryonic stage, the heart of the fetus takes it's first beat, right around Christmas day, First breath is around the first week of September. Spica in Virgo is associated with the grain goddess Nisaba, wife of Haya, the Door-Keeper, known as the god of Scribes. He hides in the seed of Orion, found on his Right thigh, the star Hatysa, in Hebrew, 'yasa' means Savior, 'hata' means "to sin", Hatysa meaning "Savior of Sinners". The Seed of Orion is held in the Seed Cup shape of Draco's head, part of the heavenly plow, Draco was seen as the Hippo goddess with Lion legs wearing crocodiles skin, the goddess of Rebirth Taweret, the wife of Seth, the 7 stars of the Big Dipper, known as the Thigh of the Bull's Leg, part of Ursa major, which has a Right foot too, the twin stars Alula, meaning "First Born", when it is at midheaven, yo find Hatysa sitting on the western horizon, it takes Alula 7 hours to fall from mid heaven to the horizon, replaced at mid heaven by Vega. Hatysa is the bright star at the tip of Orion's Sword, which was cut off by Horus, when Taweret, "Mistress of the Horizon" held him down, it fell to the foot of Orion, but seen as a Rooster, not the Rabbit Lepus, but all 3 have some thing in common, they like to make babies. Horus picked it up, now holds it above his head, pointing to the Sun on the day of the Summer Solstice, in the center of the Silver gate of Man, between Gemini and Taurus. Note the time Alula is at mid heaven in September, going back 9 months using the same time, Alula is not found at mid heaven, Vega is, you have to add 7 hours to the time to place Alula back at mid heaven. 9 Months 1 Day 7 Hours equals 6,606 hours. 7 are the stars that outline Orion's hourglass shape, 7 outline Ophiuchus's Door, north of the Gold and Silver gates is the 7 stars of the Big Dipper. Play the words "Say There Is A Guest" in reverse, you hear it echo "Sagittarius", do the same with "They All Rule', it echoes "Orion".

[@widget0028]

In China I think, it's a rabbit carrying a bag

[@samueldegrandi6603]

great video as always i'm at the moment doing a research project for my master's degree about siberian peoples, so it's good to get into the mood lol

[@achuvadia]

I had a beautiful pet rabbit that I found while looking a the full moon in September, which i learned is sacred to a Chinese moon goddess and her rabbit! I named my magical bunny Yutu, after Chang-e' rabbit who she took with her as a companion when she floated to the moon. Her rabbit mixes the elixer of immortality w a morter & pestle, mine filled me with joy when i saw her, she was white w grey-blue spots like lunar markings on her body & around her eyes. She was a rex rabbit w the softest fur, never solved the mystery of where she came from so I considered her a gift from the moon. 🐇🌙

[@EmL-kg5gn]

You were very lucky!!

[@DavidTaylor-n1z]

@@achuvadia The Japanese, Germany and the UK also jave a tradition concerning thr moon.

[@fairyencyclopedia]

@@achuvadia that's so cute. I love rabbits

[@wendychavez5348]

That's an amazing story, and an amazing gift! Clearly this rabbit was your gift from the moon on some level. Rex rabbits with that coloring are rare--or at least I rarely hear about them--so your bunny friend truly is special.

[@jvhayward]

I am having a cup of tea. Although I am normally a rabid coffee drinker. Thank you for your knowledge sharing, of course, and for encouraging healthier imbibing habits. 😂😊

[@shanegooding4839]

Chandra is also known to Hindus as Shashin or 'hare-marked' so they clearly once had a tradition of the moon rabbit/hare similar to other folks in Asia and North America. This tradition possibly survives in the Buddhist story of Sakra (Indra) marking the moon with the image of the rabbit that sacrificed itself to feed him when he was disguised as an old man.

[@thomasbrown4791]

My Grandfather used to talk about the man on the moon. He even showed me where he was. Did not know it was an ancient myth. Intriguing😮. Wow!

[@faldrich1990]

Great video. More moon mythology would be very enjoyable

[@Crecganford]

Yes, there are many more stories that can be told.

[@fairyencyclopedia]

Its always great when you upload a new video!

[@NTav540]

So interesting! Thank you for this video.

[@kellyrobinson6663]

Another great video, I love your in depth but easy to understand explanations.

[@Crecganford]

Thank you.

[@sandiewandie]

Excellent. Thanks!

[@zey1136]

Man, I really love your videos and wish you'd do more work on the Ancient Near East and some motifs that is unique to the region and widespread, and possibly inherited from an ancient population such as the Natufians. You did the same with how Ancient North Eurasians influenced European, Amerinidian, and Siberian mythology showing similarities between them. Love your work, brother!

[@Crecganford]

Yes, I so want to do this.

[@penumbrareactor8500]

Friend, thank you for your knowledge. Your channel is special and a constant source of amazement. I am recommending you to everyone :D

[@pabloloerag.5368]

Yes, a video about Venus would be nice. Thank you.

[@wendychavez5348]

I would love to watch and listen to Crecganford educate us about Venus!

[@Thomas83KO]

I have to give you appreciation. Since the last three videos or so, it appears to me, that your English is not loaded anymore with such a heavy accent. Thank you! It makes it easier to understand.

[@Crecganford]

Thank you, I appreciate the feedback.

[@wendychavez5348]

Your ear may be adjusting to his accent, possibly because your brain wants to receive his information. I've always had fairly easy time understanding accents, though it takes a bit of effort to adapt to each variant, because people and cultures have always fascinated me. Even the 50 or so versions of the American accent, or the hundreds of dialects in any given state, are interesting and have a history!

[@Bjorn_Algiz]

You never fail to deliver! 😊❤ love the diverse topics and material you research.

[@Crecganford]

Thank you

[@jefflippman2925]

Definitely interested in Venus. So I constantly get confused between Venus and Mercury so I might have this wrong. But, I was told tracking the path of Venus, above and below the horizon, is where the pentagram comes from. But Mercury is the morning star & “Lucifer”.

[@Crecganford]

Yes, I will probably do something on this amazing planet

[@Sarcasticron]

Wow, that was so fascinating, and well-written as always. Just like all your videos. You deserve a lot more subscribers.

[@Crecganford]

Thank you for your kind words.

[@anneangstadt1882]

I'm interested in why Venus was conceived as having her own "sphere" .... Love your channel!!

[@natalieb.1254]

Taketori no Okina is a long told story from Japan. Of the celestial woman who was taken to the moon, way from her bamboo cultivator lover.

[@qfpan6426]

Sounds a bit like a mix of the Chinese myth of Chang'e and the myth of Weaver Girl? Don’t know if there is a hidden connection.

[@lesliewells-ig5dl]

Thanks for another super interesting video!!!

[@qeithwreid7745]

Nice to start with citations

[@MatthewCaunsfield]

A great collection of myths, thanks

[@janerkenbrack3373]

Interesting stuff. My comment is that my favorite drinking toast is: Here's to the Moon People. I didn't know that they were sent there for bad acts or disrespect.

[@thewolfmanhulk2927]

Thank you as always for these

[@EmL-kg5gn]

Tysm for this video, it was really interesting!! Now I want to go and find out where the idea that the moon is made of cheese came from

[@Arnsteel634]

Ahhhh tea time. Been working lots of overtime. Looking forward to this

[@fayertreijd919]

It seems odd that you didn't cover the obvious Norse variants of these stories. The story of Hjuki and Bil come to mind, borne up to the moon with the pole whereby they bore holy mead, with its suggestive reflection in the story of Jack and Jill. Further, Viktor Rydberg postulated that the elf Ivaldi was bound to the moon as a punishment for the crime of stealing the daughter of the moon God, perhaps remembered in the stories told in the Anglo-Saxon Waldere as well as Waltharius Manufortis.

[@henridelagardere264]

I have often heard stories that men on the moon are a myth. As always, Jon exploring the mythology has us on the edge of our seat.

[@happybeejv]

The man in the moon is jimmy steward. He's lassoing the moon to impress mary. But also visiting harvey the rabbit. Who was stirring a mortar and pestle.

[@Colourmad314]

The interesting thing again …the representative of the sacred deity always holds power to take and return the person so cult/temple/church depending at what point of time you are. When did the masculine story/ myth/tale start and the feminine story/myth/tale disappear?

[@Crecganford]

Some great questions that I will try and answer in future videos.

[@SpaceMonkey15]

You made the KZbin algorithm think you were talking about the song Man on the Moon, which made it gloss this as music.

[@ThatBoomerDude56]

First thing I looked for is to see if the algorithm thought it was another "Apollo was a hoax" video. 😳

[@gaufrid1956]

There's nothing up their sleeve, and nothing is cool...

[@DominusNox106]

@@SpaceMonkey15 lol

[@OldOneTooth]

Rona and the moon, the man's wife curses the moon for going behind cloud while preparing the welcoming home meal, she and her gourd and the tree she clung too pulled to the moon.

[@thequeenofswords7230]

6:09 Absolutely! I've read that the pink band in the sky around dawn and dusk is called the Belt of Venus, as it will often be first visible in this band and is related to the mythology of her girdle. I hadn't recognize the prison aspects of lunar mythology, which seem to be similarly informed by what is naturally observable about the moon; that is close enough to see its features yet far enough to be eternally remote from us and can be seen while the world is illuminated, as if to remind its captive that the world is yet there. That's my conjecture of course but you can see how one might get there. You should check out Local 58; one could view it as a modern extension of the mythology with its prisoner escaping. You'd have a pretty interesting take on analog horror, in general, I reckon but that's not really what we're doing here.

[@achuvadia]

I love that Venus has a special slice of the heavens, the liminal times of dawn and dusk do have a magical feel, and many mystical beings only appear in those times. I'll remember belt of Venus!

[@ellen4956]

9:26 This is interesting, because in the Gnostic beliefs there are 13 layers of heaven (if I'm remembering this correctly).

[@judygreenwood4696]

Thanks!

[@Crecganford]

Thank you for you support, it is appreciated.

[@wallacewilliams535]

excellent work, as always.

[@Crecganford]

Thank you

[@wallacewilliams535]

@@Crecganford as cliché as it sounds... no. THANK YOU.

[@GizzyDillespee]

Re: Venus, I'd be curious which cultures identified the morning star and the evening star as separate aspects or appearances of the SAME thing or entity (Venus) as opposedto cultures who saw the morning and evening appearances as entirely different entities or objects.

[@BrazilianCitizan]

in brazil there's a popular idea of St George being on the moon, wonder how that fusion happened

[@cyankirkpatrick5194]

What a coincidence that the super blue moon is coming up, thanks 😊🌝☕🔵

[@xXCyberelfexX]

It's so interesting, in Northwest Germany we have rather unknown local tales about how a man wanted to steal kale from the soil in moonlit nights and being send to the moon and captured there as a punishment. Still being seen there with the bundle of kale in his hand. In another version he isn't being kept there but sees the moons reflection in a lake as he tries to steal the kale and then starts to draw water out of the moons reflection thinking it's the real moon in the sky then having to do it to this day. There's also connections to moonlit nights where a hunter kills a rabbit in a kale field during the time where it's forbidden to hunt and on top of that also unknowingly killing a witch, who is then demanded back by her witch friends, also disguising as rabbits. They tell him he'd be punished if he wont bring her back to life, following her resurrection by three taps on the soil and her back by the hunter. All under the light of the moon.

[@Crecganford]

Thank you for sharing that.

[@13579hee]

Crazy that he made this video, when I've been looking into Black American folk tales about the moon. I found out that, like in many other cultures, in Black American culture the most is gendered as a woman and given a female personification and that there is an old folks song-riddle about how the mom is a woman and the sun is a man. Also there is a Brer Rabbit tale about the moon and one about who the moon changes in the sky

[@feralbluee]

The Native Americans, at least in the northeast, also had Grandmother Moon and she was a protector. And the sun was male. I like this version. I wonder why the moon is so evil in other cultures? It doesn’t make sense to me. As a kid, i always loved the moon. ✨🌑🌘🌗🌖🌕🌔🌓🌒🌑✨

[@anto-sk4ce]

Saint Francis composed the "song of the creatures" where he called the Moon Sister and the sun as brother, i dont know if Its kind of related or Its just because in latin and then in medieval italian the word for Moon is a feminine and the word for sun a masculine (this could be linked though)

[@13579hee]

@@anto-sk4ce it's probably not related specifically.... I think it's just a common thing in cultures to personify the sun as masculine because of its strength and thus the moon becomes feminine

[@The0Stroy]

17:29 - I can say that in the most popular form of this Legend Pan Twardowski is on the moon. This is followed by the notion that he uses a spider to eavesdrop on Kraków Main Square to know what is going on on Earth. Often it's said that the devil put him there or he tricked the devil to drop him there instead of taking him to hell.

[@mariahanczewska8109]

O, witaj, rodaku! Pomyślałam o tym! :-D

[@wolfy8006]

Funny enough, even in some local Chinese culture, kids are told if you point at the moon, your ear will get flicked by the moon

[@NeptunesLagoon]

Kingu was sacrificed in order to make humans. And he forever looks upon Kia ( Gia) Mother Earth… this is the Sumerians man’s face on the moon 🌙 tidally locked: it forever looks upon Earth 🌎

[@zpmayes]

New age story. Dragonball, a rabbit turns people into carrots to eat them. Goku puts him on the moon to make mochi as his punishment.

[@feralbluee]

To the Native Americans, at least in the northeast, the moon was Grandmother Moon and she was a protector. And the sun was male. I like this version much more. I wonder why the moon is so evil in other cultures? It doesn’t make sense to me. As a kid, i always loved the moon. ✨🌑🌘🌗🌖🌕🌔🌓🌒🌑✨

[@TheBigGuy-Zero8874]

A. What would you surmise is the sacred truth to the man on the moon? B. I have some concerns, questions, and suggestions regarding the Caribbean entries on database. Who do I contact and how?? Please talk about Venus. Mesoamerican, Caribbean and south America hold Venus in high regards.

[@markmcarthy596]

The “Looking Planet” short award winning cgi animation is the most intelligent look at our Moon

[@laurenjones3184]

I just looked it up and watched it. Thank you 😊.

[@markmcarthy596]

@@laurenjones3184 - One of My Favorite “what if’s”

[@donkfail1]

That's great! I agree with the kid; time was probably a bad idea.

[@coranova]

Here's my "Curious about Venus and it's own layer" comment☺️☺️

[@jamesonkimbrel6415]

Nonnus' Dionysiaca vol. 6 mentions this monster Typhon as well

[@Misandry101]

Hey :) thank you for at least promoting the datebase

[@jenifehlberg3189]

I’ve always wondered where that saying came from. ❤

[@juliandaffern9556]

There was a similar story in The Umbrella Academy.

[@oki9395]

Sir, do you mind to make a lecture that focused on Minoan pantheon? Or also Mycenaean, too. I mean, I know that Linear A is still a mess, but maybe you can summarise the data to us. I also believe that you have many access to the hypotheses that is limited to public. Thank you

[@Crecganford]

Yes, I'll add that to my To Do list, as there are many interesting theories about how religion and the gods migrated.

[@oki9395]

@@Crecganford thank you very much, I'll be waiting :D

[@lesliewells-ig5dl]

I'm confused about how Cain and Abel are involved in these beliefs. The old Testament wasn't written yet. Could you clarify that? Thank you!

[@Crecganford]

Yes, there are many traditions which have the man on the moon being Cain, and these have just changed the story since being converted to Christianity.

[@lesliewells-ig5dl]

@@Crecganford Interesting! Thank you.

[@SuzSt.seer8]

I always knew it as the man IN the moon not on.😊

[@Crecganford]

Yes, there are many who do.

[@stevecollins4567]

8 minutes 30, Theory: The drum painting. Shows first the left top to bottom, then the right top to bottom rather than bottom to top. It shows a historical event as a power of the shaman, to wit, the arrival of horses. Horned animal, horned animal, horned animal. - there are only horned animals. Then, one approaches to a tree. The shaman brandishs his drum (casting a spell). (Next column) the horned animal loses its horns because of the spell and finally, the horned animal is now a horse. You folks can have this one for free. 😁

[@Crecganford]

The information I have came from Shaman themselves, before this many thought the figure in the middle was the world tree, and so I'm happy with what they said unless you have references to support your theory.

[@flashdale]

Nice one mate. Have a listen to roger on mud fossil university and have a look at typhon leviathan and quetzalcoatl. Mr mythos evidence that yhwh was a dragon. David Icke with Arizona Wilder. The petrified landscape programs. All the best have a mind blowing day.

[@marjoe32]

It's an ez explanation the man on the moon is just trying to get the all cheese up there 😏.

[@oakstrong1]

Wallace and Grommit 😊

[@orktv4673]

What about the mare in the moon?

[@eacalvert]

Drop everything a new video dropped!!!!

[@Crecganford]

I hope you enjoy it!

[@pabloloerag.5368]

I actually stoped watching the dishes to see the video hehe

[@mariahanczewska8109]

Pan Twardowski, at least in versions I know, was alchemist, probably mage or scholar and nobleman. There are many versions, some of them serious, others humorous (e.g. ‘Pani Twardowska’ by Mickiewicz, the most famous Polish poet): many of them feature the ways in which Pan Twardowski avoided fulfilling his part of the pact (i.e. giving up his soul to the devil)-the most famous being that he was to give up his soul in Rome (of course, he did not intend to go to Rome but the devil caught him in an inn called Rome). The most famous one is that he was supposed to give up his soul in Rome (of course, he did not intend to go to Rome, but the devil caught him in an inn called "Rome"), but, when the devils were already kidnapping him to hell, he started to recite prayers/invocations to the Virgin Mary, so the devils dropped him on the moon and to this day, according to this legend (16th-17th century, most likely, judging by the fact that Twardowski is depicted as a nobleman from the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, including his sabre and kontusz) he remains there. I don't know if this legend has a older roots- well, stories about deals with the devil used to be quite popular in whole Europe, I know at least ten better or lesser known legends about someone, who is trying to outsmart the devil in Poland alone!- because it kinda new (like, four centuries isn't much).

[@umwha]

No mention of Cain who I believe in some legends was sent to the moon ? Or it might’ve been Abel

[@wendychavez5348]

He did mention that briefly. Some of the stories involve both Cain and Abel, if I understood him correctly. That's the sort of tale that varies depending on who's telling it.

[@24kgmnlen]

I wonder if this in some way inspired the opening story of my little pony, it has a striking similarity.

[@chocoquark4831]

There is still a phrase in german to put/shoot someone on the moon, if somebody did something bad.

[@davidweihe6052]

Or as Jackie Gleason put it, “To the Moon, Alice. To the Moon.”

[@judygreenwood4696]

What about the Chinese Goddess and 3 legged Toad in the Moon?

[@umwha]

No mention of Chang e, kaguya or Selene???

[@sciptick]

The Hartley mammoth site excavated on celebrated paleontologist Tim Rowe's property in New Mexico is securely dated to 37kya interestingly lacks flaked stone tools but shows copious bone tools. Genetic evidence currently promoted seems to suggest no remaining heritage from those people. Their dying out continent-wide seems unlikely unless, as occurred later, newcomers brought with them devastating diseases. We should also be on the lookout for people, even that far back, migrating from North America back into Asia, such as the later Ket (who washed 6000 miles across Asia!) seem to evidence.

[@leszeksikora5923]

Twardowsky pt. 1 & 2

[@entity_unknown_]

1969:

[@BrandoJulianWindsor7]

@@entity_unknown_ Nice

[@BrandoJulianWindsor7]

Nice

[@katrussell6819]

Many cultures saw a rabbit on the moon (Asians and The Maya). In South Africa some see a woman cringing a bundle of sticks on her head.

[@anvilbrunner.2013]

The last that ever she saw him

[@shawnd6485]

Believe there's an Indian story about the rabbit in the Moon where God sends the rabbit for a good deed and he's there to show people and remind them of this Good Deed interesting that he was sent for the opposite reason and then these myths

[@markkelly4102]

Am I the only person who can see colonel Gaddafi?

[@umwha]

No moon rabbit?

[@vapormissile]

It was always "in" never "on" *The man in the moon.*

[@Crecganford]

Well there are at least 100 examples of "on" in our academic records.

[@ImNotCrazyImInsane]

ʻOumuamua.. 🚀 .. thats probably who that is.. Trying to return home 🤔

[@enckidoofalling2883]

I thought it was Man in the moon

[@jamesonkimbrel6415]

Its no myth, mate. Just need a telephoto lens, superzoom, and a nice screen to view the darker portion of the moon.

[@AustinBranson]

🤍🤍🤍🌌 blue moon tomm

[@DavidIreland-um8pg]

Im left in 69 right on time 331 with a drum

[@jasonbrowning5796]

Did he shoot the animal in the butt?

[@dianetheone4059]

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@AlwaysTehFool]

*hums in kid cudi*

[@stevecollins4567]

Doesn't it look like a glacial path?

[@o.wildfarmer8023]

The moon is not 😜🤥😡

[@sciptick]

When I was a kid he was 'The Man "in" the Moon'. I guess he went from "in" to "on" after the Apollo missions.

[@ImNotCrazyImInsane]

Now I see why everybody was trying to rush to the Moon.. at one point ❤️‍🔥🥷🏻🪽

[@JM-hr4xp]

Thanks!

[@Crecganford]

Thank you so much for your support

[@Misandry101]

Hey :) thank you for at least promoting the datebase