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The Moon
For centuries, humankind has gazed up at the Moon in awe and wonder been a source of inspiration to artists, astronomers, poets, and mathematicians alike. But how much do we really know about our closest neighbor? Explore the history of mans relationship with the Moonthe science, the myths, the facts, and the fictionand how it affects our everyday lives and the world around us.
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Blue Moon Keeps 'Em Guessing
\"Why is the second full moon of the month called a 'blue moon?'\" (NEWSDAY) This question is answered.
Newspaper Article
The shadow in the Moon : a tale of the Mid-Autumn Festival
Two young sisters celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, admire their mooncakes decorated with a picture of a lady in the moon, and listen to their Ah-ma tell the ancient tale of how the holiday began.\"
Book
Winter moon song
A young rabbit finds a new way to help brighten the darkest month of the year.
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The correlation between full moon and admission volume for penetrating injuries at a major trauma centre in South Africa
BackgroundThe possible effect of full moon on admission volume of trauma centres is a well-mentioned phenomenon that has been perpetuated worldwide. We aimed to review the correlation between full moon and admission volume and to interrogate any possible relationship on admission for penetrating trauma.MethodsA retrospective study from 2012 to 2018 at Pietermaritzburg Metropolitan Trauma Service (PMTS), South Africa.ResultsA total of 8 722 patients were admitted. Eighty-three per cent (7 242/8 722) were male and the mean age was 29 years. The total number of days during the study period was 1 953, 66 of which were ‘full moon’ (FM) days and 1 887 were ‘non-full moon’ (NFM) days. There was no significant difference between gender or age distribution. The mean number of admissions per day on FM days compared with NFM days was not significant (4.1 vs 4.5, p = 0.583). A total of 3 332 patients with penetrating trauma were admitted. This constituted 42% (113/271) of admission on FM days and 38% (3 219) on NFM days, which is not statistically significant (p = 0.229). Subgroup analysis did not demonstrate any significant difference between the number of stab wounds – 28% (77/113) vs 25% (2 124/3 219) – or gunshot wounds – 13% (16/113) vs 12% (990/3 219) – between FM and NFM days.ConclusionThe correlation between full moon and trauma admission is unfound in our setting. The perpetuating notion that ‘it must be full moon tonight’ is likely to be an urban myth with no scientific evidence for such a claim.
Journal Article
The sandman : the story of Sanderson Mansnoozie
Provides the background, history, and life of Sanderson Mansnoozie, better known as the Sandman, who helps the Man in the Moon keep children safe at night by bringing them sweet dreams.
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Incest, Eclipse, and the Origin of the Moon's Spots: Nature as Darkness and Chaos in Amerindian Myth
Amerindian myths dealing with the related themes of incest, eclipse, and the origin of the moon's spots reveal glimpses of an elaborate cosmological system, widespread across the Americas, that presents nature in terms of darkness, chaos, corruption, and mortality—in opposition to culture, which is identified with light, order, immortality, and the sacred. This opposition takes diverse manifestations and the mediation of these opposites is achieved, in both myth and ritual, in complex ways. This article uses a comparative approach to analyze myths and motifs documented by Claude Lévi-Strauss. The notorious abuse of comparative mythology in the past to vindicate colonialist and racist agendas has cast a dark shadow over this discipline. Instead of reducing the material to generalized functions of the mind or of human society, the ideas expressed are treated as manifestations of an intellectual tradition. Starting with the structural links that Lévi-Strauss makes between a large body of Amerindian myths, this article will reveal the richness and intellectual depth with which the relevant mythic ideas are elaborated in different cultures. The variations of an idea or motif are approached with the understanding that they are manifestations of a dynamic process of tradition and creation.
Journal Article