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How are solar eclipse caused?

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Anonymous

13y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

is like a folktale about a woman who ran away from her cruel husband,and so he went to chase after her.because he was not fast enough and could not catch her,the man sent his dog to run after the woman.the woman is said to be the moon,and the man is the sun.evidently, the sun and the moon cannot catch each other.however ,there are instances when the moon is blotted out from the sky.it is said that during these times,the dog is able to catch the woman.on these nights,people make loud noises in order to scare the dog and saved the woman . this folktale is about the eclipse of the moon .

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