TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE

xiii

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

xv

I. MOON SPOTS.

1. INTRODUCTION

1

2. THE MAN IN THE MOON

5

3. THE WOMAN IN THE MOON

53

4. THE HARE IN THE MOON

60

5. THE TOAD IN THE MOON

69

6. OTHER MOON MYTHS

71

II. MOON WORSHIP.

1. INTRODUCTION

77

2. THE MOON MOSTLY A MALE DEITY

82

3. THE MOON A WORLD-WIDE DEITY

87

4. THE MOON A WATER-DEITY

132

III. MOON SUPERSTITIONS.

1. INTRODUCTION

140

2. LUNAR FANCIES

145

3. LUNAR ECLIPSES

152

4. LUNAR INFLUENCES

175

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IV. MOON INHABITATION.

227

APPENDIX

259