In The Raw and the Cooked, Claude Levi-Strauss describes how instances of this phenomenon prompt the people of the Yukon to turn over cooking receptacles.
In The Raw and the Cooked, Claude Levi-Strauss describes how instances of this phenomenon prompt the people of the Yukon to turn over cooking receptacles. In Fon mythology, they signal bouts of lovemaking of Mawu and Lisa. In Hindu belief, these phenomena are produced by the body and immortal head of a decapitated asura, respectively known as Ketu and Rahu. In Norse myth, some of these phenomena occur when Arvak and Alsvid run too slowly, placing a daughter of Mundilfari in danger from SkÃ¶ll. In Shinto myth, one these events ended when Uzume's dancing lured Amaterasu out of a cave, returning light to the world. For 10 points, name this type of event, exemplified at Ragnarok by two wolves swallowing Mani and Sol, or the moon and sun.
In The Raw and the Cooked, Claude Levi-Strauss describes how instances of this phenomenon prompt the people of the Yukon to turn over cooking receptacles.
eclipses [accept lunar eclipses before "head"]