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Mythes et folklores
Why the moon has ascending and descending nodes?
The story goes, that the moon was very handsome,
attractive and enjoyed its life with 28 constellations. One
day, he saw Ganesh and laughed at his appearance, but Ganesh
so humiliated cursed the moon that he should be destroyed
by tuberculosis. The curse worked immediately with the moon
thinner and darker every day. The worried moon went to Shiva
who advised him to go and apologise to Ganesh. Ganesh blessed
him for his apology, and said that for only 15 days would
he lose his rays, and again would begin to grow bigger and
stronger. So now we have the cycle of the moon, growing to
full moon and then waning.
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