The call of the stars; a popular introduction to a knowledge of the starry skies with their romance and legend . hat you see there. In Greek legend there is a pretty little story ofSelene (the Moon), and Endymion, a beautiful youthrenowned for his perpetual sleep. As the story runs,while the latter slept on Latmus, a mountain in Caria,whither he had come from Elis, Selene, charmed by hissurprising beauty, came down to him from the sky, andkissed him. Shakespeare in The Merchant of Venice,Act v., Scene I., thus allndes to this episode: Peace, ho! the moon sleeps with Endymion,And would not be a
The call of the stars; a popular introduction to a knowledge of the starry skies with their romance and legend . hat you see there. In Greek legend there is a pretty little story ofSelene (the Moon), and Endymion, a beautiful youthrenowned for his perpetual sleep. As the story runs,while the latter slept on Latmus, a mountain in Caria,whither he had come from Elis, Selene, charmed by hissurprising beauty, came down to him from the sky, andkissed him. Shakespeare in The Merchant of Venice,Act v., Scene I., thus allndes to this episode: Peace, ho! the moon sleeps with Endymion,And would not be awaked! In the British Museum there is a beautiful statue ofa sleeping Endymion. There is a Buddhist legend, according to which thegod Indra, while walking through the woods disguised asa Brahman, met a monkey, a fox, and a hare travellingtogether, and pretending to be starving, asked them forsomething to eat. The three at once started off in searchfor food, the monkey bringing back a bunch of mangoes,and the fox a pot of milk he had stolen, the hare alonereturning from the quest unsuccessful. Not wishing to. From W. H. Pickerings The Moon Plate XXXI. Lunar Fancies The Moon 353 appear lacking in hospitality, the hare said to the Brah-man, If you are very, very hungry, light a fire androast and eat me. All right, said the Brahman, Illkindle a fire at the foot of this rock and you jump offinto it. Immediately the fire was built, the hareleapt in, but was snatched from the flames by the god,and in reward for his heroic self-sacrifice was placedin the Moon, where he may be seen to this day. Among some Indian tribes, a legend exists that thedark spots on the Moon represent a little child carryinga basket. The myth relates that the child cried outin the night for water, but the mother, tired and sleepy,heeded not its cry. Whereupon, the Moon, who feltsorry for the child, appeared with a pot of water fromheaven, and said, Here, little one, is water to child eagerly drank the
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