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sodashintaro t1_ixs2ofz wrote

Reply to comment by TheApathyParty3 in THE MOON, MareAU, digital art, 2022 by MareAUs

Male deities of the moon: Khonsu (Egyptian), Thoth (Egyptian), Tsukuyomi (Japanese), Mani (Norse), Sin (Mesopotamian), Chandra (Indian), Igaluk/Alignak (Inuit)

as to why many relate it to femininity it was probably because they related the menstrual cycle to the moon

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TheApathyParty3 t1_ixs3mhm wrote

I think it's also a Western thing. A big motif in European mythologies that derive from Greek and Roman ones associate the sun with fire and masculinity, while the moon is more water and calmness, and thus female. Prometheus and Artemis, yadda yadda.

The same is true of Abrahamic stuff. Burning bush and all that, God brought light to the void of the ocean with his fire, etc.

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