‘The gods’ wrath’: The ancient folklore of the eclipse
Fox 8: Deepak Sarma, professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the College of Arts and Sciences, shared how ancient societies interpreted myths and stories around solar eclipses. “Overall, we can say a lot of these ancient cultures … a great many of them, interestingly, across the world understand the [solar] eclipse in terms of an animal … or mythic figure consuming the sun,” they said.