#gilbertnerdvacation Last month the United States was in the path of a solar eclipse, which we all know occurs when the moon passes between the sun and the earth. Almost every ancient and early modern civilization had mythology based on eclipses. The word itself comes from Greek, “to be eclipsed” meaning “forsake” or “failure to appear.” This fear of abandonment of the sun inspired people who did not understand what the true astronomical event was, to create stories to explain the...
