267: Chapter 267: The Two Moons Hovering, Eyewitness Reports from Ancient People Around the World

In the villa living room.

Seeing her brother's serious expression, Xiaoyu was stunned for a moment. "Do countries all over the world have legends about two moons?"

Jiang Zhe nodded gently, picked up his tablet, and began operating it with his fingers on the glass.

"Yes, there are a large number of legends in global mythology about two suns or two moons in the sky; it's not just a few."

He pulled up an image and zoomed in—it was a translated English text, which he interpreted orally.

"This is a legend from the Chibcha Indians in Colombia, South America."

"Their mythology clearly records: [In ancient times, there was only the sun in the sky, no moon. Later, one day, a god named Bochica brought a moon from the east and hung it in the night sky. From then on, the world had the rising and setting of the moon.]"

Xiaoyu's beautiful eyes shifted. "Wow, a moon brought by Bochica from the east?"

"Yes." Jiang Zhe spoke slowly. "This legend isn't part of Sky Culture, it's just oral tradition, but a key point is that what they pass down orally is—the moon appeared later, it was [brought] by someone; as for what kind of god Bochica actually is..."

Speaking of this, the corners of his mouth curled slightly. "According to the beliefs of the Muisca people in Colombia, the Bochica they speak of came from the eastern plains on our side, from Xia Nation, shouldering the mission of teaching humanity."

"He taught the Colombian Muisca people survival skills such as agriculture, weaving, and handicrafts, and established social moral norms and legal systems; thereby helping them move from a primitive state toward a civilized society."

"He gave speeches village by village and town by town, ultimately winning the followers and respect of the masses!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Xiaoyu's beautiful eyes widened, and countless netizens straightened their iron bodies on the spot.

How does this sound so much like China's... Nüwa and Fuxi!!!!!

"Wait, my DNA is moving. Coming from the east, bringing civilization and education—why does this setting sound so familiar?"

"Bochica = Fuxi. Teaching weaving, setting rules—this job description matches perfectly, hey!"

"So Bochica came from the [Eastern Plains], could it be from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau? (Doge face!)"

"Be bolder. Is it possible that Bochica is Nüwa? She brought the moon to complete the sky; logically, that's also very reasonable!"

"The [civilization hero and cultural disseminator] in the Muisca people's beliefs overlaps highly in function with our Great God Fuxi."

"Nüwa and Fuxi aren't just siblings and husband and wife; in many mythological systems, they are also cultural heroes who taught survival skills. Isn't this a crossover?"

"Case closed. Bochica is just Fuxi's alter ego on a business trip to South America!"

"A god from the east. For the Americas, the east is across the Pacific Ocean, brothers. Think about it, it's terrifying!"

"..."

Xiaoyu was also shocked to the point of scalp numbness by her brother's account. Although myths differ, the source is basically the same!!!

"Wow, no way?"

Looking at Xiaoyu's expression, Jiang Zhe smiled slightly. "The interesting part is still to come!"

He continued to flip through the screen.

"Look at this."

He pulled up a photo of a stone carving.

"This is a stone carving of the Aztec moon goddess Coyolxauhqui, from the 15th century, currently in the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico."

Xiaoyu stared at the screen.

On the tablet screen, there was a huge circular stone carving, about 3 meters in diameter.

In the center of the stone carving was a female figure, but her body was dismembered.

The head was in the center, with limbs and torso separated, scattered in various directions on the disc.

The carving was very detailed; the clothing and ornaments on each severed limb were clearly visible, and the entire scene was full of blood and violence.

"Was she chopped to pieces?"

"Yes." Jiang Zhe nodded gently. "In Aztec mythology, Coyolxauhqui wanted to kill her mother, but was defeated by her brother and the sun god Huitzilopochtli; the sun god cut off her head and threw her body into the sky, and from then on, she became the moon."

He smiled slightly. "Xiaoyu, actually this myth is very interesting. The moon was dismembered, the moon was thrown into the sky—could this be a metaphor for some kind of astronomical event by ancient people?"

Xiaoyu thought for a moment, her brows furrowed slightly. For some reason, perhaps this was possible?

Jiang Zhe continued to flip the screen. "Next, this is a legend from Ancient Greece. Look at this text!"

He pulled up a photocopy of an Ancient Greek document with an English translation.

"This is a fragment of Hesiod's 'Theogony' from the 8th century BC; it mentions that in ancient times, there were multiple moons in the sky, and later only one remained to illuminate the night."

He pointed to the English translation on the side.

"This is a record left by Demetrius, the first librarian of the Library of Alexandria. After reading countless ancient manuscripts, he wrote: [In ancient times, the moon could not be seen in Earth's sky.]"

Xiaoyu frowned. "Sss... Cannot see the moon, isn't that...?"

"Yes." Jiang Zhe's mouth curled slightly. "Yes, it matches perfectly with the records from 12,000 years ago in global mythology that there was no moon."

He continued to flip through. "This is a clay tablet from Babylon."

On the screen was a photo of a palm-sized cuneiform clay tablet, earthy yellow, with its surface densely covered in symbols.

"This tablet is numbered BM86378 and is now in the British Museum in Fu Nation."

"It records an astronomical observation around 3000 BC: two bright discs appeared in the sky, one in the east and one in the west. This east-west state lasted for a very long time."

He zoomed in on a part of the tablet. "Look at this line of cuneiform; archaeologists translated it as [two discs]. There is also an astrological chart on the side, with two circular symbols carved side by side."

Xiaoyu leaned in to look, and under the crooked cuneiform, there were indeed two circular marks.

"And this."

Jiang Zhe pulled up another image.

"This is a photocopy of the original Sanskrit manuscript of the Indian epic 'Mahabharata', dating back about three thousand years."

He pointed to a section. "This chapter is called 'Adi Parva'; it mentions, [A new celestial body appeared in the sky, brighter than the old one. It came from the south and gradually occupied the entire night sky.]"

Speaking to this point, he smiled slightly, his gaze falling on Xiaoyu. "[A new celestial body], [brighter than the old one], [came from the south], [gradually occupied the night sky], Xiaoyu, what process is this?"

As he finished speaking, Xiaoyu and countless netizens felt their scalps tingle, feeling it was incredible.

This process was clearly...

"A naked-eye description of the moon approaching Earth!!!" Inside the research institute, Director Wang Weiguo gave the answer with a grave expression.

"Sss~~~" Xiaoyu couldn't help but look surprised. "Isn't this a description of the process of the moon approaching Earth?"

Jiang Zhe put down the tablet, looked at Xiaoyu, and nodded with satisfaction. "If these legends are placed within the hypothesis of Venus ejecting the moon, they make perfect sense."

"Before Venus ejected the moon toward Earth, there were indeed two relatively large celestial bodies in the night sky, possibly Venus and its satellite, the moon."

"When the moon left Venus's orbit, Venus became exceptionally bright for a time because it was closer to Earth; meanwhile, the moon grew larger and larger, eventually occupying the night sky!"

"The ancient people who witnessed this process recorded legends like [the moons in the sky increased] and [two moons fighting]. Later people discovered these and didn't understand, after all, how could the moon increase? How could the moon fight? So it turned into myth."

Just then, Jiang Zhe operated the tablet again, playing a simulation animation he had prepared long ago.

On the screen, there were originally two bright discs in the night sky.

One of them suddenly began to move, drifting toward Earth, growing larger and larger.

The other remained in place, absorbing light reflected from the sun, causing it to become brighter and brighter!

Ancient people also called Venus the Morning Star and the Evening Star.

"If Venus's satellite moon was really ejected, this process might have lasted for hundreds or even thousands of years; the night sky seen by every generation was slowly changing, with Venus becoming brighter and the moon becoming larger."

"Those priests, shamans, and tribal elders recorded all this and passed it down from generation to generation; afterwards, it was passed down for thousands of years to the modern day, eventually becoming myth."

Xiaoyu felt a chill all over as she listened. "So those myths are real?"

Jiang Zhe smiled slightly. "Some myths are artistic imagination, and some are exactly the same as the celestial movement trajectories observed by current science. Some of these may not be one-hundred-percent historical records, but very likely, their source is a real, major astronomical event!"

"Why was the Maya's worship of Venus so fanatical—because they might have witnessed the process of Venus gradually brightening, its brightness even exceeding that of the moon!"

"Why are Great Flood legends spread all over the world?"

"That's because the moment the moon entered its final orbit, the resulting tidal changes submerged large areas of land."

He looked at Xiaoyu and nodded slightly.

"Xiaoyu, don't you think this hypothesis of Venus ejecting the moon is the only astronomical model that can connect all the myths about [changes in the moon] worldwide and explain them?"

Xiaoyu stared at him blankly, thinking for a long time, unable to express her thoughts.

That's right!

If only a few individual myths worldwide said there were two moons in the sky, that would be one thing, but why did almost every famous ancient nation worldwide—that is, ancient cultures that can be referenced by contemporary mythologists in the name of history—record this extremely unusual astronomical myth?

Could it be?

A long time ago, did two moons really appear in the sky, two moons rhythmically moving north and south in the night sky?

No matter how one thinks about it, this doesn't seem like a myth, but rather an alternative record of the [major ancient astronomical event] that her brother mentioned!!!

At this moment, in the live broadcast room, it was quiet for a few seconds, and then the barrage erupted like a tsunami!

"So there's a reason why the Maya worshipped Venus!"

"They really saw the process of Venus brightening!"

"Myths aren't myths, they're damn eyewitness reports!"

"My scalp is tingling. If one or two myths said there were two moons in the sky, it wouldn't matter; but damn it, this is global!!!"

"Damn, was the sky in ancient times really that spectacular!"

"Is it possible that it was a comet? After all, comets are also very bright!"

"To the person above, can your comet last for hundreds or thousands of years in the sky? My brother said during his lesson earlier that ancient people just had less knowledge, but they weren't stupid, okay?"

"Brother, continue!!!"