is going on up there among the crowd of stars. The Moon is rising a
god among sparkling goddesses." Knut Hamsun was so fascinated with the aurora that he wrote
The aurora has not only been captured in imagination of writings but also seen through the
eyes by artist for centuries. A tapestry named "Wooers" made in the fifteeen century Germany
captures the expression that the aurora is expresed as fear and related to the concepts of hell. The
Sa`mi carved lithographs of the aurora. They belived the lights held supernatural powers to
resolve conflict. They also would put auroral symbols on their drums and homes which
represented good luck from the hevans. In Ancient China the aurora was painted on silk screens.
The myth goes that Women who wanted to bear children would hire artist to paint a picture of the
Aurora for them in their home. The Chinese belived the aurora was to predict forthcoming of a
child. Another crazy belief I read about in National Geographic say's that a popular belief in
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