Many cultures saw Ghost Riders in the Sky not only in the stars, but also much closer to home in our own Moon. What we call the Man in the Moon has been seen as Cain the Wanderer, forever doomed to circle the Earth. Also, seen in various cultures are a woodcutter caught working on the Sabbath and banished to the Moon, a sheep-thief, a boy gathering sticks, a woman wearing jewelry, and in Japanese mythology, there is a tribe of human-like spiritual beings living on the Moon.
Here are some examples of the pareidolic images (looks like it's there, but it really isn't) seen on the Moon. (Credit to Wikipedia)
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My favorite is the second image above of a rabbit. When Apollo 11 was going to the Moon in 1969, the astronauts were alerted by NASA to be on the lookout for the rabbit.
Here is the transcript.
"NASA: Among the large headlines concerning Apollo this morning, is one asking that you watch for a lovely girl with a big rabbit. An ancient legend says a beautiful Chinese girl called Chang-O has been living there for 4,000 years. It seems she was banished to the Moon because she stole the pill of immortality from her husband. You might also look for her companion, a large Chinese rabbit, who is easy to spot since he is always standing on his hind feet in the shade of a cinnamon tree. The name of the rabbit is not reported.
"Astronaut Michael Collins: Okay. We'll keep a close eye out for the bunny girl."
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More recently, Hermes designer Dimitri Rybaltchenko gives us a pareidolic image (or is it really there??) of Pegasus in the Moon. The Story Behind reads:
"As though revealing the hidden face of the Moon, the scarf is divided between shadow and light. A crescent showered in stars borders a wide disk upon which the powerful body of the winged horse, Pegasus, appears - a divine creature with a disheveled mane."
Here is Gris/Blanc version of this Ghostly image in Clair de Lune.
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My SOTD is Clair de Lune, with the mythical Pegasus as my Ghost Rider in the Sky. I'm using the rando knot from
@blydia and wearing my (Man in the) Moonstone pendant.
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