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In other myths she was the goddess Hanan

For generations the stars guided our ancestors through their day to day lives

The Eclipse Earrings are a mismatch pair that depict the stages of an eclipse – a crescent on one and a gibbous moon on the other

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To the Kapampangan she was the one-eyed warrior goddess

Eclipse Earrings araw In other myths she wasThe Story According to legend, there were once seven moons in the sky. The great sea serpent Bakunawa was so captivated by their beauty that he longed to posses them, so every night he would take to the sky and swallow them whole one by one. As he was about to swallow the last moon, the people came out and made as much loud noise as they could to frighten him away. This is why banging pots and pans, and making loud noises became a tradition during