• ngwoo@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I have a theory that this has a special name less frequently the further you get from the equator because it’s a phenomenon that’s less rare when the sun spends less time overhead

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      1 year ago

      So it’s from the French who took it from a poem about Greek gods. So the Christians stole from the pagans yet again lol.

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      1 year ago

      Crazy that nearly every culture on earth has a name for it that’s somehow related to animals getting married.

      Wonder if they all stem from the same ancient folk tail or if it’s just somehow convergence.