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澳大利亚原住民天文学

Eclipses in Australian Aboriginal Astronomy

Duane W. Hamacher, Ray P. Norris

摘要:

我们探讨了50澳大利亚土著帐户的月食和日食,以确定土著群体如何理解这一现象。我们总结了土著参考日食的文献,表明许多土著群体认为日食是负面的,经常将它们与不祥的预兆,邪恶的魔法,疾病,血液和死亡。在许多社区,长老或巫医被认为有能力通过魔法手段控制或避免日食,巩固他们在社区中作为提供者和保护者的角色。我们还表明,许多原住民群体理解的运动的太阳,地球,月亮系统,月相和潮汐之间的联系,并承认日食是由月亮挡住太阳。

英文摘要:

We explore 50 Australian Aboriginal accounts of lunar and solar eclipses to determine how Aboriginal groups understood this phenomenon. We summarise the literature on Aboriginal references to eclipses, showing that many Aboriginal groups viewed eclipses negatively, frequently associating them with bad omens, evil magic, disease, blood and death. In many communities, Elders or medicine men were believed to have the ability to control or avert eclipses by magical means, solidifying their role as provider and protector within the community. We also show that many Aboriginal groups understood the motions of the sun-earth-moon system, the connection between the lunar phases and tides, and acknowledged that solar eclipses were caused by the moon blocking the sun.

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