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A Peer-Reviewed Internati nal Literary Quarterly Journal
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Rock Pebbles
SEPTEMBER - 2023 • Vol. XXVII • No. III
The moon is a silver shield, the lamp of heaven, a fairy godmother, and a goddess Luna, Astarte, Isis, Phoebe and Diana. The moon can therefore represent pagan, natural, elemental forces which lie outside the strictures and traditions of organised religion. Of course, the moon has often been viewed as a symbol of wild, uncontrollable forces: men turning into werewolves on a full moon, for instance. However, the moon has been a firm favourite with poets and writers down the ages. It has been a powerful symbol in religion, literature, and art for centuries – indeed, for millennia. But delving into the history of moon-symbolism reveals some surprising things about how poets, philosophers, and religious writers have viewed the moon. Nevertheless, the moon, a celestial object, blinking in our imagination has finally been conquered by ISRO with the landing of Chandrayan-3. This flight to the moon will certainly give a new dimension to world of literature.
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