Artemis, Selene, Hecate, Harvest Moon, Hunters Moon, Beltane A Tezcucan myth of why the Moon isn't bright as the Sun The Sun and Moon were originally equally bright. But the gods did not think this was very good, so they decided to stop it at once. One god took a hare and threw it at the face of the moon. The hare struck the moon, and made a dark blotch that dimmed the Moon's brightness forever. Stonehenge Gods and goddesses Australian god - Gidja Aztec goddess - Coyolxauhqui Aztec goddess - Metzli Aztec god - Tecciztecatl Aztec goddess - Xochiquetzal Babylonian god - Sin Brazilian god - Iae Canaanite goddess - Asherali Canaanite god - Yarikh Canaanite goddess - Tanit Chinese goddess - Heng-O, Chang-o, Ch'ang-o Egyptian goddess - Isis Egyptian god - Khons, Chons Egyptian god - Osiris, Serapis Egyptian god - Thoth, Thot Eskimo god - Igaluk Finnish god - Kuu Greek goddess - Artemis Greek goddess - Hecate Greek goddess - Selene Hindu goddess - Paurnamasi (full moon) Hindu god - Soma Incan goddess - Mama Quilla Japanese god - Tsuki-Yomi,Tsukiyomi Latvian god - Meness Lithuanian god - Menulis Mayan god - Itzamna Mayan goddess - Ix Chel, Ixchel Mayan goddess goddess - Ix Ch'up Mesopotamian goddess - Ishtar Mesopotamian god - Sin Norse goddess - Nanna Pawnee (Native American) goddess - Pah Phoenician goddess - Astarte, Ashtoreth Roman goddess - Diana Roman goddess - Luna Slavic god - Myesyats Slavic goddess - Marina Sumerian goddess - Inanna, Sin Sumerian goddess - Sadarnuna (new moon) Syrian goddess - Astarte Urartu god - Selardi Vedic god - Chandra