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WHAT PICTURES DO DIFFERENT CULTURES SEE ON THE MOON
Moon gazers in Japan see a rabbit making rice cakes with a mortar and pestle. In China and Korea they see him too-except he's mixing an immortality elixir.
The face of a man is visible to many in North America ancient lava flows form his eyes, nose, and mouth.
New Zealand sees Rona, a Maori maiden who disrespected the moon and must spend entirety there as penance.
A woman called Hina uses this banyan tree to make cloth for the gods. Hawaiians see this banyan tree on the moon.
Many European cultures see a man carrying a bundle of sticks. Christian lore holds that he's been eternally condemned for violating the Sabbath.