An exploration of the myths, symbols and poetic images which have been inspired by the moon, from the earliest Paleolithic markings on horn and bone, down to the crafted poems of the present. A study in the history of ideas, the aim is not only to discover the ways in which the stories of the moon have contributed to the way we think, but also to look at what these myths and images disclose about human consciousness.

Table of Contents

The moon and the rhythms of life; the moon and time; the moon and the waters; the moon and mind; the moon and the sun; the moon and fertility; the moon and plants; the moon and fate; the full moon; the waning moon; the dark moon and death; the new moon - transformation and rebirth.