Summary: Harbingers of Doom: Celestial Events and Superstitions<br> <br> What kind of superstitions or myths do you think of when you look up at the stars? Every culture has them; there have been stories developed all over the world to explain star constellations or natural phenomena like solar and lunar eclipses, comets, meteors and more. When the sun provides warmth to help the crops grow and night skies are used to measure the passage of time, it’s not surprising that any unexpected or unusual phenomenon is assigned meaning when the science isn’t sophisticated enough to distinguish between causation and correlation. Horrific History co-hosts, Eric Slyter and Curtis Bender, explore beliefs related to celestial events from across the globe. Hindu serpent demons, China’s dragons (or dogs) and modern conspiracy theorists watching for alien spaceships, we have a lot of “bad omens” for your enjoyment.<br> <br> Lunacy and <a href="http://www.horrifichistory.com/one-night-with-venus-pt1/">humours</a>, werewolves and <a href="http://www.horrifichistory.com/leaving-you-in-stitches-part-1-human-tissue-theft/">witches</a>, this episode brings you from past paranormal superstition to modern “remote viewing” and “Flat Earth Theory” <a href="http://www.horrifichistory.com/leaving-you-in-stitches-part-2-human-tissue-theft/">pseudoscience</a>! From the “Tears of St. Lawrence” to angels being cast from heaven, we’ve also included many spiritual explanations for the natural workings of the heavens; we even have some signs from the <a href="http://www.horrifichistory.com/black-broth-broken-vines-rites-of-passage/">aboriginal</a> afterlife! Hear about doomsday cults, <a href="http://www.horrifichistory.com/leaving-you-in-stitches-part-1-human-tissue-theft/">castration</a>s, suicides and plagues all associated with cosmic events and the illusory correlations humans have assigned to them (sometimes, like with the Battle of Hastings, even after the event has long passed)! Of course, this episode wouldn’t be complete without the tale of the woman who survived being hit by a meteorite! Just remember, no squeam allowed.<br> <br> So put on your eclipse glasses and pull out your <a href="http://www.horrifichistory.com/mementos-of-you-human-trophies/">Aztec</a> sun stone to keep time as you listen to this Horrific History Podcast episode through one of your favorite podcast services (<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/horrific-history-podcast/id1210557653">iTunes</a>, <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/your/horrific-history-podcast">Stitcher</a>, <a href="http://tunein.com/radio/Horrific-History-p964792/">TuneIn</a> and <a href="http://www.horrifichistory.com/subscribe-to-podcast/">more</a>); we’ll provide you with your own little collection of cosmic harbingers of doom to keep you entertained while you look out into space, the final squeam-teir. Come back again in two weeks to hear our <a href="http://www.horrifichistory.com/profits-before-people-assassinations-disasters-and-child-labor/">Labor Day and horrible in history episode</a>.<br> <br> If you’d like to hear the commercial-free version of this episode and receive other great perks, <a href="https://www.patreon.com/HorrificHistory">become a patron of our podcast on Patreon</a>!<br><br> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=5089603">Become a Patron!</a><br> <br> <br><br> Some of our favorite resources from this week’s episode:<br> <br> * <a href="https://www.inside-mexico.com/the-aztec-sun-stone/">Inside Mexico</a><br> * <a href="http://www.dellerae.com/tenoch/Astronomy.html">Delle Rae Maxwell</a><br> * <a href="http://www.thelivingmoon.com/43ancients/01documents/Mesopotamian_Astronomy.html">The Living Moon</a><br> * <a href="https://timeline."></a>
