This document lists the titles of seven folktales from different cultures around the world that feature lunar deities or the moon. The folktales are from Hottentot, Mayan, Australian, Chinese, Wishram, Hindu, and Javanese cultures and their titles reference a hare and the moon goddess, the sun and a weaving girl, why the moon wanes, Heng-o the river god's daughter, eagle and coyote visiting the moon's island of the dead, the moon god Chandra, and the moon goddess Nawang Wulan.
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1. The Hare and the Moon Goddess. From a Hottentot story