Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 144, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 October 1933 — Page 3

OCT. 26, 1933_

—Dietz on Science — NURSERY RHYME IS TRACED TO MYTH OF MOON Jack and Jill Believed to Have Descended From Norse Poem. BY DAVID DIETZ XerippN-llovard Science Editor Every one knows the old nursery rhyme; which recounts the adventures of Jack and Jili: “Jack and Jill went up the hill, To fetch a pail of water; Jack fell down and broke his crown. And Jill came tumbling after.” But few people, perhaps, realize that a lunar myth is concealed within the jingle. That is the opinion held by many students of mythology. The Volu-Spa, an an ent Norse poem, calls the moon-god “Mani,” and tells that Mani transported two children from earth to the moon. These children were named Bil and Hjuki and were seized by Mani as they were drawing water from a well. According to the poem, they can be seen in the moon with their bucket. Book Explains Tale The most familiar legend makes the spots on the moon resemble a man, but in Sweden, even today, there is the tradition that the spots form two children carrying a bucket of water. It is entirely reasonable, therefore, to trace a connection between the old Norse mythology and the familiar nursery rhyme. This connection was discussed at length in “Curious Myths of the Middle Ages,” published in London in 1877. S. Baring-Gould was the author. Baring-Gould wrote: “Hjuki, in Norse, would be pronounced Juki, which would readily become Jack; and Bil, for the sake of euphony and in order to give a female name to one of the children would become Jill. Signifieiance Deep “The fall of Jack, and the subsequent fall of Jill, simply represent the vanishing of one moon spot after another, as the moon wanes. “But the old Norse myth had a deeper signification than merely an explanation of the moon spots. Hjuki is derived from the verb, jakka, to heap or pile together, to assemble and increase; and Bil, from bila, to break up or dissolve. “Hjuki and Bil, therefore, signify nothing more than the waxing and the waning of the me on, and the water they are represented as bearing signifies the fact that the rainfall depends on the phases of the moon. “Waxing and waning were individualized, and the meteorological fact of the connection of the rain with the moon was represented by the chidren as water-bearers.” Theory Is Blasted In this connection, it should be mentioned, perhaps, that the old idea that the phases of the moon controlled the weather, has been completely exploded. It still persists and occasionally one will meet with an amateur weather prophet who insists that the sky is never cloudy when the moon is full. Records, however, prove conclusively that the sky is frequently cloudy at the time of full moon. Most of the old British-German legends picture the spots on the moon as forming a man. He is represented variously as carrying a thorn bush over his shoulder or some stolen object. He is supposed to have been banished to the moon, either for theft or Sabbath-break-ing. Baring-Gould believes that these legends grew out of the older Norse ones. He continues: “But though Jack and Jill became by degrees dissevered in the popular mind from the moon, the original myth went through a fresh phase and exists still under anew form. Image Is Faint “The Norse superstition attributed theft to the moon, and the vulgar soon began to believe that* the figure they saw in the moon was the thief. “The lunar specks certainly may be made to resemble one figure, but only a lively imagination can discern two. The girl soon dropped out of popular mythology, the boy oldened into a venerable man and the bucket was transformed into the thing he had stolen—sticks or vegetables. The theft was in some places exchanged for Sabbathbreaking." This same origin of the man in the moon was also suggested by Jacob Grimm in his “Teutonic Mythology.” “Plainly enough,” wrote Grimm, “the water-pole of the heathen story has been transformed into the axe's shaft, and the carried pail into the thorn-bush.” ARRANGES TOUR TO FAIR Big Four to Send Special Train to Chicago Saturday. Tour by special train to the Century of Progress exposition over the Big Four route will leave here at 8 Saturday morning, railroad officials announced today. The party will ret tun Sunday, leaving Chicago at 8 p. m. and arriving in Indianapolis about midnight.

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Former Chilean Envoy to Speak at Town Hall

Part Played by Women in Politics to Be Topic of Senor Davila. Credited with introduction of women's suffrage into Chile, Don j Carlos G. Davila, former ambassador to the United States and prominent publisher, will speak at 11:30 tomorrow morning at English theater in j a Town Hall lecture. The address of Senor Davila on j Chilean politics wall emphasize the part played by women in formation of the present government. After his service as ambassador to this country from 1927 to 1931, Senor Daviia was provisional president for a brief period. His editorship of La Nacion, leading Chilean newspaper, is credited with forming public opinion which crystalized in the 1927 revolution. It is pointed out that the Chilean government under the new regime is modeled, in important respects, after the American form of democracy.

Solicitation for Sheriff Magazine Causes Protest

City Business Men Complain Allen County Deputies Use 'Coercion.’ Complaints that Ft. Wayne deputy sheriffs are attempting to obtain contributions from local business men to a publication of the Indiana Sheriffs’ Association were referred to Clifton Small, Kokomo, association secretary, by Sheriff Charles (Buck) Sumner today. According to Information given Sheriff Sumner by the Better Business' Bureau, local merchants and manufacturers have complained they were being "coerced" into purchasing advertising in the annual convention issue of the association’s magazine. Sheriff Sumner asked Mr. Small in a letter to “aid in straightening out the situation," pointing out that the salesmen were seeking to sell advertising, but were charged with asking for outright contributions. It has been said the salesmen indicated the convention will be held here, but that the date is Nov. 15 in New Albany, Sheriff Sumner wrote. He explained to Mr. Small that the men working here have special authority from Sheriff Fred Lunz of Allen county, but are not from the regular deputy staff. 37,500 MILES FLOWN EACH DAY BY PLANES American Airways Ships Make 678 Landings in 24 Hours. Every twenty-four hours. 678 landings and take-offs are scheduled for airplanes operated by American Airways, company officials declare. More than 37,500 miles are flown daily by the planes operated by the company, with lines extending from coast to coast and from Mexico to Canada, it is estimated. AERO CLUB TO FROLIC Old-Fashioned Halloween Party to Be Held Saturday Night. An old-fashioned Halloween party will be held by members of the Indianapolis Aero Club Saturday night at the Loucke cottage, seven miles south of Noblesville. Committee in charge includes Miss Shirley McKittrick, French Livezey and George Gamsjager. Those attending have been urged to wear fancy costumes, old clothes or at least a mask. WHITE IS CLUB SPEAKER Conditions in Germany Under Hitler Caravan Club Subject. R. Clyde White, Indiana university, was to discuss economic conditions in Germany under Hitler at the Shriners’ Caravan Club luncheon today in the Scottish Rite cathedral.

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