The moon is the eye of the night and the mirror of human moods, feelings, and fantasies. At all times and on all continents, myths and fairy tales are told about this wondrous celestial body. Christine Brand has collected them for young and old and put them down on paper. Why do the sun and moon live in the sky? Why is there only one moon? A marriage proposal with consequences. A divorce with a rooster. Man or woman, who lives in the moon? Of moon princesses and warriors. About nights in darkness. About people who travel to the moon. This and much more you will learn in this volume. Stories from Serbia, Nigeria, China, Brazil, Malaysia, Estonia, Madagascar, New Zealand, Kenya, Cameroon, Spain, South Africa, Russia, Great Britain, Greenland, Japan, Australia, India, and other countries.