Bakunawa was a mighty moon eating dragon from Philippine mythology. The Bakunawa is said to have been so obsessed with the seven moons that it  determined to eat them all, managing six and leaving only the one that  we now have. The myth of Bakunawa is one of the most creative  explanations of a natural event in mythology, telling the tale of the  lunar eclipse.

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