The Aztecs called Venus "the star that smoked" and Quetzalcoatl "the feathered serpent". Their holy books record how at one time "the sun refused to show itself and during four days the world was deprived of light. Then a great star appeared; it was giving the name Quetzalcoatl, and a great number of people died of famine and pestilence."
The Greeks tell of how Phaeton (the blazing star) nearly destroyed the world by fire, and then was transformed into Venus. The Jewish Talmud describes it's comet like appearance as "fire hanging down from the planet Venus", while the Midrash describes the "brilliant light of Venus blazing from one end of the cosmos to the other" The Assyrians called Venus "the fearful dragon who is clothed in fire".
In China at the time of the Emperor Yao "the sun during a span of ten days did not set" and "a brilliant star issued from the constellation Yin", demonstrating gravitational effect on the earth during he birth of Venus.
The Greeks tell of how Phaeton (the blazing star) nearly destroyed the world by fire, and then was transformed into Venus. The Jewish Talmud describes it's comet like appearance as "fire hanging down from the planet Venus", while the Midrash describes the "brilliant light of Venus blazing from one end of the cosmos to the other" The Assyrians called Venus "the fearful dragon who is clothed in fire".
In China at the time of the Emperor Yao "the sun during a span of ten days did not set" and "a brilliant star issued from the constellation Yin", demonstrating gravitational effect on the earth during he birth of Venus.