This piece is based on the Chinese myth for a solar eclipse, explaining that the rare event was caused by the celestial dog of heaven biting off a piece of the sun. The referenced event is said to have occurred around 2,160BCE
Inspired by Ergotism in Salem
So I read up on Orion, the famous mythological hunter, and his relationship with the deity Artemis, a goddess of the hunt and wilderness, among other things.
