Mythological story explains red sunsets. from @ffern.co
The creator poses the question of why sunsets are red and proceeds to tell the Norse myth of the giant wolf Sköll. She narrates the story of Sköll chasing the sun across the sky each day, using puppets to visually represent the chase, and explains that the red sunset is caused by the sun's blood dripping into the sky when the wolf finally catches it at the horizon. The story concludes by explaining this is an endless cycle, ensuring the sun returns each morning.
Creator: @ffern.co on TikTok
Transcript
Have you ever wondered why the sunset turns the sky red? In Norse mythology, the sun is chased through the sky by a giant wolf named Skoll. Better day, Skoll pursues the sun from east to west until at the end of the day when the sun has grown tired he catches her in his mighty jaws. As the fearsome beast digs in his teeth and pulls the sun down towards the horizon, blood drips into the sky and stains the evening red creating beautiful and vivid sunsets. Once they disappear below below the horizo
Topics: History, Nature & Wildlife, Education
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