Man in the Moon Mare Cognitum. This particular human face can also be seen in tropical regions on both sides of the equator. However, the Moon orientation associated with the face is observed less frequently—and eventually not at all—as one moves toward the South Pole. Conventionalized illustrations of the Man in the Moon seen in Western art often show a very simple face in the full moon, or a human profile in the crescent moon, corresponding to no actual markings. "The Man in the Moon" can also refer to a mythological character said to live on or in the Moon, but who is not
What the Moon Brings that have died. He watches the sea for a time and sees ripples in it, attributing them to sea worms. He suddenly feels a chill and notices something far off beneath the sea: Fleeing this monstrous thing, he dives into the city of the dead: The speaker clearly prefers death among horrors to this perceived-even-greater-horror revealed in carven grandeur. The tale ends, but does not confirm whether this was the ending of the speaker's life. Source: What the Moon Brings "What the Moon Brings" is a short story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, written on June 5,