People have always been interested in eclipses and watched them.

In the mythology of the Vikings, Sol, the goddess of the Sun rides during the daytime through the sky in a chariot pulled by horses and chased by a wolf. Her brother Mani is the Moon god, who likewise chased by another wolf rides through a night sky in a chariot pulled by horses. From time to time the wolves succeed in catching their prey and get a bite, and that is when either a solar eclipse or a lunar eclipse takes place. However, people on Earth always manage by making loud noise to scare the wolves away and restore the light.