Every week, Clay Today will test your knowledge on various topics. This week, eclipses.

We spent hours, weeks and months preparing to squint through blackened glasses to see a partial eclipse last Monday. A lot of us spent a lot of adrenaline for a few minutes of guarded satisfaction. And it was worth it. But did you know the Choctaw Indians used to believe an eclipse happened when a mischievous black squirrel gnawed on the sun to cause an eclipse? Chippewas shot flaming arrows into the sky to rekindle the sun. In India, people immersed themselves in rivers up to their necks to implore the sun and moon to defend themselves against a dragon that swallowed the sun. West Africans of Benin believed the sun and moon were lovers who turned off the lights because they wanted privacy when they wanted to get together. And in Transylvania, where vampires come from, some think an eclipse causes the plague.