It was created so that the Emperor and priests could sacrifice and worship the moon gods.

The most common instances of this are sun gods and moon gods in polytheistic systems worldwide.

In ancient Egypt, the Sun and the Moon gods were feared and worshipped.

Around the walls of the box-world flowed a river on which the sun and moon gods sailed each day, entering and vanishing through stage doors.

The body of the casket represents a Kushan monarch, probably Kanishka in person, with the Iranian sun and moon gods on his side.

In the finale, the Moon princess, accompanied by Moon gods, departs from her cosmic abode to return to Earth.

The kinetic clue to these moon gods is their lack of suppleness, as contrasted with the flexibility of the tumbling, leaping mortals who embody the life spirit.

Imagery that is repeated here is that of holy war, with Eagle and Jaguar warriors as well as images associated with the sun and moon gods.

Clerics derive magical powers from their gods, and wizards derive their power from the three moon gods, Solinari, Lunitari, and Nuitari.

The headdress has the mural crown in front and behind, but interposes between these two detached fragments a crescent and a circle, emblems, no doubt, of the sun and moon gods.

Anthropologists have found evidence of mixed gender identities across Mesoamerica, from Mayan corn and moon gods that are both male and female and Aztec priests who ritually cross dressed.

Spiritual practices also show the concepts of sexuality and gender were different in pre-conquest Mesoamerica, as throughout the region deities, like the Mayan corn or moon gods, had both male and female attributes.

In Tamil, though Amavasya is commonly used in religious spheres, the pure Tamil scholars prefer the term Puthuppi Rai Fast is observed to propitiate both the Sun and Moon Gods.

Moreover, in the light of the verse that was revealed at that time, the word "Saa'at" also means spiritual revolution, so the event also symbolized the end of the Pagan Arab culture and religions which used Moon as their symbol or worshipped moon gods.