RE: The knowledge of the sky

One thing I like with historical K-drama is that they always hold truthful tales of the past even when fiction ridden. I do remember seeing a K-drama that they people believed the eclipse was the gods way of punishing them and they would bring all sorts of sacrifices to the temple to appease them. These were for the priests of course and the old fools would put on a show crying and playing gongs for hours to appease the gods.

Took a young girl who was always interested in the skies to figure it out. It was interesting how she stood to advice the king (a crime back then that could cost you your life) but it worked.