Solar Eclipse 2026: Supernatural Folklore & Celestial Monsters | Thursday Thrills

On August 12, 2026, daylight will vanish along a path crossing Greenland, Iceland, Spain, and beyond—and old stories say the Moon may not be the only thing responsible. In this Thursday Thrills episode, Henrique Couto follows the monsters once blamed for eating the sun: celestial dragons driven off by drums, the severed immortal head Rahu, the Norse wolves Sköll and Hati, a ravenous black squirrel, and the Eternal Bat that gnaws at the edge of the world.

It is a fun, eerie ride through solar eclipse folklore, ancient mythology, totality, strange animal behavior, doomsday legends, and the oldest fea...