Oso Mayor appears in the north simultaneously with the appearance of Oso Menor in the south. There seems to be nothing relating to either of them in the folklore or traditions that I have found to-date. They are considered to be a very bad sign of an impending evil. One story told to me said that fire was first brought to the earth when a comet hit just after the creation of people. Another tradition says it was a comet-like lava rock spewed from a volcano.
Eclipses are especially dangerous for pregnant women.
All the individuals in the scene who are looking up at the eclipse have a red cloth tied around their waists, some in addition to other clothing they have on. This could represent an early form of this tradition to protect oneself from the dangers of an eclipse by tying a red cloth around one's waist that was applied more broadly to both men and women in the Classic period. Most of my older informants knew of this tradition. From discussions with informants it was very clear that the planet was Venus. If not, a war is going to be made in the towns.