YOU SAID:
It coils its tongue around the earth.
INTO JAPANESE
太陽は地球の周りを回ると信じられていた。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
It was believed that the sun went around the earth.
INTO JAPANESE
太陽は地球の周りを回ると信じられていた。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
It was believed that the sun went around the earth.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.