Star Stories : Constellations and People / Anthony Aveni.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aveni, Anthony, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constellations.

Constellations--Mythology.

Constellations--Folklore.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (207 pages)

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Follow an epic animal race, a quest for a disembodied hand, and an emu egg hunt in constellation stories from diverse cultures We can see love, betrayal, and friendship in the heavens, if we know where to look. A world expert on cultural understandings of cosmology, Anthony Aveni provides an unconventional atlas of the night sky, introducing readers to tales beloved for generations. The constellations included are not only your typical Greek and Roman myths, but star patterns conceived by a host of cultures, non†'Western and indigenous, ancient and contemporary. The sky has long served as a template for telling stories about the meaning of life. People have looked for likenesses between the domains of heaven and earth to help marry the unfamiliar above to the "idian below. Perfect reading for all sky watchers and storytellers, this book is an essential complement to Western mythologies, showing how the confluence of the natural world and culture of heavenly observers can produce a variety of tales about the shapes in the sky.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Introduction. Patterns

ONE. Orion's Many Faces

TWO. One Pleiades Fits All

THREE. Zodiacs Around the World

FOUR. Milky Way Sagas

FIVE. Dark Cloud Constellations of the Milky Way

SIX. Polar Constellations

SEVEN. Star Patterns in the Tropics

EIGHT. Empire in the Sky

NINE. Star Ceilings and Mega-Constellations

TEN. Gendering the Sky

Epilogue

Bibliographic Essay

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

0-300-24909-8

OCLC:

1122457476