Explore Myths about Stars
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For the ancient Greeks, the Hyades were daughters of Pleione and Atlas, a giant who carried ...
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In Greek mythology, the Pleiades were seven sisters. Their names were Maia, Electra, Alcyone, ...
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The Flint Boys is the name that Navajo Indians give to the Pleiades. According to a Navajo ...
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According to the Pawnee Indians, the world was created by the god Tirawa who assigned to the ...
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According tho the Navajo mythology, the Milky Way was created by the misbehavior of the mischievous ...
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Mayans seem to have thought of the Milky Way as the mystic road along which souls walk into ...
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In the Hindu mythology, it is said that the stars of the Big Dipper were the seven sages called ...
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According to Hindu mythology, Svaha represents the star Zeta Tauri, which is the tip of one ...
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The Pleiades were known to the Aztecs as Tianquiztli which means the "marketplace." The Pleiades ...
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Research Highlights
Researchers working in South Africa have discovered two remarkably well-preserved fossil skeletons of an ancient human ancestor dating to almost two million years ago. The discovery is described in two...
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