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Star Stories: Constellations and People - Hardcover By Aveni, Anthony - GOOD
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Brand
- Unbranded
- MPN
- Does not apply
- ISBN
- 9780300241280
- Book Title
- Star Stories : Constellations and People
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Item Length
- 8.8 in
- Publication Year
- 2019
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.7 in
- Genre
- Nature, Social Science, History
- Topic
- Sky Observation, Folklore & Mythology, World
- Item Weight
- 13.6 Oz
- Item Width
- 7.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 208 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Yale University Press
ISBN-10
0300241283
ISBN-13
9780300241280
eBay Product ID (ePID)
17038258195
Product Key Features
Book Title
Star Stories : Constellations and People
Number of Pages
208 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2019
Topic
Sky Observation, Folklore & Mythology, World
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Nature, Social Science, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
13.6 Oz
Item Length
8.8 in
Item Width
7.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2019-936113
Reviews
"In this book of stories, Aveni introduces readers to the diversity of constellation mythologies. An entirely original, vividly written, and totally absorbing book by a world expert."--Simon Mitton, University of Cambridge "Aveni is the star of his own luminous book: casting light in the form of stories - about the sky, time, earthly correspondences and concerns, and human imagination."--Christopher Vecsey, author of Imagine Ourselves Richly: Mythic Narratives of North American Indians "Aveni skillfully guides us around the awesome night sky through the imagination of different peoples around the world, past and present. A wonderful treasury of cultural astronomy."--Jacqueline Mitton, author of Zoo in the Sky ""Connections between Earth Mother and Sky Father are universal. The stories in this book are wise and wonderfilled to encourage humility and mindfulness."--Sunny Dooley, Diné Traditional Wisdom Keeper
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
520.93
Synopsis
Follow an epic animal race, a quest for a disembodied hand, and an emu egg hunt in constellation stories from diverse cultures "Aveni skillfully guides us around the awesome night sky through the imagination of different peoples around the world, past and present. A wonderful treasury of cultural astronomy."--Jacqueline Mitton, author of Zoo in the Sky 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 quotidian 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., Follow an epic animal race, a quest for a disembodied hand, and an emu egg hunt in constellation stories from diverse cultures "Aveni skillfully guides us around the awesome night sky through the imagination of different peoples around the world, past and present. A wonderful treasury of cultural astronomy."--Jacqueline Mitton, author of Zoo in the Sky 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, nonWestern 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 quotidian 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., Follow an epic animal race, a quest for a disembodied hand, and an emu egg hunt in constellation stories from diverse cultures, 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 quotidian 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.
LC Classification Number
GR625.A94 2019
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