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Myths, symbols and legends of solar system bodies

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Myths, symbols and legends of solar system bodies/ by Rachel Alexander.
Author:	Alexander, Rachel.
Published:	New York, NY :Springer New York : : 2015.,
Description:	xvi, 234 p. :ill. (some col.), digital ;24 cm.
[NT 15003449]:	The Sun Through Antiquity -- Symbols of the Sun -- Planets -- Mercury -- Venus -- Earth -- Aurora Borealis -- Earth's Moon -- Lunar Eclipses -- Mars and Its Moons -- Comets -- The Asteroid Belt -- Jupiter and Its Moons -- Saturn and Its Moons -- The Lost Planet -- Uranus and Its Moons -- Neptune and Its Moons -- Pluto and Its Moons.
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
Subject:	Constellations - Juvenile literature. -
Subject:	Solar system - Pictorial works -
Online resource:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7067-0
ISBN:	9781461470670 (electronic bk.)

Myths, symbols and legends of solar system bodies
Alexander, Rachel.

Myths, symbols and legends of solar system bodies[electronic resource] /by Rachel Alexander. - New York, NY :Springer New York :2015. - xvi, 234 p. :ill. (some col.), digital ;24 cm. - The Patrick Moore practical astronomy series,1771431-9756 ;. - Patrick Moore practical astronomy series ;177..

The Sun Through Antiquity -- Symbols of the Sun -- Planets -- Mercury -- Venus -- Earth -- Aurora Borealis -- Earth's Moon -- Lunar Eclipses -- Mars and Its Moons -- Comets -- The Asteroid Belt -- Jupiter and Its Moons -- Saturn and Its Moons -- The Lost Planet -- Uranus and Its Moons -- Neptune and Its Moons -- Pluto and Its Moons.

This book is an amateur astronomer's guide to the mythology and symbolism associated with the celestial bodies in the Solar System, and even includes some of the legendary tales of people who had or have a connection with these objects. It explores different cultures (for example, the Greco-Roman and the Norse) and different times and how stories were used to explain the worlds they saw above them. You'd be amazed how much of our world today reflects the myths and stories of these cultures! Most amateur astronomers are familiar with the various Solar System objects, but they will be only peripherally aware of what ancient cultures thought of these other worlds. In fact, the mythology of the planets challenges many twenty-first century concepts and beliefs There are other books available on astromythology, but this one focuses mostly on our own Solar System, as opposed to the constellations and deep sky objects. Alexander offers a new angle on timeless subjects and is exciting, informative and dramatic, as well as surprisingly relevant to everyday life. Find out for yourself how our modern world is steeped in the bygone worlds of yesteryear.

ISBN: 9781461470670 (electronic bk.)

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-1-4614-7067-0doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

1247515
Constellations
--Juvenile literature.Subjects--Geographical Terms:

1281348
Solar system
--Pictorial works

LC Class. No.: GR620 / .A44 2014

Dewey Class. No.: 398.362

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