Star Myths: The Stories of the Constellations

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The constellations. Images in the night sky our ancestors drew among the stars. They were used for navigation, fortune telling and story-telling. Different cultures had their own constellations, but our modern ones come from the ancient Greeks. They believed the constellations were reminders of their great myths placed there by the gods. Ptolemy, a Greco-Roman astronomer, named 48 constellations in his seminal work, the Almagest. In modern times, the International Astronomical Union recognizes a total of 88 constellations. In this video, I want to tell the stories these constellations express
Sources:
Star Tales by Ian Ridpath
Easy Constellations To Find: MAPPING THE NIGHT SKIES By Sarita Menon, Ph.D. www.smorescience.com/easy-con...
Star Myths from the Theoi Project by Aaron J. Atsma www.theoi.com/greek-mythology...
Bulfinch's Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch
Music:
Fireside Tales by Darren Curtis | www.darrencurtismusic.com/
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Angevin and Teller of Tales by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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[@doctorfaustxvi]

I must admit that this has quickly became one of my favourite channels. Looking forward to more uploads!

[@kirandeepchakraborty7921]

Myths I understand...... But they connect us with our distant past.... That's beautiful ❤️

[@RabichoMH]

This channel is a treat. The video quality is excellent and the topics are interesting. I'd watch more of these constellations videos.

[@janerkenbrack3373]

The story of Prometheus is so obviously a myth, as there are no eagles who like liver that much.

[@thomasesau2376]

The book PANDORA'S JAR by Natalie Haynes explains more of PROMETHEUS and his twin brother EPIMETHEUS. The names translate to "foresight" and "hindsight". So Prometheus could foresee his actions while his brother regularly goofed up by either forgetting or doing the wrong thing. Each god in the pantheon was; 1. immortal and, 2. a particular trait in human nature. My favorite is NEMISIS a maiden who punished humans who believed they had god-like powers, or showed "hubris."

[@janerkenbrack3373]

@@thomasesau2376 She'd be handy to have around today.

[@Freer07]

Haha, I wonder what ancient zoological source …

[@leaiplussize]

this is a great video, you must do a part 2 , there is so much more of the constellations to cover. I enjoyed it and learn so much

[@jrob7975]

Please do a sequel. Well done!

[@bdluejay]

I didn't know the stories of the constellations, I would love to see more!!

[@agbook2007]

Well done! Hoping for the sequel!

[@coyote4237]

Please do a sequel. This was well done.

[@markjosephbacho5652]

Missed you dude! And this one's a super interesting topic to me.

[@jcristi321]

Good job. More please. I’ve had to take my dog out in the middle of the night for over a year now and have found some constellations for the first time in my life. Massive light pollution here, but when the sky is clear I can see enough to keep me interested. I can always find Orion these days and Sirius is all I see of Canis Major, along with one star of Canis Minor when it’s really dark. My app helps fill in the blanks. Thanks.

[@jamiebray8532]

Thanks to Stephen Fry for his Heroes book i know all these stories so very well. Wow you really out done yourself with this video. Thank you so much for it.

[@thogarrathikarthik2006]

First Comment: Been eagerly waiting for your upload

[@pinkgreenmelon2209]

these greeks had a lot of time on their hands

[@danielyoung5137]

Well, it took an hour or so to drive the ox cart home from work😊

[@markjosephbacho5652]

Theu didn't have phones then that's why. Lol.

[@pinkgreenmelon2209]

@@markjosephbacho5652understandable but during the times w/ no phone, people were always busy with work and etc.

[@rickmorgan8856]

@@pinkgreenmelon2209 I can imagine that there was a lot of wine-tasting going on to and from work. Lots of stops, and conversations get longer at each one.

[@gododoof]

Pour one out for the crab who bravely battled Hercules. He was a real one.

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[@rickmorgan8856]

The stars have arabic names ☺

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[@aylaerickson2549]

Yes pls because I want to learn about my zodiac which is Libra

[@MicahPachirisuGuy]

this is about greeks constellations

[@rickmorgan8856]

@@MicahPachirisuGuy Do they weigh with a different scale ?

[@EGSBiographies-om1wb]

23rd

[@maksimatic]

What happened to your views?

[@philswift1]

Does KZbin not allow genital areas to be shown in the sculptures? But breasts are okay?

[@sparkspl]

who censors Greek statues??

[@gododoof]

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