Grab Star Lore Of All Ages: A Collection Of Myths, Legends, And Facts Concerning The Constellations Of The Northern Hemisphere Curated By William Tyler Olcott Accessible As Paperback

Star Lore first published inis a classic, but while it does offer some excellent information on the myths behind the constellations it suffers from an antiquated and somewhat disjointed writing style.
It certainly works better as reference than as a book that is to be read straight through, An excellent book to get the mythological tales behind the constellations, Written init covers the constellations of the GrecoRoman world and GrecoRoman mythology, A good source for this as this is how most astronomy buffs divide up the sky, Good intro text. Of course, the Greeks weren't the only ones to connect the dots of in the sky into constellations, A good archeoastronomy text will have these quite different constellations of other cultures, I recommend "Exploring Ancient Skies" for treatments of other cultures, This book however is a charming oldschool starter though, Entertaining, informative and gives quite a lot to think about, Excerpt from Star Lore of All Ages: A Collection of Myths, Legends, and Facts, Concerning the Constellations of the Northern Hemisphere, . . Withillustrations in the text andfullpage illustrations,

There are many persons who are familiar with the bright and constellations of these northern latitudes who are unaware of the beautiful myths

and legends that time and fancy have woven about them.
This was an amazing read, In concert with a new telescope and a trip to our local observatory in Flagstaff this book has brought the skies to life for me in a way I never dreamed possible.


If you are a fan of myth, history, science or the this is really a must read,

Unfortunately, the author didn't feel compelled to offer us any references for the origins of his many fascinating and outrageous claims about the origin and beliefs surrounding the different constellations, so as good as the book is, it suffers as a true reference guide.
But as a popular read on the subject, and as a goad for further reasearch, I found this book indispensible, The science is really outdated, but the mythology and literature references were quite interesting, Ancient people were bat crap crazy in thinking they saw all these figures in the, This book is a musthave for those interested in the myths of the and constellations, William Tyler Olcottwas an American lawyer and amateur astronomer, In, after attending a lecture by Edward Charles Pickering, he developed an interest in observing variable, In, he founded the American Association of Variable Star Observers AAVSO, Olcott also published several books to popularize the field of amateur astronomy, .