Myths, Symbols and Legends of Solar System Bodies

• Main Author: Alexander, Rachel (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series, 177
• Subjects: Physics.; Cultural heritage.; Metaphysics.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Cultural Heritage.

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 an...

Table of Contents:

• 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.      .