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Star lore of all ages; a collection of myths, legends, and facts concerning the constellations of the Northern Hemisphere (1911)

Olcott, William Tyler, 1873-1936 · New York, London : G.P. Putnam's sons · leaf 279

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ual fancy dictated, a diversity of repre-sentations would naturally follow, which accounts in partfor the confusion of figures that a close study of the con-stellations reveals. Eridanus is an inconspicuous constellation, but on a 198 Star Lore of All Ages clear night in midwinter, when the moon is… … Monoceros GEMINITHE TWINS And starry Gemini hang like growing crowns,Over Orions grave low down in the west. Tennysons Maud. The ancient Chaldeans, and eastern nations generally,knew nothing of the zodiacal sign we call Gemini, or theTwins, although these stars have always been regarded astwins…

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