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 372
WainShoots to remoter spheres its gHttering train. Burritt tells us that the Hivites of the Old Testamentwere worshippers of the Serpent, and that this idolatrywas extremely ancient. Serpens was identified with Evestemple in the Garden of Eden, and in the astronomy ofArabia it was known as the… … Photo by Anderson Laocoon Museum of Vatican, Rome Ophiuchus and Serpens 271 from the earliest times. The space between v and e Ser-pentis was called by the Chinese the Enclosure of theHeavenly Market. The head of the Serpent is represented by an X -shapedgroup of stars, just south of the Northern…
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