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 524
nations and in all ages we find theGalaxy likened to a way, a road, or a pathway to the landof the hereafter. Allen thinks that this universal idea may have come fromthe fancy that the heavenly way, crowded with stars, re-sembled the earthly road crowded with pilgrims. The poets of all time have… … The Galaxy or Milky Way 395 The groundwork is of stars, through which the roadLies open to the Thunderers abode. In Shakespeares Merchant of Venice we read: The floor of heavenIs thick inlaid with patines of bright gold.There s not the smallest orb which thou beholdstBut in his motion like an angel…
Stars · Stars -- Mythology · Constellations
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