Stars Vs. Ancient Greek Constellations

Although the constellations are now used more as celestial landmarks than anything else, that wasn’t always the case. For much of human existence, the stars represented something much more spiritual.

For example, many of the names for the constellations we recognize today were derived from the Ancient Greeks (http://centralastronomyclass.pbworks.com/w/page/15400605/Constellations%20of%20Different%20Cultures (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.). But they were only some of the latest interpretations of the familiar patterns in the stars. Many different cultures—Native American, Asian, African, to name a few—had been interpreting the drawings in the sky for years before even the Greeks wrote their representations