Looking at the sky at night is really an amazing experience and as we, human beings, have the finest brain on earth, many imaginations popup naturally when we see those vast number of stars on a clear night. Our imagination allows us to find something very special from these sta ...

Much alike the fascination of constellations that are seen on a dark night, are the myths associated with each of them. Talking about the Taurus Constellation, you may find various folklore coming from different civilizations or communities and one mythological incidence depicte ...

The Gemini constellation comprises of two extremely shining stars that are referred to as twins in various ancient civilizations. While the Arab mythology refers them as twin peacocks, Hindu myth identifies them as twin Gods and the Egyptians say it is a pair of goats. These two ...

Representation of a crab is the most common outcome of the studies of all ancient civilizations over formation of the Cancer Constellation. According to the Greek folklore in this regard, Zeus when fell in love with the Tiryns queen Alcmene, the child resulting out of their unio ...

Constellations being a virtual mental arrangement with groups of stars, they help us divide the sky meaningfully into parts. If we look at the sky in a clear night, group of stars form pictures and diagrams and we name them given the influence of so many factors. Leo has the fif ...

In simplest manner constellation is a precise arrangement of stars in the sky. The identification, recognition and naming of all eighty eight constellations observed till now are very old as many civilizations like Greeks, Arabs, and Babylonians initiated their observation thous ...

Libra Constellation is located amid the Virgo and Scorpio constellations and so as to identify its periphery, you can see another three constellations i.e. Lupus, Serpens and Phiuchus. Peculiarity of this constellation is that you may not find any stars of high magnitude in it, ...

Alike all other constellations, there can be myths found associated to the Scorpio constellation too, that come from various civilizations. The most renowned folklore connected with this constellation signifies the story of Orion. Orion, who was born to Eurayle and Poseidon, car ...

Sagittarius constellation is known to be one of the largest constellations of the southern hemisphere. The name comes originated from Latin, meaning an archer. But it has myths associated in other cultures like Greek, Sumerian, etc. too. The image displayed as a result of format ...

The mythical representation in Capricorn Constellation is a creature which is partially a fish and a goat. Its Latin word indicates a male-goat having horns but the credit of identifying it first, goes to Ptolemy, the Greek astronomer. Other cultures and civilizations such as Su ...