Heavens Unearthed in Nursery Rhymes and Fairy Tales

Heavens Unearthed in Nursery Rhymes and Fairy Tales
Author: Matthew James Kane
Publisher: Golden Egg Publishing
Total Pages: 328
Release: 1999
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Cosmic secrets in children's classics. This book tells for the first time how Ice Age peoples accurately predicted solstices and eclipses and how these secrets were hidden in stories and myths. Today, solstices and eclipses can be found in the answers to these questions: Who is Mother Goose?; Why are there seven dwarfs?; Why do witches ride on brooms?; Why does Santa slide down chimneys?; What is the meaning of Cinderella's shoe?; Why does Little Red Riding Hood wear red?; Why do children bob for apples at Halloween? and more.

Tales, Then and Now

Tales, Then and Now
Author: Anna E. Altmann
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2001-10-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0313009708

Altmann and de Vos are back with more great ideas for exploring contemporary reworkings of classic folk and fairy tales that appeal to teen readers. If you loved New Tales for Old (Libraries Unlimited, 1999), this new work will be sure to please. Following the same format, each story includes tale type numbers, motifs, and lists of reworkings arranged by genre, and suggestions for classroom extensions. INSIDE: Beauty and the Beast, Jack and the Beanstalk, Tam Lin, Thomas the Rhymer, and five fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen.

The Summer Solstice

The Summer Solstice
Author: John Matthews
Publisher: Quest Books
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2002
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780835608152

Looks at myths, legends, and ceremonies that honor the sun, and includes a history of ancient cultures that worshiped the sun and songs, meditations, and activities for various festivals.

Astronomy Across Cultures

Astronomy Across Cultures
Author: Helaine Selin
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 678
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9401141797

Astronomy Across Cultures: A History of Non-Western Astronomy consists of essays dealing with the astronomical knowledge and beliefs of cultures outside the United States and Europe. In addition to articles surveying Islamic, Chinese, Native American, Aboriginal Australian, Polynesian, Egyptian and Tibetan astronomy, among others, the book includes essays on Sky Tales and Why We Tell Them and Astronomy and Prehistory, and Astronomy and Astrology. The essays address the connections between science and culture and relate astronomical practices to the cultures which produced them. Each essay is well illustrated and contains an extensive bibliography. Because the geographic range is global, the book fills a gap in both the history of science and in cultural studies. It should find a place on the bookshelves of advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and scholars, as well as in libraries serving those groups.