Re: Big Dipper (was: Irregularities)
From: | Anton Sherwood <bronto@...> |
Date: | Friday, December 21, 2001, 6:14 |
It occurs to me that, once there is interstellar commerce, the stars and
constellations may be named after their occupants rather than the other
way around!
Jörg Rhiemeier wrote:
> What is the Big Dipper named in your conlangs? (Assuming your conlangs
> are spoken on the northern hemisphere of the Earth, or somewhere else
> it can be seen in the sky, which might include planets of nearby
> stars, perhaps within 20 light-years from the sun, and fantasy worlds
> that happen to have the same patterns of stars in the sky.)
> And what is, if any, the con-mythological background?
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