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#Starlore

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Starry Time Podcast

You know we love 1) Neptune (love them nep-toots) & Aurora, so this new image from is *perfection*

If you too love Neptune, check out our episode on the Nereids, where we explore some of Neptune's moons: starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/

If you love aurora, check out our episode on the science & lore of Earth's aurora: starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/

📷 :science.nasa.gov/missions/webb

From source in toot: At the left, an enhanced-color image of Neptune from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. At the right, that image is combined with data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. The cyan splotches, which represent auroral activity, and white clouds, are data from Webb’s Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec), overlayed on top of the full image of the planet from Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3.
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#Neptune#Neptoots#Webb
Starry Time Podcast

In this week's we explored the of the constellation (the centaur -- in this case, Chiron): starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/

But, if you're wondering: wait, what about the *other* centaur in the night sky -- Sagittarius? (ahem, Sagittaria). We got you: starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/

📷 :brooklynmuseum.org/objects/1

John La Farge painting tiled "Centauress." This oil on canvas painting shows a centauress with her human back toward the viewer. She is in a nature setting with a waterfall in the background.
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Starry Time Podcast

This week we talked about the of the

While the main story is about the centaur Chiron, his story also intersects with Prometheus, who was punished by Zeus to have his liver eaten by an Eagle every day... truly nightmare fuel 😱

To learn more about these , check out our episode here: starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/

ALTGIF
#GreekMythology#StarLore#birds
Starry Time Podcast

Here's the 'wisest' and 'most just' centaur & mythological creator of surgery and medicine teaching lil Achilles (of 'oops my ankle' fame) how to... shoot a bow and arrow ... 🤔

Learn more about the of Chiron (the ) & how we'd retell them in our latest episode here: starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/

📷 :commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil

Painting by Giovanni Battista Cipriani titled "Chiron Instructing Achilles in the Bow." The oil painting has a nude Achilles with his back to the viewer holding a bow and arrow and a Chiro, a centaur, helping him angle and hold the bow and arrow.
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#StarLore#Art#MastoArt
Starry Time Podcast

One way you can tell Chiron isn't like *other* centaurs is that he shows up an entire upper and lower body of a human... but with horse back legs.

Learn more about this character in our all about the : starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/

📷 :en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiron#/

Image in terracotta and black. On the left side is the centaur Chiron, recognizable as he has the upper and lower body of a human and the hindquarters o fa horse. Across from Chron on the right is a dog and a figure holding a child.
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#GreekMythology#GreekMyth#Myths
Starry Time Podcast

Get ready for a new episode tomorrow!

We're headed into CREATURE CORNER to learn if pee really does turn into a precious stone & other fun facts!

Want to know wtf that legend is about in the meantime?

Check out out our & episode about the (which doesn't have an official myth linked to it) here: starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/

starrytimepodcast.podbean.comLynx: Myth and Retcons(tellations) | Starry TimeJoin Jordan and Kit as they explore the myths, legends, and folklore of Lynx. Because this constellation doesn't have a Greco-Roman myth attached, Jordan and Kit 'Wax Poetic' and create their own myths!  Episode transcripts: https://www.starrytimepodcast.com/episode-transcripts  Website: https://www.starrytimepodcast.com/  Social: https://universeodon.com/@starrytimepod Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/starrytimepod   Timestamps00:00 Intro01:07 Background03:00 Myths, Legends, and Lore06:44 Waxing Poetic13:11 Oracle AI Keywords/Topics Constellation, Lynx, Greek Mythology, Folklore, Johannes Hevelius, Ancient Astronomy, Lynx Animal, Norse Mythology, Ovid, Metamorphoses, Indigenous Stories, Waxing Poetic, Star Lore, Night Sky, Ursa Major, Auriga, Cultural History, Myths And Legends, Storytelling
#podcast#StarLore#Humor
Starry Time Podcast

In our most recent episode related to & of (here: starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/), we briefly mentioned the varied stories from Indigenous Peoples of the Americas about this creature.

As promised, here are some places I found these stories (please feel free to send any other resources our way too!):

🔗 :native-languages.org/legends-l

🔗 :thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/

🔗 :traditionalanimalfoods.org/mam

📷 :flic.kr/p/7NAfbq

Photograph of a Canadian Lynx walking on snow.
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Starry Time Podcast

For -- how about the myth of the Cygnus?

The story goes that when Phaethon, the son of Helios, drove his father's chariot he lost control & Zeus/Jupiter had to kill him.

In the aftermath, Phaethon's lover, Cygnus, collected his bones to give him a proper funeral. The gods were so moved by this devotion, they put him in the night sky as a swan (who famously mate for life).

📷 :pixabay.com/photos/birds-swan-

Photograph of two white swans on the water.
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Starry Time Podcast

Did anyone catch the outtake at the end of our last episode on the of the ?!

Turns out "Magellanic" was a lil tough for me to pronounce 😂

You can find it after the outro here: starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/

And be sure to stay tuned tomorrow AM for our new episode focused on and

📷 :esahubble.org/images/heic0411d

Ground-based image by Eckhard Slawik of the night sky featuring the Large Magellanic Cloud in the center amid many other stars and space objects.
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#AstroDon#Astrophotograph#Space
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