Since long ago, people around the world have associated the heavens, the stars, and the patterns they make in the sky with their gods and goddesses. Links from this page will take you to descriptions of the role of selected stars, star patterns, and related gods and goddesses in various cultures.
The art work reproduced above is entitled "The Universe and Man."
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Credit (button images): image courtesy of Corel Corporation, the Museo del Templo
Mayor, Mexico, and the National Museum of Iceland, Reykjavik.
Find out about the constellations STARS
Greek:
Hyades Greek:
Pleiades 
Navajo: FlintboysPawnee: TirawaNavajo: Coyote
Maya: The Milky Way
Hindu:
Krttika Hindu:
Svaha 
Aztec:
Tianquiztli CONSTELLATIONS
Navajo: Ursa Major Lakota: Constellation of the
Hand Hindu:
Rishis Greek:
Scorpius the ScorpionGreek:
Draco the DragonGreek:
HeraclesGreek:
The Nemean Lion Greek:
The Lernaean Hydra Greek:
Cancer Greek:
Orion Greek:
Europa and the Constellation Taurus Greek:
Ganymede and the Constellation AquilaGreek:
Andromeda Greek:
Cassiopeia Greek:
Cepheus Greek:
Pegasus Greek:
Perseus Greek:
The Big Dipper and BootesGreek:
Leda and the Constellation Cygnus SKY
Navajo: Ahsonnutli
Sumerian: An
Egyptian:
HorusEgyptian:
Nut
Maori:
Rangi
Norse:
TyrHindu:
IndraNorse:
OdinGreek: Zeus
Roman: Jupiter
African: Olorun