Humanities and the Planetarium: Interpreting the Astronomy and Mythology of Other Cultures

FAIN: GP-21041-83

Eastern Washington University (Cheney, WA 99004-1619)
Eileen M. Starr (Project Director: March 1983 to October 1990)

To support a series of planetarium shows depicting how various cultures have created mythologies based on the skies of the northern hemisphere, developing widely divergent interpretations of what they saw. The shows will draw upon literary works, epic poems, and oral tradition.