Lunar calendars and seasonal rites
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The awaited return of the most obvious seasonal signal
The "brilliant" sectors of the sky
An assembly of sacred images
Figures portrayed
by stars in the night,
by nature "dramatic" figures
Why make reference to
seasonal stars.
Measuring time in "moons"
When lunar imagery is combined
with stellar imagery to compose
a "mythical cinema"
The human condition
and its development
in the
collective memory
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Mythology, Prehistory and Religion
Lunar calendars and seasonal rites
The role of fixed stars
in creating myths and their images
René-André Lombard, 2007.
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