sky lore
Celestial folk wisdom
Sky lore is the accumulated body of traditional knowledge, myths, and beliefs about celestial phenomena—stars, planets, the moon, weather patterns.
It encompasses both practical wisdom (navigating by stars, predicting weather) and cultural mythology (constellation stories, eclipse omens).
Sailors passed down sky lore through generations.
The term often appears in contexts bridging astronomy and folklore.
- OrionCelestial hunter figure
- Big DipperSeven-star northern asterism
- zodiacCelestial belt of signs
- PleiadesStar cluster in Taurus
- morning starPredawn planet or weapon
evening star · solstice · Sirius · equinox · harvest moon · blood moon · Babylonian astronomy · Draco · Stonehenge · celestial sphere · North Star · Mayan calendar · retrograde motion · astrolabe · shooting star · Andromeda · horoscope · lunar phases
- weather lorering around moon, moon halos, halos, halo, old wives tales
- ancient astronomyepicycles, stars, deferent, celestial sphere, geocentric
- nature proverbsfolk wisdom, storm warnings
- Inca AstronomyPleiades, Southern Cross, sun worship, lunar cycles, moon phases
sky loreastrophysics
Physics of celestial bodies
space science · cosmology · planetary science · astronomical research · astrometry
sky loregeology
Study of Earth's composition
soil science · oceanography · ground truth · geoscience · earth science