Ignacia Valdes

Sámi constellations

The Sami have different constellations than those most widely known and drawn up by (amongst others) the Ancient Greeks. Sami people traditionally lived in close contact with nature and in northern regions of Scandinavia and Russia, with long & dark winters.

The Sami have lived on reindeer herding and hunting, and the Sami

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Circumpolar constellations:

Polaris is the only star which keeps its place in the sky. All other stars and constellations ‘rotate’ around the pole once daily, counterclockwise (it is actually the earth which is rotating, but this is how it appears to us). While the sky as a whole rotates, the stars don’t change their position in relation to

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