Grizzly Bear - Shoshone
Constellation: Cyg-Milky Way
Source: https://www.tricountyindependent.com/article/20091120/NEWS/311209996 and Archeo | Native Starlore (wwu.edu)
Finder Chart:
Date: 7/7/21 10:07 PM Local Time
Location: Deer Trail, CO
Seeing: Good
Transparency: Good
Instrument Used: None
Notes/Description: Strong gusty winds blow the hazing smoke away now that was persistent all day here.
Sketch
Questions
1. Does the selected and sketched pattern resemble any known asterism or official constellation that we use today? If so, which one(s)?
Yes. Cygnus, but it is a swan not a grizzley bear.
2. Did the culture in this section have a similar mythology (e.g. dogs, hunter, boat, etc.)?
Probably only one grizzley bear constellation.
3. If yes, describe any material differences in either the figure's star pattern as imagined by the culture, and / or the difference in the mythology.
I sketched Cygnus, imaging the head and front arms out of the Ice Crystal Trail, which might have hid the hind part of the bear.
4. Is it likely that this star group, for this culture, may have been influenced by older or adjacent cultures? If so, whom?
Probably.
5. If, for this culture, this group was significant for calendar, crop, or social events, describe what was involved, and how the timing or the appearance of the group was important or useful.
Unknown. This is up in the summer and fall, and a grizzley bear making its way out of the mountains seems a bit too late.
