Spirit's Path / Road of Dead - Ojibway
Constellation: Milky Way
Source: https://www.bellmuseum.umn.edu/blog/minnesota-skies-sept-2020/
Finder Chart:
Date: 7/7/2021 10:19PM Local Time
Location: Deer Trail, CO
Seeing: OK
Transparency: OK
Instrument Used: None
Notes/Description: Mikly Way Obvious but not bright. Smokey haze is helping to dim it.
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)?
No.
2. Did the culture in this section have a similar mythology (e.g. dogs, hunter, boat, etc.)?
Don't know. Probably. Death and the path to the afterworld was important to them.
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.
NA
4. Is it likely that this star group, for this culture, may have been influenced by older or adjacent cultures? If so, whom?
Yes. There was a lot of mingling of tribes that got along with each other.
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.
Probably death rituals for tribe members.
