Have you heard about cultural astronomy? ✨ On 9 August we honour @UnitedNations International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples by delving into the field of cultural astronomy. Let’s explore celestial stories from diverse indigenous cultures: 1. Venus, or Guovso naste, holds special significance for the Sámi people of Lapland. Seen as the shaman star, it guided the shaman Noaiden and was believed to bring rain, good health, and fertility. 2. The Cree people of Canada tell of a time when there was only the Sun, tended by an old caretaker and his children. After his death, the siblings quarreled over the duty of keeping the fire. Wesakechak, the sacred lawgiver, intervened, making the brother Pisim (the Sun) and the sister Tipiskawipisim (the Moon), destined to see each other only once a year across the sky. 3. Matariki, known as the Pleiades, represents the eyes of Tāwhirimātea, the god of the wind, for the Maori people of New Zealand. In his anger over the separation of his par...