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Maud Worcester Makemson
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“The of old conceived of the sky as a dome or inverted bowl resting upon the rim of the hemispherical earth. One legend compares the universe with a , the cover of which formed the sky, while the bowl was earth, land, and sea, the juice became rain, and the seeds were metamorphosed into sun, moon, and stars. Several writers divide into three zones the space between the earth—paa ilalo, the "solid below"—and the heavens—paa iluna, the "solid above." 's ... work contains several allusions to the triple heavens, lani kaukolu ...”
Maud Worcester Makemson (1891–1977) said by 1977 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In Mexican cosmology the sky fell down as a result of profound rainy spell. Two gods changed themselves into trees with which it was then supported. Rain also caused the collapse of the sky in a story told by the of the northwestern United States. , saw that the old sky which was made of and badly cracked in places was about to fall, so he and Thunder constructed a new sky.”
Maud Worcester Makemson (1891–1977) said by 1977 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The and the divided the year into intervals which had no connection with the and were governed solely by the stars.”
Maud Worcester Makemson (1891–1977) said by 1977 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source