View source for Belarusian (Asterism Names)

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Belarus is a country in Eastern Europe bordered by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus is landlocked and contains large tracts of marshy land and thousands of lakes. Forests cover about 40% of the country. Belarus is exceptional in that people in the villages have preserved their traditional knowledge about the stars and related beliefs, right through to the present time. The illustrations are by no means exhaustive. In fact, many asterisms have multiple recorded meanings, ranging from ancient to Christianized.<ref>Авілін Ц. «Паміж небам і зямлёй. Этнаастраномія», Менск, Тэхналёґія, 2015. ISBN 978-985-458-261-0.</ref><ref>Avilin, T. (2008). Astronyms in Belarussian folk beliefs. Archaeologia Baltica, 10, 29-34. [https://www.academia.edu/1586571/Astronyms_in_Belarussian_folk_beliefs pdf]</ref><ref>Avilin, T.  Meteor Beliefs Project Belarussian meteor folk-beliefs. [https://www.academia.edu/1586808/Meteor_Beliefs_Project_Belarussian_meteor_folk_beliefs pdf]</ref><ref>Avilin, T.  Meteor Beliefs Project: East European meteor folk-beliefs. [https://www.academia.edu/1586711/Meteor_Beliefs_Project_East_European_meteor_folk_beliefs pdf]</ref><ref>Avilin, T.  Ethnoastronomical aspect of traditional belarusian fitonimicon: problem statement. [https://www.academia.edu/8787640/Ethnoastronomical_aspect_of_traditional_belarusian_fitonimicon_problem_statement pdf]</ref><ref>Avilin, T.  Belarusian Ethnoastronomy. [https://www.academia.edu/6901765/Belarusian_Ethnoastronomy pdf]</ref> 

== Solar System Names ==
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== <small>Here is an overview on Belarusian asterism names</small> ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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!Belarusian
! English Term !! Commentary 
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|Baran
| valign="top" |The Ram
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|Blizniuki
| valign="top" |The Twins
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|Grabli
| valign="top" |The Rake
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|Gusina  Daroga
| valign="top" |The Goose's Way
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|Gvozd
| valign="top" |The Nail
| valign="top" |The north star is seen as  a nail around which the skies revolve.
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|Illyouo  voz
| valign="top" |Elias's Cart
| valign="top" |The burning cart that is  ridden by Elias, the Christianized version of a constellation previously seen  as simply a large cart.
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|Karona
| valign="top" |The Crown
| valign="top" |The thorn wreath that was  put on Christ’s head.
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|Kastsy
| valign="top" |The Mowers
| valign="top" |These three stars stand  one after another in the manner of people mowing the fields.
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|Kaza
| valign="top" |The Goat
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|Kaziarog
| valign="top" |The Wild Goat
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|Kreselca  Pana Jezusa
| valign="top" |The Throne
| valign="top" |Lord Jesus’s chair.
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|Kurki
| valign="top" |The Chicks
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|Maly Vos
| valign="top" |The Small Cart
| valign="top" |Ursa Minor resembles the  large cart of Ursa Major.
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|Niavesta
| valign="top" |The Bride
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|Petrou  Krest
| valign="top" |The Cross
| valign="top" |a Peter’s cross
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|Poland  and Lithuania
| valign="top" |Poland and Lithuania
| valign="top" |These two stars served as  a symbol of two states: the Great Lithuanian Princedom and the Polish  Kingdom.
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|Rataj
| valign="top" |The Ploughman
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|Sito
| valign="top" |The Sieve
| valign="top" |It was said that “God used  to sift grains of zhito  through it“.
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|Vuzhy
| valign="top" |The Grass Snakes
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|Zmej
| valign="top" |The Serpent
| valign="top" |St. Yuri killed this  serpent and hung it near the star that always stands in the same place
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== References ==

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