On the Night Skies over Wales
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Now out in Paperback!
In Dark Land, Dark Skies, astronomer and Brecon Beacons Observatory director Martin Griffiths subverts conventional astronomical thought by eschewing the classical naming of constellations and investigating their Welsh and Celtic interpretations. Ancient peoples around the world placed their own myths and legends in the heavens, though these have tended to become lost behind the dominant use of classical cultural stories to name the stars.
Griffiths has researched past use of Welsh heroes from the Mabinogion and other welsh tales in the naming of constellations and his new book is an interesting and provocative combination of a new perspective on Welsh mythology and is also an astronomy guidebook.
Dark Land, Dark Skies is an informative guide to star-gazing which will be welcomed by the amateur and professional astronomer alike. The book includes specially commissioned star charts for the entire celestial year to aid identification of the changing constellations, is fully illustrated with practical commentary and includes information on what one can see in the sky beyond the constellations. Each one is accompanied by his alternative, Welsh-orientated interpretation of the night sky.
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Now available from Seren Books at: https://www.serenbooks.com/productdisplay/dark-land-dark-skies
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