In other people’s opinion there is
the strong idea that there is more than one sky, more exactly nine skies and
that in the ninth one there lives God with His Angels. They go further,
thinking that each sky has its own Earth, each one lit by another sun, these
skies standing on their own Earth.
Besides
the moon, which lights the firmament, there are some little candles named
Stars. The angels use them every night to light the Earth, keeping them turned
on until morning comes on these stars. Every person has his own star like a
candle, the same way that every Christian has a candle at his icon during his
life or at his head, after he dies.
To sum up all these ideas every one should have his own
candle in the sky, a Star, which glitters as long the soul glitters in the
body; after death that star is turning off, lost in the sky, just like the
soul.
Although people are thinking of some big stones, there are
some other falling stars, bigger, rounder and sometimes longer, which are
entering people’s houses, falling on the Earth or maybe on the people. These
are the “dragons” or the “flyers”, walking in the night for beating or killing
the people on their way.
Another idea is that the falling stars are magic and, this
way, girls hit by them, can dream their lover.
Closing this concept about the sky and the stars, we have to
add that there are two more beliefs about the stars: The Sky is standing on
four poles, which are, in fact, four stars and one of those poles is in Scorpia constellation, star named Antares.
Besides this, we mention the others three regal stars Aldebaran, Regulus
and Fomalhault. Their duty is
to take care of the sky; for us
they are the supporters of the sky.
In the ancient times, the Sky was
worshipped under two faces:the
starlit Sky, the night Sky,
Uranos; and the bright Sky,
Zevs or Joe.The Romanian people considered the Sky to be
the holy place of God; the idea
is that Anaxagorafrom
Clazomene said that the Sky
is made of stone; Amaximandru, Anaximene and Eudox
of Cnid thought that the Sky
was made of solid material,
although they don’t specify the
name of the material. Empedocle thought that the Sky
was formed from the air
that the fire has made it
like the glass, transforming it into cristal,and the stars
were some fires emerging from the Earth.
Aristotel is imagining many cristal Skies so that
the light can pass through
them, belonging to some different
spheres, but all conccentric,the Earth being in their common centre.
There are many conceptions about the Sky, each man exposing
his point of view, even if it’s correct or not. The Sky remains a mystery for
the people, leaving in their mind the seed of desire for knowledge.
Nume: Munteanu
Alina
Precup Silvana
Cociu Ana-Maria
Soica Alina