AB Archaeologia Baltica 1392-5520 1392-5520 KU 10_029-034_AVILIN Article Astronyms in Belarussian folk beliefs Avilin Tsimafei tsimafei@gmail.com ∗ European Humanities University Corresponding author. 10 29 34 20 12 2008 20 12 2008 01 11 2007 30 05 2008 2008 Klaipėda University

This article presents some known Belarussian “astronyms” and related beliefs based on folkloric-ethnographic sources from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries together with material collected by the author and other researchers in the last decade.

 Astronyms stars folk astronomy Belarussian folk-beliefs ethnoastronomy constellations