10 Dark Stories Ancients Told About Our Night Skies
The stars in the night sky have captured the imagination of mankind for generations. We’ve seen the Big Dipper, little dogs, hunters, scorpions, and mythical creatures who chase each other across the horizon. We’ve also made up plenty of stories to explain how people and creatures got into the heavens. Some of these stories are extraordinarily disturbing.
10 Algol
Algol, a star in the constellation Perseus, represents the severed head of Medusa, the Gorgon. In the well-known story, the hero Perseus used Medusa’s own reflection as a weapon against her and then saved her head to employ as a weapon.