Hi Lactnetters
For all of you who love Mythology, I have 3 references about the Milky Way.
There are several versions of the origin of the Milky Way.  It seems that
Hercules was sucking at the breast and slipped or was pulled off by Hea and the
spilled milk scattered and became the Milky Way. Another version said that Zeus
was putting the baby, Hercules to the sleeping  Hera's breast. She awoke, and
the spilled milk became the Milky Way. Zeus is the fathers of Hercules.
Dr Johanna Goldfarb talks about the Milky Way in her " Breastfeeding Handbook"
on page 33 ,First edition.
I read this with  interested and a couple of years ago sent her a note asking
about her references and she was very kind to send me the references  so with
that I pass them on to all of you.

Crowell's Handbook of Classical Mythology, Edward Tripp Page 274

Dictionary of Classical Mythology, Pierre Grimal, Translated by A.R.
Maxwell-Hyslop, page 194

The Mythology of all Races Volume lV , Finno-Ugric, Siberian , 1964, Page 276
and page 414.

Jan Aken RN IBCLC from the land of the Seattle Mariners;  our baseball team is
in the playoffs  for the first time in 19 yrs.
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