starlore

In German starlore, the small star just above the middle one in the shaft of Charles's Wain, is a wagoner, who, having given our Saviour a lift, was offered the kingdom of heaven for his reward, but who said he would sooner be driving from east to west to all eternity, and whose desire was granted.

Now on his son's birthday feast there came unto the king some five and fifty chosen men, schooled in the starlore of the Chaldaeans.