they need to have been from a myth of some sort and why are they a contellation
2007-02-11 07:32:57 · 8 answers · asked by Tye Tye 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Orion - easy to find - one red giant in it that looks red - one very bright star that will one day be a black hole - and a galaxy that is easy to find with a small telescope.
He's a hunter and actually looks like one with the belt and sword and shield.
Here's the story (greek/roman) there's several different versions:
http://www.online-mythology.com/orion/
His story ties to the Pleiades and there are many other cultures that have different interpretations of what Orion is.
Also incase it's not on the page about the Pleiades - everything refers to it as the seven sisters - including myths from other cultures besides greek/roman. However, there are only six stars in it. Scientists believe there must have been a seventh at one time that must have come to the end of it's life.
2007-02-11 08:25:49 · answer #1 · answered by blahblah 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sagittarius/archer/zodiac sign...
The Milky Way as seen from the Earth is at its densest as it passes through Sagittarius, as this is where the galactic center lies.
The Greeks identified such a figure as a centaur, whereas earlier cultures, such as the Babylonians, identified it as the god Pabilsag (which also had wings and a lion's head).
, Sagittarius was sometimes identified as Chiron, aiming his bow at the Scorpion, although the more usual identification of Chiron was with the constellation Centaurus. The constellation Sagitta was sometimes considered to be an arrow fired by Sagittarius.
sc/wikipedia
2007-02-11 08:16:53 · answer #2 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Im partial to Orion.
The constellation has more than one version of a story surrounding it in Greek mythology.
In one version, Artemis, the goddess of hunt and the moon fell in love with him and stopped doing her job of illuminating the sky at night. Her twin brother Apollo, seeing Orion swimming on the sea, dared his sister to strike what only appeared to be a spot on the waves. Not knowing it was Orion, Artemis shot an arrow and killed him. Later, when she found out what she did, she placed his body among the stars. The grief she felt explains why the moon looks so sad at night.
In a different ending of this myth, Apollo's jealousy led him to summon a giant scorpion, which not even the mighty hunter Orion could defeat, and he was killed by its poisonous sting. This explains the seasonal alternation of the appearance of the constellations of Orion (October to April) and Scorpius (April to October), which do not appear in the sky together
2007-02-14 13:52:51 · answer #3 · answered by bribri75 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Constellation Andromeda (mermaid) with her own bright galaxy, Northern Hemisphere. Cassiopeia the Queen her step-mother and Cepheus her adoptive father. Andromeda was the daughter of a god and a Nereid. She was to be devoured by a monster of the sea Cetus the killer whale who devours seals on the beach (mermaid and sirens). Perseus the Prince from ancient Persia rescued her. April-May.
2007-02-12 21:07:49 · answer #4 · answered by Nicolette 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cassiopeia
This is the easiest constellation to find. It makes the shape of W.
2007-02-11 15:37:19 · answer #5 · answered by Ethlenn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Pleiades.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleiades_(star_cluster)
This gives a mythology history too.
2007-02-11 07:37:12 · answer #6 · answered by Chrissy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Pleiades is a good one
2007-02-14 03:27:01 · answer #7 · answered by jerry 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
did you no the big dipper is not a constellation
2015-11-19 13:36:15 · answer #8 · answered by TAVIA 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋