Orion, the hunter, is found next to his two dogs -Canis Minor and Major - and is battling Taurus, who is also near by. When he's not after the bull in the sky, he hunts Lepus, the hare, with his bow and arrow and his dogs.Artemis, greek goddess of the hunt and the wild, one day fell deeply in love with Orion the Hunter. In her infatuation with him she forgot to light up the night sky, according to one mythological source, her twin brother Apollo became jealous of her love for a mortal. Allegedly protecting his sister's maidenhood, Apollo sent a huge scorpion to attack Orion. This giant scorpion was too strong, even for the great hunter, and eventually killed him.
Artemis' sadness was so great that, remorsefully,
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pollo helped his sister hang the hunter's image in the sky in the form of a constellation. Right before dying, Orion wounded Scorpio and killed it as well. The scorpion's figure was also traced in the sky, in commemoration of the great battle.
Until this day, when the scorpion appears over the horizon, the hunter's stars sink under the other side of the globe. The gods placed them in such a way so that they would never meet eachother again, and never fight again, or is it that the hunter is fleeing from the creature that defeated him?
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pollo helped his sister hang the hunter's image in the sky in the form of a constellation. Right before dying, Orion wounded Scorpio and killed it as well. The scorpion's figure was also traced in the sky, in commemoration of the great battle.Until this day, when the scorpion appears over the horizon, the hunter's stars sink under the other side of the globe. The gods placed them in such a way so that they would never meet eachother again, and never fight again, or is it that the hunter is fleeing from the creature that defeated him?
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