Greek Mythology: The Reputation Of Sagittarius

This sign occurs during some of the darkest, coldest days of the year. Luckily, Sagittarius is a fire sign that helps to warm up the darkness. This uplifting sign is one of the most optimistic and has an adventurous quality to it. Many Sagittarius women love change and desire new surroundings. There is a restlessness to this sign that is brought on by the ambitious goals and

The derivation of Sagittarius is from the Latin word saggitorium meaning infantry or cavalry. This strength and perseverance exhibited by Stephanie is something of an admirable

Mythology Annotated Bibliography Wickersham, John. “Isis.” Myths and Legends of the World, Volume 3. Isis was the sister and wife of the god of Osiris.

The constellation Sagittarius, also known as 'The Archer' in Latin, is fascinating. Research done on this cluster of stars shows that it was documented in the second century by a Greek astronomer named Ptolemy. Sagittarius is the fifteenth largest constellation overall, it occupies eight hundred sixty-seven square degrees and contains the most stars with known planets. This cluster of stars is in the center of the Milky Way galaxy. The brightest stars in the constellation come together to form a pattern of stars called the Teapot. The myth behind the stars is what lead me to my ultimate decision to choose Sagittarius.

So for this assignment i have chosen my favorite constellation the Pegasus. I find this myth quite fascinating and wondrous.

Libra - the Libra Sign is represented by scales, which Egyptians believed were used to weigh the souls of the dead. However, in Greek Mythology, Libra actually represented the golden chariot of Pluto (Hades). Pluto was the brother of Zeus and ruler of the underworld. One day he spotted a beautiful girl named Persephone, while riding into the Upper World with his golden chariot, which

My favourite constellation is Cancer, or, the crab. This is my Zodiac sun sign, the zodiac segment the sun was in at the time I was born. The Cancer is the dimmest of the zodiac signs, and it looks like an upside-down Y. It can be seen during autumn in the southern hemisphere and northern hemisphere in early spring.

This constellation has its historical roots in Babylonian astronomy, but was also mentioned in the myths of both ancient Greece and Rome. In the Babylon mythology, there was the god of the sun, named Shmash who also had the virtues of justice, truth and balance. The scales symbols, such as Libra constellation, also known as the Claws of Scorpio were held sacred especially to the god of the Sun. Even in Greek mythology, Libra was called the "Chelae" which means "Claws" and theye were considering it to be the part of the Scorpio constellation, but today the scientists believe it is more familiar with the Virgo constelliation. In Roman mythology, the Romans associated this constellation with the scales during the fisrt century before

The constellation I have chosen to write an essay about it the Pegasus constellation. I chose this constellation I love horses. They are one of my favorite animals. And the Pegasus is simply a horse, but with wings. It was first cataloged in the 2nd century by a Greek astronomer and named after the Greek myth of the Pegasus, the winged horse.

A Sagittarius is said to be farseeing, outspoken and are represented by an archer. “Approaching the year’s darkest night, and the only way out of a dream is down and through it. The trees are dead. The days are an arrow in a dead man’s chest” (Gardner 125). The mention of the arrow in a chapter depicting Grendel’s concept of religion is interesting, because the main place you want to hit a person is either the heart or head in order to kill them. Religion, you follow with your heart, and let go of your mind and the realistic ideals of the world.

2.The mythology of the constellation of Aries is Aries, the "ram", is the first of the twelve zodiacal constellations, and in greek myth represents the animal whose fleece was sought by Jason and the argonauts. Legend has it that when king Athamus of Boetia took a second wife, Ino, she was extremely jealous and resentful of his existing children, especially his son, Phrixus. She therefore deviously plotted the failure of the corn

The constellation I have chosen is Cancer. I chose this constellation because it is my zodiac sign. Naturally, I found it interesting to learn about and write an essay on my discovery and creation theory. Cancer is Latin for "Crab", The name was chosen because the representation of the the constellation is in fact a crab. The constellation is 506 sq. degrees and made up of faint stars.

This zodiac constellation is located in the Southern sky. Sagittarius is best seen in the lower half of the southern sky in the summer months. The dates to be considered a Scorpius I having your birthday from November 22nd through December 1st. It is the ninth zodiac constellation. The main star of Sagittarius, Kaus Austrailis guides what the ancient people saw in the sky because it is also the brightest star in Sagittarius. Sagittarius was named by Ptolemy who was a Greek astronomer. The is one of the only zodiac constellation to be discovered by a specific person instead of an ancient group of people. Even though the constellation could fist be seen in Sumeria, Greek people saw it first. The Greeks saw Sagittarius as a centaur. A centaur has the upper body and head of a human with the lower body and legs of a horse. Another Greek mythology idea was that Sagittarius was part goad and part human. It was thought that the Greeks though originally Sagittarius included these creatures but then later realized that it was a centaur which fit more with the bow and arrow as well. These half human and half animal mostly in the horse family were known for being hunters and archers. Most times the Greeks also saw a bow and arrow in the sky when they picked out the centaur like creature. Sagittarius was an archer and he was through to try and kill Orion because he was a good archer. When the Greeks spotted

Throughout the course of time, different civilizations across the world hold one thing in common by which a society or culture can be based upon or help influence the structure. The one common thing that has help a civilization grow throughout the period of time would be the formation of a religion. Religion is a center point for many societies throughout history. As the center for the different civilizations, it helped form their different traditions and customs. The same could be said about the people of ancient Greece, where religion or mythology played an important role in their lives as it was the pedestal of their culture and how they base their lives upon. The formation of a religion across the large number of regions of Greece, help the different locations mold themselves by the customs that were created from the adaptation. During what was known as Ancient Greece, the people would hear tales of the twelve Olympians and how their actions influence the world around them. Within this period of time for the people of Greece was that of growth, as they sought to bring new ideas into light as they exited from a dark period within their own history.

In the mythology of The Twelve Labours of Heracles (or Hercules in Roman mythology) Cancer is a crab sent by Hera to hinder Heracles in his fight against Hydra. Depending on the version of the story Heracles either kicks Cancer so hard that the crab is stuck amongst the constellations, or he just crushes Cancer by stomping on it and Hera places it in the sky for its bravery, but not in a bright part of the sky because it did not complete its task (Cancer has only two stars brighter than the 4th magnitude). Magnitude levels are levels of brightness, with lower numbered levels being brighter than higher number levels (e.g. a magnitude level 1 is brighter than a magnitude 2). Some sources say that cancer was a late addition to the story and that it was only included to make the 12 zodiac signs coincide with the 12 Labours.