The Similarities Between Cancer And Zodiac Signs

The myth that is related to this constellation is of biblical oragins and goes something like this: Issac wanted a wife. It was soon decided a woman named Rebecca would marry him. However, she did not have her own animal to use

The constellation was named after Princess Andromeda, also known as "The Chained Woman" - wich is, too, the nickname of the own constellation -. Andromeda was known for her beauty, and her mom one day claimed that she was even more beautiful then the Nereids, a particularly alluring group of sea nymphs. The Nereids were outraged by the affirmation and decided to ask Poseidon, the God of The Seas to give her a lesson. Poseidon then send a monster to destroy Andomedra's father's territory, and Andomedra decided to sacrifice herself to pay for the sins of her mother, and then was given chained to Poseidon to die. The story goes on, and it ends with Perseus - the son of Poseidon - saving her, but that's the bit that named the constellation.

Stars Castor, Pollux, Alhena, Wasat, Clown Nebula, Tejat Posterior, M35, NGC 2372 all make up this constellation. Although not all of these star names are featured in the Gemini Greek myth, Castor and Pollux are. The myth goes like this: Gemini, the constellation of course, represents two twins. Castor and Pollux, although they do not have the same father. Pollux's father is Zeus, also known as Jupiter in Roman mythology, who made their mother pregnant as a swan. And Caster's father, King Tyndarus of Sparta who is Lena's husband. Therefore, Pollux is immortal and Caster is not. Lena also had another child with Kind Tyndarus, Helen, also known as Helen of Troy. Continuing on with the story, Pollux, being immortal, was famous for his incredible strength and Castor was famed for his skill will horses. Other accomplishments include, both of them traveling as argonauts to find the Golden Fleece. As well as fighting in the Trojan war to help bring their sister, Helen home to her

I have chosen the Perseus Constellation. I chose that contallation because I have always liked the Greek Gods mythology. Perseus, named after the Greek Mythology hero, is a constellation in the Northen Sky. Perseus is bordered by Aries and Taurus to the south, Auriga to the east, Camelopardalis and Cassiopeia to the north, and Andromeda and Triangulum the west.

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

The Greek myth behind Taurus is that Zeus fell in love with a young girl named Europa, and transformed into a kind and gentle white bull in order to trick the girl into climbing on his back. When she did, he whisked her away to Crete by swimming there through the sea, and thereafter she had three of sons with Zeus. Only the front part of the bull is seen in the constellation, and it is said that it is to show the bull half submerged as he would have been in the myth.

There are millions upon millions of stars that light up the night sky. Some of these stars are grouped together in a way that creates a shape or figure; these shapes have been studied for thousands of years by people all around the world. Some civilizations have even dedicated stories to these figures in the sky; most of these shapes or constellations have their origins in Greek and Roman mythology. The constellation I chose as my favorite is Taurus, the bull. While Taurus is one of the constellations featured in the zodiac, my reasons for choosing it as my favorite constellation are not in relation to the story of Zeus and Europa; I chose Taurus because the Pleiades or "Seven Sisters" (a star cluster) are located inside of the constellation.

Though Zeus condemned Atlas to hold the heavens apart from the earth, Atlas was able to “become the god who turns the heavens on their axis, causing the stars to revolve.” (“ATLAS”) His close relations with the heavens made people believe that he had “superior knowledge of the stars and constellations.” (Roman 93) This belief was furthered when Atlas’s children died and became constellations. His son, Hyas, “was killed by a lion and became the constellation Aquarius, and the lion became the constellation Leo…His grieving sisters were transformed into the Pleiades constellation.” (Roman 92) Even more, Atlas himself is represented as the constellation Kneeler. (“ATLAS”) Thus, it is no surprise that Atlas, “the father of many constellations,” is also seen as the father of astronomy.

Atlas isn’t exactly a whole constellation, but a bright star in Taurus. He was thought to be the originator of the constellations. This is a great story about his encounter with Hercules.

In this assignment the author aims to describe their favourite constellation and to tell the myth belonging to the star formation before telling a new myth behind the constellation.

Mythologists say that the constellation represents Laelaps, a dog so fast that no prey could outrun it. This dog had a long list of owners. The most likely version says that he was given by Zeus to Europa, whose son Minos, gave him to Procris. The dog was given to her along with a javelin that could never miss.

The mythology of the Sagittarius constellation comes from a few different places, the Babylonians depicted the constellation as the god 'Nergal'. Nergal was depicted as a strange centaur like creature, with wings and two heads. A human head and a panther head,as well as two tails, a horse's and a scorpion's poised above the horse tail. The Nergal is supposed to be posed as pulling an arrow back on a bow. There is also Mythology from Greek origin, some identify the centaur in the Sagittarius constellation as Chiron the son of Philyra and Saturn, Chiron was also the tutor of Jason. It is said that Chiron changed himself into a horse to escape a jealous wife by the name of Rhea. However Chiron is represented in another heavenly horse constellation

Unlike more commonly known constellations, Hydrus was not ascribed an associated myth by ancient Greco-Roman society due to its position in the southern hemisphere. While the Maori or other ancient peoples might have ascribed some meaning to it, any such meaning has been

In western culture, the constellation is said to have been discovered by the Sumerians and Egyptians. Around 10,500 BC, the Egyptian Sphinx would have faced Leo as it rose in the sky. That date was approximately around the time known as the Age of Leo. The constellation was defined by one of the four royal stars that Persian astronomers linked to the solstices and equinoxes. Originally called Cor Leonis,

I chose to talk about the story behind the constellation Libra because it is one of the constellations I observed. Libra is also known as Chelae, which means claws and is considered to be part of the Scorpio constellation. This star formation is supposed to represent the scorpion’s claws. The Romans discovered Libra in the first century BC but apparently when they discovered it the moon actually inside the constellation. The Romans considered Libra to be a favorite constellation, because of its association with balanced seasons and equal length of night and day. The Romans were not the only ones to think this because the Babylonians called it ZIB.BA.AN.NA, which means “the balance of heaven,” about a thousand years before Christ. So slowly