Sunday, August 27, 2006

I want to be an ORion star..
Marion without the M is Arion.
Arion sounds like Orion if you change the A.
Cool right!!

Orion-The great HUnter

Orion is one of the most easily recognizable constellations in the sky.
He is made up of shoulders, legs, a sword, and most famously, his belt.
The star that forms his left shoulder is Betelgeuse (pronounced Beetlejuice).
In Arabic, it means Armpit of the Central One.
The Sumerians in ancient Mesopotamia called Orion, Uru-anna.
They identified it with the great Sumerian hero Gilgamesh,
who was seen as battling the Bull of Heaven,
Gut-anna, which we see as the constellation of Taurus.
Orion is also seen in Greek mythology as battling the bull Orion.

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