Looking at the stars most of the time is magical and nostalgic, and sometimes it's quite melancholic... As a kid I used to love staying στο σπίτι της γιαγιάς μου (yiayias=at my grandma's house) in one of the islands of Greece 🏡. At night we used to sit στην αυλή (avli=at the yard) with some of her friends and talk. Most of the time though i was trying to count either the lizards 🦎 or the stars (which by the way was a bad habit since it could cause you different kind of rashes 🥴 🤢 according to some friends of my γιαγιά 😂). My explanation for never having a rash was that i was not counting correctly 😏. Well, have you ever seen the dark night sky during summer? Have you admired the thousands of stars 🎇✨ in our neighborhood of the galaxy 🌌? Since i was a kid i was fascinated by that! 🤩🧐 And here is one of the stories i vividly remember!
⭐🌟 The story of Orion ⭐🌟
How can you find "him"?
Well as a kid it was easy to find him because I would always notice and count these three stars! They were so close, so every time i would start counting from number 3. Initially i thought that this is Ωρίων (Orion) but apparently these three stars were only his belt. But who is Ωρίων and why does he need a belt? Here's a picture that will help your imagination 😊 ⏬ ⏬⬇⏬⏬⬇⏬⏬⬇⏬⏬⬇⏬
Ωρίων (Orion), who is visible throughout the world, was a giant huntsman. According to the myth, he is responsible for the present shape of the Strait of Sicily. He used to accompany Artemis, the goddess of hunting, in her hunts. Once Ωρίων (Orion) was hosted on the island of Chios by the king Οινοπίων (Oinopion). However, Ωρίων (Orion) behaved recklessly: he fell in love with the king's daughter, τη Μεράδη (Meradi). That made Οινοπίων (Oinopion) very angry with Ωρίων (Orion), so the king gave Ωρίων (Orion) a drink to blind him and then threw him into the sea. Ήφαιστος (Hephaestus) found Ωρίων (Orion) and led him to Απόλλωνα (Apollo), the god of light, who then helped him get his sight back. That then made Η Άρτεμις (Artemis) very jealous because of the many love affairs Ωρίων (Orion) had with Ηώ (Io) and Ώπη (Opi), so he sent a scorpion to kill Ωρίων (Orion). Ωρίων (Orion) died in Δήλος (Delos) from the scorpion's bite and that's the reason that the constellations of Scorpius and Orion are never in the sky at the same time.
Have you already read the previous post about the story of Cassioppeia? if not you can find it here: https://www.mygreekteacher.org/post/the-night-sky-teaches-us-mythology
Would you like to learn "What is the myth behind other constellations?" Comment here or on our FB page which one you would like to read and we'll be back soon 😁😊😘
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