Starlore
The Constellation of Orion
Orion- Latin name, the Giant; Al Jabbar- Arabic
name; Sahu - Egyptian name; Mriga - Hindu name; Ksil
- Hebrew name.
- Orion is a remarkable constellation and contains easily identifiable star formations. These formations include the bright stars of Betelgeuse and Rigel, the three stars of "the belt of Orion," and his "sword" or Great Nebula.
- The constellation is associated with Auser (Osiris) in Egypt and its appearance marks the periodic flooding of the Nile and the triumph of life over death in the myths of Auser and Auset (Isis).
- Robert Bauval, in the The Orion Mystery argues
that the three prominent stars in the "belt" of
Orion may have been used as orientation markers for the
three great pyramids at Giza.
The ancient Maya referred to them as the "hearthstones." In India, they represent an arrow through the body of the stag Mriga a personification of Praja-pati, the Lord of Progeny who, ( in the Vedas), represents the creative aspect of divinity.
Full SizeBiblical References
- Job 9:5-9 "He who moves the mountains and they do not know; when He overturns them in his anger; who shakes the earth out of its place, and its pillars tremble; the One speaking to the sun and it does not rise, and He sets a seal around the stars; stretching out the heavens by himself, and walking on the waves of the sea; who made the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers of the south;...."
- Amos 5:8 "He who created the Pleiades and Orion, and turns the deep darkness into morning, and He darkened the day into night; who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the face of the earth; Jehovah is his name." The Interlinear Bible.