Friday, September 16, 2011

What is the mythological story behind the Draco constellation?

I have read about 20 different stories about Draco,and i would like to know what is the most famous or more widely known story about it.





Thanks!|||The.story of Orion says that he was a hunter and a companion to Artemis. One story says Orion was such a great hunter that Gaia feared that he would kill all the beasts of the Earth if not left unchecked and sent a scorpion to kill him. So you have Orion, Scorpio and Serius all up there together.





Another story says Orion was seduced by Selene, the Goddess of the Moon. Furious that Orion had betrayed his chastity, Artemis sent a scorpion to kill him and subsequently cursed Selene that she would fall in love with whatever mortal she saw. Selene then put Orion, his dog and the scorpion into the sky.





Another version says that Orion tried to rape Artemis and thus received his fate.





Yet another version says that Artemis fell in love with Orion and her brother Apollo tricked her into killing him, so as to protect her maidenhood. He did this by pointing Orion out as he was swimming in the distance and betting her she couldn't hit him with her arrow. She didn't recognize her beloved before she took her brother up on the bet.

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