The fire that cannot be ignored - the poisonous scorpion that stung Orion

If you pay attention to the stars, you will notice that the stars actually have different colors, some are yellowish, some are blue, and some are pure white light, but the most eye-catching is the red star. Eye-catching.

Red, the color of blood, the color of fire, and because of this, red stars are generally considered to be malefic stars, disaster stars, and war stars in the world view of the ancients.

Of course, because of the association of blood, sometimes it is also the star of heroism, strength, and life.

It is a star that can be associated with life and death. It depends on how the person who imagined the story made up the story!

In the sky, there are two of the most famous red stars, Earth's neighbor, red Mars, and a prominent presence in the Milky Way, Antares in Scorpio.

The brightness and color of these two stars are very similar, but because Mars is a planet, and its running path is erratic, it is considered to be an unstable existence, and Antares, because it is a star, has a relatively fixed movement, so Mars in ancient China, It is even used to call Antares, called the fire, which shows the status of this red giant star.

Antares is the heart of Scorpio, and it is also the heart of Qinglong among the four sacred beasts of ancient Chinese astrology, so it has the name Antares, and around him, you can see an obvious S-shaped constellation, although it is in the center of the Milky Way. The location is still extremely conspicuous, so it is viewed together and becomes the same constellation, that is, Scorpio.

Such conspicuous stars, of course, have corresponding constellation stories in all countries of the world, and all of them are very exciting. Today, we will introduce the Greek version of the story, about Scorpio and the hunter Orion.

Orion is none other than another super famous constellation, with Orion in winter and Scorpio in summer. This also represents their position, which is really relative.

The story goes like this, the hunter Orion is a famous warrior, his hunting skills are superb, and the prey he wants to catch is not that he can't kill, which can be said to be famous. But he was also violent and arrogant, often boasting that he was the best in the world and brave. In the Greek world, stinky farts are a big taboo. The most hated thing in Greece is that some people think that they are more powerful than gods. It can only be said that people who are too stinky. In Greek mythology, almost no one has Well done.

In short, Orion's arrogance finally aroused the dissatisfaction of the gods, especially Artemis, the god of hunting, so his mother, the queen of the gods Hera, planned to vent for her daughter and sent her pet, a celestial world. The poisonous scorpion, this poisonous scorpion is extremely venomous, and it will definitely die if it is stabbed, and this scorpion sneaked away like this and stabbed Orion in the heel with a poisonous needle, killing him on the spot.

However, some stories will mention that Orion and Scorpio fought for three hundred rounds, and they fought in the dark, and finally both sides perished.

In short, Orion was killed by Scorpio, and Zeus felt that it was a pity that a good person should die like this, so he raised him to the sky and became the representative constellation of winter, Orion, and Hera, the most jealous in the history of mythology, saw Zeus like this Do, I was very unhappy, so I ran to quarrel with Zeus and insisted that Zeus put her beloved scorpion in the sky. Now Zeus feels troublesome. It would be okay if these two constellations continue to quarrel in the sky. Peace of mind can be disturbed, so put Scorpio opposite Orion and become the representative constellation of summer, Scorpio.

These two enemies of life and death occupy the two ends of the celestial sphere respectively, so when Scorpio rises, Orion falls, and the two constellations chase forever in the sky, but they will never meet and will never fight again.

The above is the Greek mythological version of the story, but the story is not so simple! Because Scorpio is one of the twelve constellations in the Babylonian star map, but in the older records, his appearance is very different, because the three constellations of Libra, Scorpio, and Sagittarius are linked together in Babylon. Libra The zodiac becomes the scorpion's scorpion's claws, and the Sagittarius becomes the scorpion's body. Simply put, it is like the shape of the Akkadian king in the movie Scorpion King. The upper body is a human and the lower body is a scorpion. The shape of the scorpion claw looks very powerful, right! Because this is no ordinary character.

And in the movie, the weakness of this Scorpion Emperor is also the same, that is, his heart, which is Antares, and the Akkad kingdom in history is the ancient kingdom destroyed by Babylon! .

In Egypt, Scorpio had different images in different dynasties. In the early days, it was the appearance of the goddess Tower-Beejet. This goddess was the wife of the sun god Horus. She was good at using magic to heal poisoners. The image was a scorpion. , the constellation is Scorpio.

Later, the image of the scorpion gradually became a symbol representing the god Thoth, and it looked like a snake, which is the S-shaped part of the constellation Scorpio. God Thoth is the creator of science and culture, specially responsible for recording the dates of human birth and death and various major events. He called himself the tongue of the creator god Ptah, created language and writing, and taught human computing and writing technology, It is somewhat similar to the position of Prometheus in Greek mythology. At the same time, the god Thoth also participated in the trial of Anubis, the god of death, which is the origin of the Libra. He was responsible for digging out the heart of the dead and using the scale to measure the conscience of the dead. It just so happens that in Greek mythology, Prometheus was punished by having his heart dug out every day! Is it a coincidence? In fact, ancient myths and stories will affect each other. If you check these historical records, you can see how civilizations with similar geographical locations interact with each other, resulting in many different versions of the story!

However, the Greek constellation mythology was mainly influenced by Babylon, so in the end Scorpio adopted the Babylonian classification, but retained the distinction of the zodiac, and split the originally huge Scorpio into three constellations, which became the classification method we know now. .

of course! With the progress of science, the zodiac constellations have been gradually classified in more detail, so we now have 13 zodiac constellations, that is, the position of Scorpio is divided into Ophiuchus, so now in astronomy, the zodiac constellation has the smallest position. , is Scorpio, in the three hundred and sixty-five days of the year, only 8.4 days are accounted for, it can be said to be very rare!

The current Scorpio, the time is probably from November 21st to November 29th. If you were born at this time, it is quite rare!

Scorpio is the most conspicuous constellation in summer. You may wish to look at the southeast sky in the evening of summer. The huge fishhook is waiting for you!

Scorpio is one of the most easily recognizable constellations in the sky. Like the Big Dipper and the Orion, it is a very representative constellation, so it all occupies an important position in ancient civilizations. However, Antares of the Scorpio was too important in ancient China, so there were few related stories. After all, he is the "heart of the Qinglong", who dares to make jokes about the emperor!

And many stories related to Antares in China have been proved to be nonsense, the purpose is to appease the emperor and avoid the anger of the Yellow Emperor, so many historical observations of falsification of observation data appear... Yes, scholars have found that many ancient observations about Antares are It is false, and as a result, there are fewer related legends.

But there are many stories in the Western world. The Egyptian goddess Tower-Beejet is mentioned above. Her name in Canaan is Ishtar. She is the wife of the main god Baal and is in charge of reproduction. Another name is in the Bible. Ashtaroth, the Bible records that even if the temples of Baal in Judea were destroyed, the worship of Ashtarius would still be difficult to ban in Israel, because there were so many people who worshiped her, and even some Jewish heretical sects regarded her as a goddess. The wife of the LORD looks upon Le!

It seems that it is a natural association for everyone to think of Antares as the heart. After all, he is a big red one!

In addition, the god Thoth has the image of a snake and is also a god who imparts wisdom to human beings. Satan, who then lured humans to eat the forbidden fruit to gain wisdom, is also regarded as a snake. In Sumerian mythology, the hero Gilgamesh took the opportunity to eat the fruit of eternal life. (and thus die), is also a snake.

It can only be said that ancient legends really have contexts that can be patrolled.