orion

In one myth, Orion boasted that he would kill each and every animal on Earth, angering the goddess Gaia who sent the scorpion. In one more, he attempted to force himself on Artemis and she sent the scorpion, and in a third, he tried to save Leto from a scorpion and was stung. Gilgamesh was the Sumerian equivalent of Heracles, which brings us to a further puzzle. Being the greatest hero of Greek mythology, Heracles deserves a magnificent constellation such as this one particular, but in fact is consigned to a substantially additional obscure area of sky. It might appear...