The Symbolism of the Orion constellation

Orion is a prominent constellation located on the celestial equator. It is one of the 48 Greek constellations listed by Ptolemy and is visible throughout the world. Despite being called Orion in western astronomy, it has many other names and a wealth of pictorial representations. But there is value in studying Orion for this very reason, lest we forget how constellations evolved. In this video we will take a look at the Indian and Chinese astronomical systems, and the system standardised under the International Astronomical Union. Every system has its own myths and stories – and there is no use trying to reconcile them, they will never reconcile because they are different systems. But some myths have crossed systems and got adapted on the way. The Greeks once had a very influential community in India [the Yavana] for example. In Greek mythology, the Ceryneian hind, took the form of an enormous female deer, that snorted fire. And in India it became the thunder and lightning that brought the monsoon rains. The Chinese system does not even mention Orion, it only mentions the three stars of Orion’s belt. So by studying Orion we get a far better idea of how constellations were named and evolved, and how the wonderful storehouse of myths and legends was devised, to help people remember star patterns and how they changed. It should help to bring home just how important the night sky was to populations who relied on the stars for navigation during hunting and migrating. And it shows how inventive and imaginative people were in those days with no paper, no writing, and only one’s memory and the night sky.
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CREDITS

WEBSITE
Our website contains a great deal of information on the hero archetype in a generic sense, as opposed to its use for the Constellation. Please follow the links
Hero - https://allaboutheaven.org/concepts/hero_2/122
Hero – the quest - https://allaboutheaven.org/concepts/hero-the-quest/122
Hero and the symbolic badges - https://allaboutheaven.org/concepts/hero-and-the-symbolic-badges/122
Heroes in story myth and legend - https://allaboutheaven.org/concepts/heroes-in-story-myth-and-legend/122

PHOTOS, PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS
“Orion Head to Toe” - “Photo taken by Rogelio Bernal Andreo in October 2010 of the Orion constellation showing the surrounding nebulas of the Orion Molecular Cloud complex. Also captured is the red supergiant Betelgeuse (top left) and the famous belt of Orion composed of the OB stars Alnitak, Alnilam and Mintaka. To the bottom right can be found the star Rigel. The red crescent shape is Barnard's Loop.
Dennis Nilsson - Description of relations between Axial tilt (or Obliquity), rotation axis, plane of orbit, celestial equator and ecliptic.
Theodor de Bry - Claudius Ptolemäus, Picture of 16th century book frontispiece
Eckhard Slawik – Winter sky with orion constellation
Anagoria - Star list with distance information, Uruk (Iraq), 320-150 BC, the list gives each constellation, the number of stars and the distance information to the next constellation
The stars of the Pleiades. Image credit: Australian Astronomical Observatory/David Malin.
‘Knowledge Seeker’ - Taken from the observation platform at the top of the Jantar Mantar, showing smaller architectural sundials. The Jantar Mantar is a collection of architectural astronomical instruments, built by Maharaja Jai Singh II at his then new capital of Jaipur between 1727 and 1733.
Orion-Flamsteed-1729
Daniel Seiter - Diane auprès du cadavre d'Orion [Diana next to the corpse of Orion]
Orion aveugle cherchant le soleil- Nicolas Poussin (1658) Landscape with blind Orion seeking the sun
Pleiades – Merope Escapes Orion - Rebecca Lynn Dash
William Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905) – Lost Pleiad (1884)
Orion and Artemis - Nicolas Poussin
Sidney Hall - Urania's Mirror – Orion
Hercules capturing the Cretan Bull. Detail of The Twelve Labours Roman mosaic from Llíria (Valencia, Spain).
Iliad VIII 245-253 in cod F205, Milan, Biblioteca Ambrosiana, late 5c or early 6c
Cerynitian hind – Ryan Barger

VIDEO EFFECTS AND FOOTAGE

Orion constellation rising STOCK FOOTAGE
Vega Astro: / @vegaastro4473
Vega Astro Stock Footage:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkKp69Zvl6-J6lYG2a02Luw

Orion constellation - the quadrangle STOCK FOOTAGE
https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=irbgjrkcpko

Milky Way Time Lapse | GoPro Hero | 4K Ultra HD
https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=1kp-6KoM9lU

Professor Claw the Emperor Scorpion
https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=g1j2VX468t0

Monsoon Disaster - When Nature Strikes Back
https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=L8E-s5QTQOg

Ancient Astronomy of China
https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=qvl6zI1G3Sc

Witness a Colossal Hercules Statue Turn to Gold
https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=ZVyP_kalJk8

STUNNING SAILBOAT DRONE VIDEO
https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=-27-LUj4UGs

Night Sky Stock Footage - Night Sky Free Stock Videos - Night Sky No Copyright Videos
https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=724cPdbxdAY

MUSIC

00:00 Stars and Constellations - Sarah, The Illstrumentalist
02:12 Dream Escape - The Tides
05:35 Somnolent - The Tides
08:03 Seclusion - The Tides
09:31 Moonrise - Futuremono
11:51 Lau Tzu Ehru - Doug Maxwell
15:04 The Empty Moons of Jupiter - DivKid
18:13 Eternal Garden - Dan Henig
19:37 Stars and Constellations - Sarah, The Illstrumentalist