What is the mythological histroy of the constellation Orion?
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This website could also help you.
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"Betelegeuse" or "beetle-juice" in the constellation of Orion is a beautiful red giant star that has the color of its name.( it has a fiery deep red hue )\n\nIt is at the upper left corner of Orion. \n\nit is also one of the brightest stars in the sky.
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After looking through countless references I can only give you a vague answer to your question. Orion was named by the ancient Greeks; according to their mythology he was a giant hunter and one of the few male friends of Artemis, goddess of the hunt. Depending on what version of the story you hear, Orion gets killed by a giant scorpion (Scorpius). Artemis mourns his death and places him in the sky to commemorate him. \n\nThe origins of the names "Big Dipper" and "Little Dipper" are even more difficult to come by. The Big Dipper seems to just be the common name for the asterism because that's what it looks like. The Big Dipper has been called everything from "the Plow", to "the Weasel" to "the Drinking Gourd" and of course is also part of the constellation Ursa Major (the Great Bear) again from Greek Mythology. \n\nI can only guess that Ursa Minor, (the Little Bear) was named the Little Dipper because it too kind of looks like one, but also because the two patterns of stars are associated with each other from Greek Mythology. So when the Great Bear was called "the Big Dipper" it just made sense to call the Little Bear the "Little Dipper". But really Tom, your guess is as good as mine. \n\nCheck out http://www.csulb.edu/~gordon/constel.html for a list of origin stories for other constellations and asterisms.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion
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The Latin named constellations were named by Claudius Ptolemy, Greek-speaking mathematician, geographer, astronomer, and astrologer. He lived c. 90 – c. 168 AD in the Roman Empire and was almost certainly a Roman citizen with a name like Claudius.\n\nPtolemy's list of 48 constellations includes Canis Minor, which means "small dog" in Latin. It is said to represent one of the dogs following Orion the hunter.\n\nCanis Minor is a small constellation mainly consisting of the two stars, Procyon and Gomeisa . Procyon is the eighth brightest star in the night sky. Procyon means "anterior dog" in Greek, as it rises before the Dog Star, Sirius, of Canis Major. Due to the brightness of Procyon, this was likely target for Ptolemy to create a constellation.\n\nHope this helps!
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That would be in the constellation of Orion. The constellation's main feature is of course the three stars which form the "belt" across the middle of Orion: from west to east Mintaka, Alnilam, and Alnitak.
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A constellation is any grouping of stars that (when connecting the dots) form a picture\n\nUrsa Major (The Big Bear - The Big dipper is in this)\nUrsa Minor (The little Bear - The little dipper is in this)\nDraco\nOrion\nThe Muses\nScorpio
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Which constellations are circumpolar depends on your latitude.  The five closest to the pole are Ursa Minor (female bear cub in Greco-Roman myth), Draco (dragon), Camelopardalis (a giraffe, a constellation invented by Kepler's son-in-law, Bartsch, and hence lacking any ancient myth), Cepheus (a king, husband to Cassiopeia and father to Andromeda), and Cassiopeia.  I suggest you ignore the first 3 and go with the old stand by of Andromeda being sacrificed to pacify a sea monster and rescued by Perseus, unless you are supposed to invent your own myth, based on these 5.
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NORTHERN HEMISPHERE CONSTELLATIONS -\nhttp://cybnet.co.za/northern.htm\n\nSOUTHERN HEMISPHERE CONSTELLATIONS -\nhttp://www.vb-tech.co.za/southern.htm
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yes also orion for winter... it is beautiful and easy to find. \n\n i enjoy watching the skies.  there's a dark sky here, so i can see things many people might not be able to.  every once in a while, i'm blessed to see a meteor shower or a display of the northern lights... it's ungodly.\n\ni also enjoy the changing night sky throughout the seasons... the big dipper and bootes in spring, the northern cross in summer, and pegasus in fall (which means orion's on his way back soon).  whatever else changes in life, these will always remain constant... and that is why i appreciate them.
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CERRIDWEN \nHer symbol was a white sow. Death, fertility, regeneration, inspiration, magic, astrology, herbs, science, poetry, spells, knowledge.\n\nCerridwen is the goddess of dark prophetic powers. She is the keeper of the cauldron of the underworld, in which inspiration and divine knowledge are brewed. She is often equated with the famous Greek crone, Hecate, and to the Irish Badb. She is also sometimes related to the Greek Muses, only in a more violent and dark form.\n\nI like your perception of Virgin Mary as a goddes... have you read the book "The Secret Life of Bees" ?  I think.. you will find this book inwhich the Virgin Mary/Goddess is a primary theme an enchanting read... a bit depressing.. but you will really enjoy it... give it a try
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if i am not mistaken, tres marias/tatlong maria, are the three bright bluish stars namely, Alnitak, Alniham and Mintaka, comprising the belt of the constellation Orion. they are just three of the seven stars of the Mighty Hunter of mythology (Orion). you from the philippines? if then, and if weather permits, you can see it tonight at almost overhead, slightly to the west.
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The Orion Arm is the arm of the Milky Way galaxy that our solar system is in  (The arms of the Milky Way are named after constellations).  No galaxies to be found there.  The constellation Orion does have arms, but they are not well-defined, so one couldn't find a number of galaxies in that either.  The constellation Orion is well-defined, and one could in principal find the number of galaxies there.  I don't know what that number is.  \n\nFor a diagram showing the Orion arm and the other arms, see:\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_Arm\n\nThere's also an "Orion's Arm" fictional world-building project, but I don't think that's what you mean:\n\nhttp://www.orionsarm.com/main.html
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Constellations. Gemini and Leo are zodiac signs.
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Orion is directly adjacent to the consetllations Taurus and Gemini.  The sun is in those constellations in May and June (respectively), and hence that means you can't see Orion because the sun is too close.  June's about the worst month possible to try and see Orion, unfortunately.
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Orion and Cassiopiea are my favorites. Draco is my third favorite, I suppose.
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If you are thinking Ourobouros the kicker is that it ate as fast as it grew. So It was as much a symbol of stasis as anything thought of that way. The standard interpretation of the myth is that it is representing a cycle. As old Ourobouros devours himself he goes around his own circle. The Vikings were seafaring people who knew how to navgate. I sometimes wonder at their reason for putting him at the middle of the earth like a belt around the equator. Were they really aware of the earths turning. I know that they understood about the celestial equator of the stars. But I am not sure if they thought of it as  heaven turning or of it as the earth turning.\nOurobouros does not reduce in length, his head just returns to the same point in the cycle of life.\n\nThe analogy that you might find closer is Lewis Carrol's Cheshire Cat out of Alice in Wonderland