07-19-2014, 03:24 PM
Egypt in the time of Ra had a different relationship with "Orion" than those of us today. Just a short excerpt about the history of the Orion constellation from Stars Names Their Lore and Meanings that I stumbled upon the other day:
Quote:"In Egypt, as everywhere, Orion was of course prominent, especially so in the square zodiac of Denderah, as Horus in a boat surmounted by stars, followed by Sirius, shown as a cow, also in a boat; and nearly three thousand years previously had been sculptured on the walls of the recently discovered step-temple of Sakkara, and in the great Ramesseum of Thebes about 3285b.c. as Sahu. This twice appears in the Book of the Dead:
The shoulders of the constellation Sahu;
and:
I see the motion of the holy constellation Sahu.
A similar title, but of Akkad origin, appeared for Capricornus. Egyptian mythology laid to rest in this constellation the soul of Oriris, as it did in the star Sirius that of Isis; and, again, in the Book of the Dead we read:
The Osiris N is the constellation Orion;
in this connection, Orion was known as Smati-Osiris, the Barley God."
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