. A child's guide to mythology . d; but as (Enopion constantly deferred hisconsent, Orion attempted to gain possession of themaiden by violence. Her father, incensed at thisconduct, made Orion drunk, deprived him of hissight, and cast him out on the seashore. Theblinded hero, instructed by an oracle to seek therays of morning, followed the sound of a Cyclopshammer till he reached Lemnos, where Vulcan,taking pity on him, gave him Cedalion, one of hismen, to be his guide to the abode of the sun. Plac-ing Oedalion on his shoulders, Orion proceeded tothe east, and there meeting the Sun God, was re
. A child's guide to mythology . d; but as (Enopion constantly deferred hisconsent, Orion attempted to gain possession of themaiden by violence. Her father, incensed at thisconduct, made Orion drunk, deprived him of hissight, and cast him out on the seashore. Theblinded hero, instructed by an oracle to seek therays of morning, followed the sound of a Cyclopshammer till he reached Lemnos, where Vulcan,taking pity on him, gave him Cedalion, one of hismen, to be his guide to the abode of the sun. Plac-ing Oedalion on his shoulders, Orion proceeded tothe east, and there meeting the Sun God, was re-stored to sight by his beam. After this he used to go hunting with Artemis,much to the displeasure of Apollo, who did not likehis sister to make such a friend of Orion. Oneday, therefore, observing Orion as he walked throughthe sea, with his head just above water, Apollopointed out the black object to his sister, and main-tained that she could not hit it. The archer goddessdischarged a shaft with fatal aim; the waves rolled 248. Diaiica or Artemis. Correggio. Myths of the Sun, Moon, and Stars the dead body of Orion to the land. Then, be-wailing with many tears the death of her friend,Artemis placed him among the stars, where he ap-pears as a giant, with a girdle, sword, lions skin,and club. Sirius, his dog, follows him, and thePleiades fly before him. In the beginning of win-ter, all tlirough the night, Orion follows the chaseacross the heavens, but with dawn he sinks towardthe waters of his father, Neptune. In the begin-ning of summer he may be seen, with daybreak, inthe eastern sky, till Artemis draws again her dartsand slays him. The myths of the stars are almost as numerousas those of the sim and moon, and exist every-where. A very prevalent idea in regard to themis that human beings are transformed into stars;for example, in Australia they say that the godPundjel made stars of all the good men and womenafter the Deluge. In Greek mythology, the godsvery frequently turned m
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