. The Mythology of all races .. . det-Sothis,the dog-star, the mistress of theyear. In Graeco-Roman times thezodiacal signs became very popular, and we find them pictured in many Fig. 57. Early Picture of Orion richly developed representations. Orion, the most remarkable and most beautiful of all con-stellations, fleet of foot, wide of steps, before the south-land, ^^ represents the hero of the sky, exactly as in themythology of Asia.^° He is early identified with the victorioussun-god Horus, while his father Osiris (in other words, the deador unborn form of Horus himself, who equals Osiris),
. The Mythology of all races .. . det-Sothis,the dog-star, the mistress of theyear. In Graeco-Roman times thezodiacal signs became very popular, and we find them pictured in many Fig. 57. Early Picture of Orion richly developed representations. Orion, the most remarkable and most beautiful of all con-stellations, fleet of foot, wide of steps, before the south-land, ^^ represents the hero of the sky, exactly as in themythology of Asia.^° He is early identified with the victorioussun-god Horus, while his father Osiris (in other words, the deador unborn form of Horus himself, who equals Osiris), the deityin a box or a little boat, is sought chiefly in the constellationdirectly below, i. e. the ship Argo or its principal star, , however, both gods and their constellations are freelyinterchanged as manifestations of the same deity. We cantrace the representation of Orion as a man running away andlooking backward to the time before 2000 For the mostpart he lifts his right arm, usually with the hand empty,. 58 EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY though sometimes he holds a star or the hieroglyph of he grasps a spear, in order to connect him with the mili-tant Horus. As we have seen, he often appears as a companion o o oo o o o o -k^
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