| Orion rules the winter skies from late fall to
early spring. The myths of Orion go back as far as 1200 BC.
One story says that his name was Aqhat a famous hunter and the battle-goddesss
Anat fell in love with him. But when he refused to lend her a bow
she sent another man out to steal it. But the man failed and ended
up killing Aqhat and dropping the bow into the sea. So it is now
said that Orion drops the bow below the horizon every year. Orion
was also known as "The Mountain Dweller". Orion was the
demi god son of a mortal women and Poseidon the god who ruled the seas.
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