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One of the [[:Category:88_IAU-Constellations|88 IAU constellations]]. | One of the [[:Category:88_IAU-Constellations|88 IAU constellations]]. | ||
==Etymology and History== | ==Etymology and History== | ||
The Greek constellation of the Water Snake is a derivative of the Babylonian constellation of the MUŠ-Dragon, a dog-headed creature with the body of a gigantic snake with front legs and wings | The Greek constellation of the Water Snake is a derivative of the Babylonian constellation of the MUŠ-Dragon, a dog-headed creature with the body of a gigantic snake with front legs and wings. | ||
=== Origin of Constellation === | |||
=== Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation === | |||
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File:Hya+crt+crv stellarium mulapin.jpg|the Babylonian version of the "Hydra and Corvus" super-constellation does not contain a cup or jar. visualized in Stellarium (drawing by Jessica Gullberg) | |||
File:Cnc Hya KAKSISA stellarium.jpg|the lonely star in front of the dragon-head (Procyon) rised simultaneously with the faint stars of The Crab in ancient Babylon. Procyon and the head / foot of the dragon may serve as a replacement for Cancer | |||
File:Hya+crt+crv stellarium farnese.jpg|The Greeks introduced a Crater atop the snake. On the Farnese Globe, the body of the snake forms a vessel for Corvus and Crater. | |||
File:Sidney Hall - Urania's Mirror - Noctua, Corvus, Crater, Sextans Uraniæ, Hydra, Felis, Lupus, Centaurus, Antlia Pneumatica, Argo Navis, and Pyxis Nautica.jpg|In early modern time, some scholars extended the snake-body of Hydra beyond pi Hydrae and placed a second bird ([[Solitaire]] or [[Noctua]]) at this new end. | |||
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== | == Mythology == | ||
=== | === Greek/ Greco-Roman folklore === | ||
== | === Babylonian belief === | ||
== Weblinks == | == Weblinks == | ||
Revision as of 04:21, 30 October 2024
One of the 88 IAU constellations.
Etymology and History
The Greek constellation of the Water Snake is a derivative of the Babylonian constellation of the MUŠ-Dragon, a dog-headed creature with the body of a gigantic snake with front legs and wings.
Origin of Constellation
Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation
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the Babylonian version of the "Hydra and Corvus" super-constellation does not contain a cup or jar. visualized in Stellarium (drawing by Jessica Gullberg) -
the lonely star in front of the dragon-head (Procyon) rised simultaneously with the faint stars of The Crab in ancient Babylon. Procyon and the head / foot of the dragon may serve as a replacement for Cancer -
The Greeks introduced a Crater atop the snake. On the Farnese Globe, the body of the snake forms a vessel for Corvus and Crater. -
