Legends of Orion. Оrion's belt
( artist Hadji-Kasumov )
There was a saying that the stars in Orion's belt are 3 sisters. They once lived on Earth and were distinguished by their non-humanity. They didn't want to talk to anyone. They were not interested in men who tried to find a way to their hearts, they were all refused.
The girls left the mortal world in girlhood, not having known male love. For which they were punished, becoming 3 stars in the belt of Orion, and nicknamed them "Girl Stars"
Divination was associated with this legend. Unmarried girls on the evening of January 4 went out into the street and looked at these stars, if they were ahead of them, this meant that the girl would not get married this year.
This is a very old legend, later the stars of Orion's belt were given a different name - the Rocker. It is worth noting that the horizontal position of the yoke takes only when Orion sets. In some countries it was called Libra. It is interesting that the front part of the scales was called - the yoke of the scales and undoubtedly the scales and the yoke are very similar to each other in their shape. Orion's Belt is also found under the name "Kichiga" (a tool for manually beating Flax)
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