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Orion

deity sky Greek single tradition · 8

Stub entity — referenced by another entity from source #2404 but not yet directly extracted from its own source.

↻ synthesized from 8 sources

When

First attested
2400 BCE
Attested period
-2400 – 2020
Historical notes
Worshiped from the Old Kingdom period through Roman times.

Relationships

parent of
Menippe, Metioche, Acraephen, Mecionice
enemy of
Artemis (Diana), animals, Oenopion, Gaia, scorpion, Apollo, Upis
co occurs with
Amen-Re, Menippe, Metioche, Cedalion, Aphrodite, Athena, Horus, Hathor, Atum, Mut, Venus, Hermes, Hera, Leto, Attis, Actaeon, Siproites, Tiresias, Hephaestus, Heracles, Medusa, Stheno, Euryale, Phorcys, Ceto, Pandora, Pleiades, Hyades, Atlas
consort of
Sothis, Eos, Side, Merope, Aëro, Leiro
created by
Artemis (Diana), Zeus
manifested by
Wati Nyiru
child of
Poseidon
allied with
Helios, Asclepius

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Mentioned by

and 22 more

Sources

wikipedia (8)
  1. Seven Sisters songline
  2. Menippe and Metioche
  3. Meritamen
  4. Orion (mythology)
  5. Siproites
  6. The Goddess Girls
  7. Pleiades (Greek mythology)
  8. Oenopion

Source passages

“Menippe and Metioche were the daughters of Orion by an unnamed mother; although their mother is not given a name, in other sources the first wife of Orion is called Side. After Orion was killed by Artemis, the girls were raised by their mother while Athena taught them the art of weaving and Aphrodite gave them beauty.”

#36641 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“as Sothis is beside Orion”

#40171 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Images of Orion in classical art are difficult to recognize, and clear examples are rare. There are several ancient Greek images of club-carrying hunters that could represent Orion, but such generic examples could equally represent an archetypal "hunter", or indeed Heracles.”

#42748 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“The sex-reversal story brings its hero Siproites into line with several other male hunters and soldiers who were emasculated by a goddess, both literally and metaphorically, such as Attis and Orion.”

#42843 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Orion is a mortal that appeared in book 4 "Artemis the brave", and he was self-centered and acted nice to make Artemis like him.”

#43249 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001