For the Aztecs, Orion rising in the east signaled the time to perform the "New Fire" ceremony, a ritual designed to postpone the end of the World. They also aligned part of the Great Pyramid of Giza with Alnitak, one of the stars of the belt. The Egyptians associated Orion with Osiris, the god of death, afterlife, resurrection, regeneration and rebirth. In old Hungarian tradition, Orion was a magic Archer or Reaper and in China the constellation was one of the 28 lunar mansions that reflect the movement of the Moon. In medieval Muslim astronomy, Orion was known as al-jabbar, the giant. When Scorpius rises in the east, Orion is setting in the west. The resulting outcome is that the hunter and the scorpion are placed on opposite sides of the sky. Various versions exist, but generally Orion brought the wrath of goddess Artemis who sent the scorpion to kill him. Many myths surround the character particularly involving his death. In Greek mythology, Orion was a handsome strong hunter, born to Euryale the daughter of King Minos of Crete and Poseidon, the god of the sea. The earliest linking is an ivory carving found in a cave in the Ach valley in Germany, which is estimated to be at least 32,000 years old. The distinctive pattern of Orion has been used historically and in the modern World extensively.
Its most famous inhabitant, the Orion Nebula, is one of the most spectacular deep sky objects in the sky. Named after a great hunter in Greek mythology, it contains two first magnitude stars, many other bright stars, a famous belt, spectacular nebulae, some impressive multiple stars and fine open clusters. Straddling the celestial equator it can be seen from all locations on Earth. Orion is a prominent constellation that's one of the brightest and most familiar sights in the night sky.
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