Some rings in honor of the Olympics. Not really, but I was watching the Olympics when I did them.
I like several of these medallions as individual entities, but the reason I chose this group is the strong diagonal line that runs through the center.
Even though they are headed the wrong direction, they remind me of Orion's Belt. And, since there are a couple of extra stars, my next thought was that the Hunter had gotten a little pudgy. Happens to the best of us, doesn't it?
I love stars, even though I live in probably the worst place in the world for stargazing. It is cloudy here probably 3/4ths of the time, so I don't get to see them often.
In the myth I know, Orion is the child of Neptune and the Queen of the Amazons (I learned her name: Euryale). He is a mighty hunter and doer of great and wondrous deeds who claims that he can kill any animal. He is finally killed by a scorpion.
Apparently, there are a whole bunch of versions. In most of them, he does get killed by a scorpion, though not always. I found the Wikipedia entry poorly written and too hard to follow, but this does a nice job.
Ian Ridpath seems like an interesting fellow, check out his website. At the very least, I am going to have to go back and read all of his star tales.
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