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List of Gods : "Orion" - 9 records

Name ▲▼	Origin ▲▼	Description ▲▼
"Algebar"	Arabic	The giant Orion is so called by the Arabs.
Goddess name "Cerridwen"	Welsh / Scotland	moon Goddess, Grain Goddess. Welsh Bards called themselves Cerddorion (sons of Cerridwen). Welsh / Scotland
"Euphemus"	Greek	A son of Poseidon by Europa, the daughter of Tityus, or by Mecionice or Oris, a daughter of Orion or Eurotas. Greek
King name "Hyrieus"	Greek	A son of Poseidon and Alcyone, was king of Hyria in Boeotia, and married to the nymph Clonia, by whom he became the father of Nycteus, Lycus, and Orion. Greek
"Issoria"	Greek	A surname of the Laconiaii Artemis, derived from , Mount Issorion, on which she had a sanctuary. Greek
Nymph name "Nycteus"	Greek	A son of Hyrieus by the nymph Clonia, brother of Lycus and Orion, and husband of Polyxo, by whom he became the father of Antiope. Greek

Nymph name "Oenopion"	Greek	A son of Dionysus and husband of the nymph Helice, by whom he became the father of Thalus, Euanthes, Melaa, Salagus, Athamas, and Merope, Aerope or Haero. Some writers call Oenopion a son of Rhadamanthys by Ariadne, and a brother of Staphylus and Servius also calls him the father of Orion. Greek
"Orion"	Greek	A son of Hyrieus, of Hyria, in Boeotia, a very handsome giant and hunter, and said to have been called by the Boeotians Candaon. Greek
"Sirius"	Greek	The dog of Orion, who followed his master when he was made a constellation. The Dog-star or the Egyptian Sothis. Greek

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