The Scorpion was the secret emissary of Hera.
In the legend, the hunter Orion was the son of Poseidon and the queen of Amazon. He was a rough giant and always boasted that “No one is stronger than me”. Therefore, he drew jealousness and hatred from gods in Olympic. The wife of Zeus, Hera asked the poisonous scorpion to lurk in the way that he would pass through. Orion was neglectful of the scorpion and was poisoned then died. The poisonous scorpion was praised by all gods and became one of the constellations in the sky. And the hunter also became one of the constellation (The Great Hunter) after he died. The Great Hunter was in the reverse direction. So they will never meet each other, as the Scorpion rised the Orion would fall .
From the story, we know the scorpion killed the strongest man in the world. The success of this assassination lied in a well organized plan, so the Scorpion is a sign that it was the bane of strongest man. It is a constellation that can hide itself and no one can see clearly and understand it. Meanwhile, it is an animal which will finish the mission from gods unscrupulously. |