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Is the lion in the sky scary?

A very long time ago, about 4,5 thousand years ago, the point of the summer solstice was in this constellation, and the Sun was in this constellation at the hottest time of the year. That is why, among many ancient peoples, it was the Lion that became the symbol of fire.

The Assyrians called this constellation the “great fire,” and the Chaldeans associated the ferocious lion with the no less ferocious heat that came every summer. They believed that the Sun receives additional strength and warmth when it is among the Leo stars.

In Egypt, this constellation was also associated with the summer period: flocks of lions, fleeing the heat, migrated from the desert to the Nile valley, which at that time was overflowing. Therefore, the Egyptians placed on the gates of irrigation canal locks that directed water to the fields, images in the form of a lion's head with an open mouth.

Author: Cellarius E.Yu.

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