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Camelopardalis
Invented in 1613 by a Dutch theologian and astronomer Petrus Plancius, the giraffe is one of the lesser known of the exotic animal constellations to be found in the stars. It is said to represent the animal that Rebecca rode into Canaan for her marriage to Isaac. Camelopardalis is located in an area of the sky left blank by the Greeks, between the Great Bear and Cassiopeia.
Draco
One of the most popular of the myths about the celestial dragon Draco, which coils around the sky's north pole, is that of the dragon named Landon, the one- hundred- eyed monster (in another version described as a one hundred headed monster.) Hera, wife of Zeus, was given as a wedding gift the precious tree of golden apples. The Hesperides, daughters of Atlas, were put to guard it. However they proved themselves untrustworthy as they picked the apples. Hera placed the Dragon around the tree to prevent further theft. The hero Heracles was required to steal the golden apples as one of his twelve great labors. He killed Draco with poisonous arrows. Upon the Dragon's death Hera placed it in the stars as the constellation Draco.
Dimensions: 14 X 18 (inches)
Price: $550.00
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