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Actually, 宿 means "constellation" in this context. It appears in the name of every constellation, not just Orion's belt. Its original meaning is to stay/sleep i

by kijin 9y ago

Actually, 宿 means "constellation" in this context. It appears in the name of every constellation, not just Orion's belt. Its original meaning is to stay/sleep in a common house (lots 百 of people 人 under a roof 宀), usually overnight, hence the association with night guards. Chinese constellations are houses, commonly translated as "mansions". It's the letter in the left (参) that is specific to Orion's belt, and it means "three". It's a fancier version of 三. So the whole name just means "constellation of the three". I'm the person who suggested above that generals and hunters might be related. Having found no reference to any generals, I think this whole subthread is pointless.

posterboy 9y ago
Point in case regarding archers connected to spirituality and high socia sanding: That picture of an archer in combination with a sun from Assuria [1] was probably not showing just any old hunter, but a deified leader. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashur_(god) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashur_(god) > Having found no reference to any generals, I think this whole subthread is pointless. I wouldn't be so quick to disregard the comment mentioning "generals". It might still be one folkloric reading. > So the whole name just means "constellation of the three". This could be a reduction. > Actually, 宿 means "constellation" in this context Maybe 参宿 was the first term using this, originally with a different poetic interpretation, reinterpreted to mean constellation. Also, concerning houses, the sign is derived from a symbol that clearly looks like a house, but also like an up arrow. The stylized version simply looks like a roof. The sky is often metaphorically called a roof. Incidentally, I sill suspect a relation between sky, from (s)kew-, and ceiling, from kel-. If you compare this with the Egyptian hieroglyph for sky [1], there's a roof in there , too, with a bit of imagination. [1] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pt#Egyptian https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pt#Egyptian

by kijin 9y ago

posterboy 9y ago

Point in case regarding archers connected to spirituality and high socia sanding: That picture of an archer in combination with a sun from Assuria [1] was probably not showing just any old hunter, but a deified leader. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashur_(god) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashur_(god) > Having found no reference to any generals, I think this whole subthread is pointless. I wouldn't be so quick to disregard the comment mentioning "generals". It might still be one folkloric reading. > So the whole name just means "constellation of the three". This could be a reduction. > Actually, 宿 means "constellation" in this context Maybe 参宿 was the first term using this, originally with a different poetic interpretation, reinterpreted to mean constellation. Also, concerning houses, the sign is derived from a symbol that clearly looks like a house, but also like an up arrow. The stylized version simply looks like a roof. The sky is often metaphorically called a roof. Incidentally, I sill suspect a relation between sky, from (s)kew-, and ceiling, from kel-. If you compare this with the Egyptian hieroglyph for sky [1], there's a roof in there , too, with a bit of imagination. [1] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pt#Egyptian https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pt#Egyptian