Tracking his brothers quickly, the youngest brother met the tricky man in the same place his brothers had. When his older brothers failed to return home, the youngest brother went out to look for them. After taking the brother's good arrows and giving them poorly made arrows the man went away, turned into a huge elk, and charged back to kill all four of the brothers.
The brothers believed the man and got ready to hunt, and before the man left he convinced the brothers to trade arrows with him. The man convinced the brothers that he could make elk come along soon. After hiking far onto the prairie they met a large man. Out of a family of five brothers, the oldest four went out elk hunting one autumn. Since she was set to circle the north star, at times in the year she would have to hang upside down.īesides Poseidon and the sea nymphs, all the characters of this myth are located in the same region of the sky as Cassiopeia on her throne. Since their sacrifice didn't work, Cassiopeia was punished for her comments by being set in her throne in the sky. This plan was foiled by the renowned adventurer Perseus when he flew in on Pegasus.
To further damn herself, Cassiopeia and her husband Cepheus chained their daughter to rocks on the coast as a sacrifice to the ocean monster and to pacify Poseidon. Poseidon sent an ocean monster, Cetus, to ravage the coast of Æthiopia in revenge for Cassiopeia's boastful comments. Cassiopeia claimed to be more beautiful than the sea nymphs, which was unacceptable to both the sea nymphs and Poseidon (who was not only the god of the ocean but also the husband of one of the nymphs).
In the ancient kingdom of Æthiopia the Queen Cassiopeia lived with her husband, Cepheus, and her daughter, Andromeda. Each myth is exactly the same constellation pattern we know as Cassiopeia today. The following are a selection of myths from various cultures. Because the constellation is visible in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres (it is constantly in the sky in the northern hemisphere above 50° latitude) the bright stars have inspired the imaginations of people world wide. The constellation known as Cassiopeia in the Western world has had numerous incarnations in different cultures. Cassiopeia: Mythology of the Northern Sky
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