[HPforGrownups] Re: Scylla Black

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 3966

Blaise wrote:

> Maera.  It wasn't the name of the constellation, it was the name of
> the dog which, according to one version of the myth, became the
> constellation Canis Major.  Another version has Canis Major as
> Orion's hunting dog, and I don't know its name.

Sirius is a star in the constellation, and is known as the Dog Star for that
reason. It's the brightest star in it. The presence of Sirius in the sky
also gave rise to the "dog days" of August.

I thought Scylla had snake heads, sorry.

--Amanda