Rachel says, probably the Arabic (and later Hebrew and European names) are all translations by Arabic astronomers of constellations named after Greek legends, not names based on related legends.
Which makes sense -- people are talking about the name, no-one is talking about any Arabic or Hebrew collection of constellations featuring a "Hero and the Ogre" legend
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Date: 2023-09-29 12:18 pm (UTC)Which makes sense -- people are talking about the name, no-one is talking about any Arabic or Hebrew collection of constellations featuring a "Hero and the Ogre" legend