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In Greek and Roman mythology and religion, Sirius (/ ˈ s ɪ r ɪ ə s /, SEE-ree-əss; Ancient Greek: Σείριος, romanized: Seírios, lit. 'scorching' pronounced) is the god and personification of the star Sirius, also known as the Dog Star, the brightest star in the night sky and the most prominent star in the constellation of Canis Major (or the Greater Dog). [1]
This is a list of dogs from mythology, including dogs, beings who manifest themselves as dogs, beings whose anatomy includes dog parts, and so on. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mythological dogs .
Goddesses depicted as dogs or whose myths and iconography are associated with dogs. Subcategories. This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total. A.
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Sable female Siberian Husky. A Siberian Husky has a double coat that is thicker than that of most other dog breeds. [11] It has two layers: a dense, finely wavy undercoat and a longer topcoat of thicker, straight guard hairs. [12] It protects the dogs effectively against harsh Arctic winters, and also reflects heat in the summer.
In 2016, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) [2] to catalog and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN's first bulletin, dated July 2016, [3] included a table of 125 stars comprising the first two batches of names approved by the WGSN (on 30 June and 20 July 2016) together with names of stars adopted by the IAU Executive Committee ...
As a result, the history of a star's name can be complicated. [3] In 2016, the IAU designated official star names to resolve the difficulty of using different naming systems. [4] Many stars were given the commonly used Arabic name.
The list is based on Atlas Comparing Chinese and Western Star Maps and Catalogues by Yi Shitong (1981) and Star Charts in Ancient China by Chen Meidong (1996). In a few cases, meanings of the names are vague due to their antiquity. [6] In this article, the translation by Hong Kong Space Museum is used.