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What if instead of a generic snake -- #Serpens became -- Nüwa??

Nüwa is a woman-headed snake goddess in #Chinese #mythology who created humans from clay.

She was one of Jordan's ret-cons(tellations) for the serpens constellation this week!

Listen to the episode here: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/serpens-myths-and-retconstellations/

📷 :https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%BCwa#/media/File:Imperial_Encyclopaedia_-_Spirits_and_the_Supernatural_-_pic54_-_%E5%A5%B3%E5%AA%A7%E7%A5%9E%E5%9C%96.svg

#mythology #myth #legend #lore #ChineseMythology #StarLore #Serpents #Snakes #Serpens #constellations #Retcon #storytelling

My ret-constellation for the #constellation #sagitta was to align it with a modern archer (rather than random assorted Hercules stories or an Apollo killing cyclops story) -- some options I considered:

Kate Bishop Hawkeye
Merida from Brave
Robin Hood

... but ultimately, who would be better than Legolas?!

Listen here for more on our #reconstellations of #myths for the #constellation Sagitta: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/sagitta-myths-and-retconstellations/

#GreekMythology #LoTR #LordOfTheRings #Legolas #Tolkien #GreekMyth #lore #StarLore #myths #legends #lore #archers #archery #bow #arrow #Hawkeye #Brave #heroes

📷 :https://lotr.fandom.com/wiki/Legolas