Alamar zodiac Sagittarius

Bayanan farko game da rukunin taurari da aka sani a yau kamar Sagittarius ya fito ne daga tsohuwar Sumerians, waɗanda suka gano su tare da Nergal (allahn annoba da mai mulkin duniya). An kwatanta Nergal a matsayin siffa mai kawuna biyu - na farko shine shugaban panther, na biyu kuma shine shugaban mutum - wannan allahn Sumerian shima ba shi da kunama maimakon wutsiya. Sumerians sun kira wannan hali Pablisag (wanda aka fassara a matsayin "mafi mahimmancin kakanni").

Girkawa sun ɗauki wannan ƙungiyar taurari, amma a zamanin Hellenistic an sami sabani kan abin da waɗannan taurari ke wakilta. Aratus ya kwatanta su a matsayin ƙungiyoyin taurari biyu daban-daban, Arrow da Archer. Sauran Helenawa sun haɗu da siffar su tare da centaur Chiron, wanda aka sanya a cikin sama don jagorantar Argonauts zuwa Colchis. Wannan fassarar ta kuskure ta gano Sagittarius tare da Chiron kansa, wanda ya riga ya kasance a cikin sama a matsayin Centaur. Eratosthenes, bi da bi, yayi jayayya cewa taurari na Sagittarius ba zai iya wakiltar Centaur ba, saboda centaurs ba sa amfani da bakuna. Yana kwatanta daya daga cikin dawakai rabin-dawakai, rabin mutane, mai hikima da abokantaka centaur Crotos, ɗan Ubangiji da nymph Euphemia, wanda ya fi so na muses, wanda gumakan Olympus suka sanya a cikin sararin sama. don ƙirƙirar albasa. Wanda aka kwatanta da baka mai zana, wanda ke nufin zuciyar wani makwabcin Scorpio.

Ƙungiyar taurari Sagittarius ta girmi ƙungiyar taurari Centaurus, wanda ke wakiltar Chiron mai hikima da lumana; A cikin zane-zane na al'ada, Sagittarius yana da bayyanar cutarwa a fili. Wannan ƙungiyar taurarin akan tsoffin taswirori ana kiranta Centaurus, amma a cikin tatsuniyar Girka tana aiki azaman satyr. A kan wasu taswirori na sararin sama, taurarin da ke gaban safofin hannu na Sagittarius ana yiwa alama alama a matsayin fure don tunawa da ɗayan wasannin da Crotos ya buga. Helenawa suna wakiltar Crotos a matsayin halitta mai ƙafa biyu, kama da Pan, amma tare da wutsiya. An dauke shi a matsayin wanda ya kirkiro maharba, sau da yawa ana farauta a kan doki kuma ya zauna tare da muses a Dutsen Helikon.

Sagittarius ba koyaushe ba ne kuma ba koyaushe yana haɗuwa da adadi na centaur ba. A cikin Atlases na kasar Sin, akwai wata damisa a wurinsa, bayan haka aka sanya wa daya daga cikin taurarin zodiac na kasar Sin suna.

Yahudawa sun gani a cikin alamar maharbi Gog, maƙiyin Isra'ila.