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Alioth

(#12018228)

Level 1 Pearlcatcher

Familiar

Wallowing Willow

Energy: 46/50

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Measurements

Length

4.67 m

Wingspan

6.04 m

Weight

375.56 kg

Genetics

Azure
Crystal

Grey
Myrid

Storm
Capsule

Hatchday

Apr 04, 2015
(9 years)

Breed

Adult
Pearlcatcher

Eye Type

Light
Common

Level 1 Pearlcatcher

EXP: 0 / 245

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Biography

"Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star."

Alioth

Alioth is also the brightest star in Ursa Major, also known as The Great Bear constellation. The constellation is the third largest in the sky. It's also the third star from the end of the Big Dipper's handle. Alioth also happens to be one of the major navigational stars used by ships. Alioth is also the 31st brightest star in the night sky. "The star’s traditional name comes from the Arabic word alyat, which means “fat tail of a sheep.”

"Ancient Greeks associated the constellation with the myth of Callisto, the beautiful nymph who had sworn a vow of chastity to the goddess Artemis. Zeus saw the nymph one day and fell in love. The two had a son, and named him Arcas.

Artemis had already banished Callisto when she had learned about the nymph’s pregnancy and broken vow, but it was Zeus’ jealous wife Hera, who was not amused by her husband’s philandering, who would do even more damage. Angered by Zeus’ betrayal, she turned Callisto into a bear.

Callisto lived as a bear for the next 15 years, roaming the forest and always running and hiding from hunters. One day, her son Arcas was walking in the forest and the two came face to face. At the sight of the bear, Arcas quickly drew his spear, scared. Seeing the scene from Olympus, Zeus intervened to prevent disaster. He sent a whirlwind that carried both Callisto and Arcas into the heavens, where he turned Arcas into the constellation Boötes, the Herdsman, and Callisto into Ursa Major. (In another version, Arcas becomes the constellation Ursa Minor.) This only further infuriated Hera and she persuaded her foster parents Oceanus and Tethys never to let the bear bathe in the northern waters. This, according to the legend, is why Ursa Major never sets below the horizon in mid-northern latitudes."

"In a different version of the tale, it is not Hera but Artemis who transforms Callisto into a bear. Artemis does this to punish the nymph for breaking her vow of chastity to the goddess. Many years later, both Callisto and Arcas get captured in the forest and taken to King Lycaon as a gift. The mother and son take refuge in the temple of Zeus, where trespassing is punishable by death, but the god intervenes and saves them, placing them both in the sky."

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