A long time ago, there was a brother and two sisters travelling together across the sky. The younger sister was Gomeisa, a star in the constellation Canis Minor. The older sister was the dazzling Sirius, the bright star of the constellation Canis Major. Their young brother, Canopus, was a star named Souhail, which means “bright star” in Arabic.
The three of them were walking through the sky when Canopus saw Al Jaouza, known today as Orion. He was stunned by her beauty. They fell in love and decided to get married. Unfortunately they had terrible bad luck on their wedding day. Canopus accidentally hit his bride and she fell, broke her back and died.
Canopus was so sad and ashamed of what has happened that he fled. He ran away to a place where nobody would know him so that he could forget what had happened. He travelled south, crossing a light blue river. The river is represented by the Milky Way. Canopus left his two sisters on the other side.
Sirius also decided to cross the river to join her brother in the southern skies. Now the two sisters are on different sides of the Milky Way and Gomeisa was left alone grieving over the separation from her brother and sister. Her sorrow dimmed her eyes and she now shines less brightly in the sky.
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