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That's not what I got from his reply. He didn't say that Orion and Taurus are obviously a hunter and animal, he said that they are obvious patterns in the sky, which is correct.

He did say that the hunter/animal relationship is everywhere, but I took that as a bit of hyperbole.

Constellations are probably much less obvious to most modern humans, what with our fancy lights we rarely get a good look at the stars.

one counter to that is the big dipper, all most all major civilizations independently associated it with a Bear.

http://members.westnet.com.au/gary-david-thompson/page11-2.h...

6000 years ago hunting was more popular than even Elvis! I guess it depends on your definition of "obvious".

Orion as an asterism is obvious, as is Ursa Major and various other formations. A "constellation" with a specific name and history is a different thing entirely.

I suppose because, to people whose entire lives revolved around the hunt, a hunter makes sense.

Of course Orion could be a healer, warrior, etc. as well....