Ikariboshi

Japanese: いかりぼし
Ikariboshi

…A large constellation along the Milky Way in the northern sky. Five third-magnitude stars form a W shape, and in Japan they are called "Yamagata-boshi" and "Ikari-boshi." In Greek mythology, Cassiopeia, the queen of ancient Ethiopia, was so proud of her beauty that she boasted that she was more beautiful than the Nereids, the daughters of the sea god Nereus, that she had to sacrifice her beloved daughter Andromeda to the sea monster, the whale.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Ikariboshi" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…北天の天の川沿いの大星座。5個の3等星がW字形をかき,日本では〈やまがたぼし〉〈いかりぼし〉の名がある。ギリシア神話では古代エチオピア王妃カシオペイアで,自分の美貌を誇り,海神ネレウスの娘たちネレイデスよりも美しいと自慢したために,愛娘アンドロメダを海の怪物である化け鯨にささげなければならなくなった。…

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