The Myth of Sagittarius

The constellation, in Babylonian times, is the depiciton of the god Nergal, the God of War and the Sun During Noontime and The Summer Solstice. He evolved from a War God to God of the Underworld when given to him by Enlil and Ninlil (The Mother and Father Gods). Iconography pictured Nergal as a lion, wheras stone monuments have him as a mace, mounted by a lion's head. He was also sometimes depicted with wings, two heads (one human head, and one panther head), with a scorpion stinger above the horse tail. As well as being a centaur-like creature firing an arrow, he is associated with the planet Mars.