Scorpio - Hoover Dam, NV - Epic Beings and Creatures on Waymarking.com

These reliefs are located on the circle that surrounds a compass rose on the Nevada side of the Hoover Dam access road.
Each relief depicts one of the signs of the zodiac.
Unfortunately there is no sign at the site indicating the artist, title or date.
No doubt other signs of the Zodiac also have mythical origens, Wikipedia's page on Scorpio (visit link) informs us:

"Mythology

According to the ancient Greek poet Hesiod, the giant huntsman Orion went away to the island of Crete to spend his time hunting in company with goddess Artemis and Leto. Orion threatened to kill every beast, which made the goddess of earth, Gaia, angry. To punish him for his arrogance, she sent against him a huge Scorpion which stung Orion to death. At the prayer of Artemis and Leto, Zeus, the ruler of the Olympian gods, put Orion and the Scorpion among the stars as a memorial of him and what had occurred."

Time Period: Ancient Approximate Date of Epic Period: 750 BC Epic Type: Mythical Exhibit Type: Figure, Statue, 3D Art

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