Editing Delphinus (section)

==Mythology==
[[File:Sidney Hall - Urania's Mirror - Delphinus, Sagitta, Aquila, and Antinous.jpg|upright=0.9|thumb|left|Delphinus is depicted on the left of this card from ''[[Urania's Mirror]]'' (1825)]]
Delphinus is associated with two stories from [[Greek mythology]].

According to myth, the first Greek god [[Poseidon]] wanted to marry [[Amphitrite]], a beautiful [[nereid]]. However, wanting to protect her virginity, she fled to the Atlas Mountains. Her suitor then sent out several searchers, among them a certain Delphinus. Delphinus accidentally stumbled upon her and persuaded Amphitrite to accept Poseidon's wooing. Out of gratitude, the god placed the image of a dolphin among the stars.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theoi.com/Text/HyginusAstronomica.html#17|title=HYGINUS, ASTRONOMICA 2.1-17|last=Pseudo-Hyginus|website=Theoi Classical Texts Library|access-date=June 26, 2017}}</ref>

The second story tells of the Greek poet [[Arion]] of [[Lesbos]] (7th century BC), who a dolphin saved.{{sfn|Ridpath|Tirion|2017|pp=140-141}} He was a court musician at the palace of Periander, ruler of Corinth. Arion had amassed a fortune during his travels to Sicily and Italy. On his way home from [[Taranto|Tarentum]], his wealth caused the crew of his ship to conspire against him. Threatened with death, Arion asked to be granted a last wish, which the crew granted: he wanted to sing a dirge.<ref>Herodotus, ''Histories'' I.23-24;<br />''also'' [[Aulus Gellius]], ''Noctes Atticae'' XVI.19; [[Plutarch]], ''Conv. sept. sap.'' 160–62; [[Shakespeare]], ''Twelfth Night'' (Act I, Sc 2, line 16)</ref> This he did, and while doing so, flung himself into the sea.  There, he was rescued by a dolphin which had been charmed by Arion's music. The dolphin carried Arion to the coast of Greece and left.<ref name="S&T">{{cite journal |title = The Celestial Dolphin |last = Schaaf |first = Fred |page = 47 |journal = Sky and Telescope |date = September 2012|volume = 124 |issue = 3 |bibcode = 2012S&T...124c..47S }}</ref>

===In non-Western astronomy===
In [[Chinese astronomy]], the stars of Delphinus are located within ''[[Black Tortoise (Chinese constellation)|the Black Tortoise of the North]]'' (北方玄武, ''Běi Fāng Xuán Wǔ'').<ref>{{in lang|zh}}  [http://aeea.nmns.edu.tw/2006/0607/ap060704.html AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 7 月 4 日]</ref>

In [[Polynesia]], two cultures recognized Delphinus as a constellation. In [[Pukapuka]], it was called ''Te Toloa'' and in the [[Tuamotus]], it was called ''Te Uru-o-tiki''.{{sfn|Makemson|1941|p=283}}

In [[Hindu astrology]], the Delphinus corresponds to the [[Nakshatra]], or lunar mansion, of [[Dhanishta]].