Interplanetary Relationships
Tomorrow, NASA is expected to announce the discovery of mysterious new "space object" orbiting the Sun. Some believe that the object is, in fact, our solar system’s tenth planet. The object is currently being referred to as Sedna, after the Inuit goddess of the sea. Being a curious sort, I decided to do a little Googling on this Sedna character and found some very interesting information.
Apparently, Sedna was quite the babe. Her dad picked a husband for her and, being the strong independent type, she refused his hand in marriage. This is where the story takes a strange turn. Sedna’s father, angered and shamed by his daughter’s refusal, commanded that she instead marry his dog. Yeah, that’s right, his dog. The dog “visited” Sedna, impregnated her and became her dog husband. Yeah, that’s right, her dog husband.
The father then felt some more shame about what he had done and sent Sedna and her dog husband to live in isolation so as not to bring more shame upon the family. Eventually, Sedna’s father killed his…dog-in-law… and soon afterwards, the grieving Sedna hooked up with a bird. Yeah, that’s right, a bird.
There’s more to this story (you can read it all here), but those are the highlights. The fact that NASA is going to name the new planet after a woman who steadfastly refused to marry within her species and really seemed to have a thing for dogs got me to thinking. Should we really put her so close to Pluto? I mean, what would Mickey say?
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