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In [[Greek mythology]], [[Zeus]] places his son born by a mortal woman, the infant [[Heracles]], on [[Hera]]'s breast while she is asleep so the baby will drink [[Milk of Hera|her divine milk]] and become immortal. Hera wakes up while breastfeeding and then realizes she is nursing an unknown baby: she pushes the baby away, some of her milk spills, and it produces the band of light known as the Milky Way. In another Greek story, the abandoned Heracles is given by [[Athena]] to Hera for feeding, but Heracles' forcefulness causes Hera to rip him from her breast in pain.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Myths about the Milky Way |url=http://judy-volker.com/StarLore/Myths/MilkyWay1.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701070331/http://judy-volker.com/StarLore/Myths/MilkyWay1.html |archive-date=July 1, 2022 |access-date=2022-03-21 |website=judy-volker.com}}</ref><ref name="Leeming">{{Cite book |last=Leeming |first=David Adams |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YJawuz5Q1vEC&pg=PA44 |title=Mythology: The Voyage of the Hero |date=1998 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-511957-2 |edition=Third |location=Oxford, England |page=44 |access-date=April 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326142931/https://books.google.com/books?id=YJawuz5Q1vEC&pg=PA44 |archive-date=March 26, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Pache">{{Cite book |last=Pache |first=Corinne Ondine |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lNV6-HsUppsC&pg=RA2-PA400 |title=Ancient Greece and Rome |date=2010 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-538839-8 |editor-last=Gargarin |editor-first=Michael |volume=1: Academy-Bible |location=Oxford, England |page=400 |chapter=Hercules |access-date=April 24, 2019 |editor-last2=Fantham |editor-first2=Elaine |editor-link2=Elaine Fantham |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326142932/https://books.google.com/books?id=lNV6-HsUppsC&pg=RA2-PA400 |archive-date=March 26, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>
 
Llys Dôn (literally "The Court of [[Dôn]]") is the traditional Welsh name for the constellation [[Cassiopeia (constellation)|Cassiopeia]]. At least threetwo of Dôn's children also have astronomical associations: Caer Gwydion ("The fortress of [[Gwydion]]") is the traditional Welsh name for the Milky Way,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Keith |first=W. J. |date=July 2007 |title=John Cowper Powys: ''Owen Glendower'' |url=http://www.powys-lannion.net/Powys/Keith/OGcompanion.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160514060934/http://www.powys-lannion.net/Powys/Keith/OGcompanion.pdf |archive-date=May 14, 2016 |access-date=October 11, 2019 |series=A Reader's Companion}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Harvey |first=Michael |date=2018 |title=Dreaming the Night Field: A Scenario for Storytelling Performance |journal=Storytelling, Self, Society |volume=14 |issue=1 |pages=83–94 |doi=10.13110/storselfsoci.14.1.0083 |issn=1550-5340}}</ref> and Caer Arianrhod ("The Fortress of [[Arianrhod]]") being the constellation of [[Corona Borealis]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eryri – Snowdonia |url=https://www.snowdonia-npa.gov.uk/looking-after/dark-skies/glossary |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706094453/https://www.snowdonia-npa.gov.uk/looking-after/dark-skies/glossary |archive-date=July 6, 2022 |access-date=5 May 2022 |website=snowdonia-npa.gov.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Harris |first=Mike |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7dU2kfUVUaQC&dq=Caer+Arianrhod++Corona+Borealis&pg=PA145 |title=Awen: The Quest of the Celtic Mysteries |date=2011 |publisher=Skylight Press |isbn=978-1-908011-36-7 |page=144 |language=en |quote=The stars of the Corona Borealis, the Caer Arianrhod, as it is called in Welsh, whose shape is remembered in certain Bronze Age circles |access-date=May 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326142938/https://books.google.com/books?id=7dU2kfUVUaQC&dq=Caer+Arianrhod++Corona+Borealis&pg=PA145 |archive-date=March 26, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>
 
In Western culture, the name "Milky Way" is derived from its appearance as a dim un-resolved "milky" glowing band arching across the night sky. The term is a translation of the [[Classical Latin]] ''via lactea'', in turn derived from the [[Hellenistic Greek]] {{lang|grc|γαλαξίας}}, short for {{lang|grc|γαλαξίας κύκλος}} (''{{transliteration|grc|galaxías kýklos}}''), meaning "milky circle". The [[Ancient Greek]] {{lang|grc|γαλαξίας}} (''{{transliteration|grc|galaxias}}'') – from root {{lang|grc|γαλακτ}}-, {{lang|grc|γάλα}} ("milk") + {{lang|grc|-ίας}} (forming adjectives) – is also the root of "galaxy", the name for our, and later all such, collections of stars.<ref name=eo_galaxy /><ref name=jankowski2010 /><ref name=oxford />
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