<P> The story of Cancer the Crab is said to be connected to Hercules . Some storytellers say that during Hercules' fight with Lernaean Hydra, Hera, sent a crab from a swamp to snap at Hercules' toes because Hera had sworn to kill Hercules . Hercules was able to kill the crab by smashing its shell with his foot . As a reward for its efforts serving her, Hera placed the crab in the sky and it became Cancer . </P> <P> In Chinese star lore, Cancer is in the 23rd of the 28 mansions or xiu . This mansion is called Gui which roughly translates to "ghosts". The Chinese divided the sky into four quarters, each with its own direction, season, and mythical creature . Cancer exists in the Red (Vermillion) Bird of the south . It is associated with summer . </P> <P> In Dante's Paradiso, he makes reference to Cancer, writing: </P> <P> Thereafterward a light among them brightened, So that, if Cancer one such crystal had, Winter would have a month of one sole day . </P>

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