Fairy tales about constellations

The gods held a banquet and drank Nithard's wine at the Temple Club of Olympus where they lived. At this time, it was Heber, the daughter of Zeus and Princess Hera, who was in charge of pouring wine. Herbie is famous for her beauty, but when she reaches marriageable age, she can no longer serve as a sommelier because she married the son of Zeus, Glass. Zeus is looking for a successor. One day, when Zeus came down to earth, he found a beautiful boy chasing sheep and turned into a heron and caught him. The boy changed his name to Canimedes and became a royal shepherd. Zeus gave him eternal youth, but he must be a sommelier all his life. Carnemedes feels quite honored and has been working hard. Zeus was deeply moved and gave him a water bottle full of wisdom, which was later named Aquarius in the sky.

Pan is a shepherd god, with goat horns and a beard, and plays the horn flute. Once, when Pan was having a banquet with the gods by the Nile, a monster suddenly attacked him. This monster is fierce and tall, even the gods are afraid of him and want to run away. At that time, Pan was going to become a fish, ready to jump into the river to escape, but he was probably too flustered, and only his lower body became a fish. Zeus, the god of heaven, saw his appearance and felt ridiculous. Took him to the sky one by one and became a constellation.

Libra is not named because of the different shapes of stars. About 3000 years ago, when the sun reached this constellation, it was the autumn equinox on the earth. At that time, the length of day and night was the same, so this constellation was considered as a balanced Libra, hence its name. But later, some people thought that this Libra was the yardstick used by Athena, the goddess of justice, to judge the good and evil of human beings. At the same time, there is also a saying that Virgo, the western neighbor of Libra, is the constellation of the goddess incarnation.

Fulik Sotheby's was originally the prince of Tessalia, but he and his sister escaped on a golden goat that could only fly in the sky because of avoiding the murder of his stepmother. On the way, Fulik Sotheby's sister accidentally fell into the sea and died, while he himself arrived safely in the eastern countries of the Black Sea and was sheltered by the local king Ai Yeti. In return for saving his life, Phocles skinned the golden retriever and presented it to King Etius. King Etius hung this fur on a tree in the forest and let a sleepless dragon guard it. And Aries is the constellation to commemorate this golden-haired sheep!

Fairy Tales of Constellations Part V: Sagittarius

From the shape of the constellation, Sagittarius is like a shooter, shooting at Scorpio with a bow. In fairy tales, Sagittarius has nothing to do with Scorpio, but it is related to Khyron, one of Sagittarius. Khyron is an extremely clever centaur, proficient in medical skills, equestrian and martial arts, and is respected by people. Even Hercules should learn martial arts and astronomy from Kailong. Unfortunately, once Hercules had an argument with other centaurs, and he accidentally stabbed Kay Long Xing with a sword stained with hydra venom. Although Khyron was immortal, the deadly venom of Hydra made Khyron extremely miserable, so he transferred his immortal body to Prometheus and let himself die. So after Khyron died, Zeus moved him to the sky and turned him into a constellation.

A long time ago, near what is now Lebanon, there was a country called Phoenicia, which was once prosperous. Europa was the beautiful daughter of the Phoenician king. One day, when Europa was playing in a pasture by the sea, a white cow came out of nowhere and asked Europa to swim with it. So Europa sat on the bull's back, and the bull waddled to the sea. This white cow turned out to be the incarnation of Zeus. Because Zeus took a fancy to Europa, he became a white cow and lured Europa to his side. The two of them landed in Crete, and Europa was deeply loved by Zeus. It is said that she later gave birth to three children. Europe today is said to be named after Europa. As for Taurus, it is to commemorate this white cow.