Greek fairy tale: the constellation wearing the crown of Dionysus.

Greek fairy tale: the constellation wearing the crown of Dionysus.

Semele, the daughter of Cadmus, fell in love with Zeus. Soon, Hera found out that Semele was pregnant with Zeus' child, so she became an old woman to help Semele. Semele was completely unsuspecting of her and told her the identity of her husband in detail. Hera pretended not to believe it, but said that Semele had been deceived by Zeus. Semele became suspicious, so she asked Zeus to prove it to her and appeared in front of her as a god. Zeus told her to take back the idea, but the more he asked, the more she insisted. Zeus agreed sadly. Semele's mortal womb could not bear the image of Zeus, the god of glory, so at that moment, she died. Zeus kept Dionysus in her body and sewed the baby Dionysus in her thigh. A few months later, Semele's child Dionysus was born. When the child is a little older, in order to avoid Hera's anger, Dionysus is handed over to seven mountain fairies for raising.

These seven fairies are a group of fairies under the Moon God. They raised Dionysus carefully until he was able to stand on his own feet. One day, seven fairies were chased by a rough hunter, Aolaiwen. They shouted for help. Zeus pitied them and thanked them for their kindness in raising their son. They have ascended to heaven. This is the Pleiades cluster in Taurus.

When Dionysus grew up, under the education of Silenus, the son of Pastoral Pan, he discovered the knowledge of growing grapes and brewing wine, and became the god of fruit and wine that everyone loved. He traveled everywhere and taught people to grow grapes and make wine.

On one occasion, when he arrived at Naxos Island, he found a beautiful girl crying sadly, so he asked with concern that this girl was Ariadne, the princess of the Kingdom of Crete, and she told Dionysus about her relationship with theseus (for the story of her and theseus, see The Apotheosis of Taurus).

Dionysus knew that theseus's departure from Ariadne was arranged by fate, because the princess was destined to be Dionysus's wife, and theseus, who was afraid of Dionysus, had to leave Ariadne. But how could Ariadne know? She thought she had fallen in love with a heartless person by mistake. Dionysus said to the princess, Be happy, beautiful princess. I am the person you need. I am Dionysus, son of Zeus. If you can be my wife, I will be the happiest person. Please promise me. Ariadne understood that this was a lover sent by the goddess of fate and happily agreed to his proposal.

Dionysus took out a splendid crown made of seven glittering gems and put it on his bride. They got married happily on this desert island.

They lived a happy life after marriage, but Ariadne was a mortal. Finally, one day, she left this world forever. Wearing the crown she once wore, Dionysus lingered sadly on the island, recalling the good old days. Suddenly, the crown flew and became a group of bright stars. This is the coronation ceremony in the north.

The northern corona is naturally one of the constellations in the northern sky. Located between the shogunate and Wuxian, it ranks 73rd in size and 20th in number of stars, reaching its highest point on June 22nd. The blue and white Guansuo IV, such as 2.2, is the brightest star in this constellation, and there are some binary stars and variable stars in the constellation.