The origin and story of the twelve constellations

King Atamas of Filja married Princess Nipera, and they gave birth to twins. However, the king had an affair with Princess Ginova of Tebe, drove Princess Niepera out of the palace and made Nova his new wife. When Princess Khynova had a child of her own, she decided to kill the only twin left by her predecessor, Princess Niepera (the elder brother is Prica and the younger sister is Hurley). She bribed the fortune teller to complain to the king: If the children born to the former princess are not sacrificed to Zeus, the gods will be furious and there will be famine this year. When Nipola knew about it, he asked Zeus for help, so Zeus sent the golden ram in the sky to the other side of the sky with his two brothers and sisters. Because the speed was too fast, my sister fell into the sea, and the ram looked back at my sister and guarded my brother, forming today's Aries.

Legend of Constellation-Taurus

Across the Behnas River in Mogna, King Behnas has a beautiful princess, Herobe. One day, the princess and the maids went to the wild to pick flowers and play. Suddenly, a snow-white cow appeared and looked at Heluobei with gentle eyes. In fact, this cow was changed by Zeus who admired the beauty of the princess. At first, the princess was really surprised, but she went to the tame cow and touched it gently. Because the bull is very clever and docile, the princess climbed onto the bull's back and tried to ride it. Suddenly, Niu Ben ran and finally jumped into the Aegean Sea. The princess clung to the cow and all the creatures in the sea came out to pay tribute to Zeus. The princess finally knew that the cow was the incarnation of Zeus. When she arrived in Crete, she married Zeus, and Zeus, who became a cow, and Princess Shilobe lived a happy life.

Legend of Constellation-Gemini

Zeus, who was infatuated with the beauty of Spartan princess Leda, turned into a swan to approach her, and they gave birth to twins-the son of borax and the son of man, Caster. Both of them are brave and adventurous warriors, and they often make great achievements together. They also have a pair of twin cousins-Iddas and Lincks. One day, four people are going to catch cows. When they caught a lot of cows and prepared to share them equally, greedy Iddas and Lincks took advantage of borax and Caster's surprise and snatched them back. The enraged twins had a big fight, and Iddas shot casto with an arrow. Borax is very sad. He wants to go to heaven with Kaster, but he can't because he has eternal life. His grief touched Zeus, so he set up a constellation for them, living in the kingdom of heaven and the country of death respectively.

Legend of Constellation-Cancer

Zeus gave birth to a son, Hercules, with Akmeni, an earthly girl. Later, he married Princess Derby, gave birth to a son and lived a happy life. Due to Zeus' curse on Hera, Heracles himself prepared to commit suicide. In order to make him atone, Zeus was appointed king of Jeristos, and he had to go through twelve adventures, the second of which was to subdue the monster Sidorah who lived in the swamp. Sedola is a giant snake with only nine heads, hiding in a cave near the swamp. Hercules threw a torch at it, and the enraged Sedola attacked it with poison gas. Cancer, who lives in the swamp, saw Sedola's painful struggle and jumped out to bite Hercules' foot. As a result, cancer was shattered and Sedola was subdued. Hera set up cancer in the sky because she was sad about its death.

Legend of Constellation-Leo

Hercules, the son of Zeus and Akmini, was appointed king of Yeristos. He must complete twelve arduous tasks. The first task is to subdue the immortal cannibal lion in Nemesis Valley. The lion only eats livestock and villagers, and everyone is afraid. He was subdued before, but no survivors were seen. Hercules came to Neme Valley and lost his way for many days before he found the trace of the lion. Hercules tried to shoot an arrow, but the lion's skin was too hard to work. The sword also bent, so he made a thick stick from an olive tree and hit the lion hard on the head. At this time, the lion who was not afraid of bows and swords was also afraid of the angry Hercules. Hercules strangled him and was finally repelled by him. To commemorate this lion, the goddess Hera set up a lion constellation in the sky.

Legend of Constellation-Virgo

Demeter, the goddess of agriculture, and Zeus the Great had a daughter Persephone. One day, when Persephone was picking flowers in the wild, a beautiful flower that she had never seen before was in full bloom. Just as she reached for it, the ground suddenly broke into several pieces and fell down. Mother had to swear by Myrtle to look for her missing daughter, looking everywhere. Helius, the sun god who witnessed everything, told Demeter that Hades wanted to marry Persephone and brought her back to the ground. Demeter withered with grief and the earth became barren. Zeus saw that the situation was serious, but he pleaded with Hades. However, when Persephone was leaving, Haides gave her a pomegranate to eat. Persephone was happy to eat four, because she could leave. As a result, she was forced to stay in the underworld for a year and four months. These four months have become the winter when everything is not suitable for farming today. As soon as Persephone returned to earth, it was spring, and Demeter was the embodiment of Virgo.

Legend of Constellation-Libra

This is the balance used by the goddess of justice, Storez, in judging good and evil for mankind. Astoria had a balance in one hand and a sword to cut the magic in the other. To be fair, I was blindfolded. In the past, God and human beings lived in peace on the earth. Although God has eternal life, human life is limited. Therefore, the lonely God has to constantly create human beings. But at that time, there were many people fighting and evil deeds were rampant, and the gods returned to heaven after being disappointed with mankind. Only the goddess Storez is reluctant to go back and stay on earth and teach people to be good. Nevertheless, mankind continued to fall, so the war began, and fighting and killing began. Finally, even Storez gave up human beings and returned to heaven. Libra, who loves justice, peace and justice, is on high.

Legend of Constellation-Scorpio

In ancient Greece, Poseidon's son Orion was a famous warrior, not only a beautiful boy, but also a strong man, so he was quite popular with women. He is also quite proud. He once boasted that there is no better person in the world than me! The goddess Hera was very unhappy when she heard this, so she sent a poisonous Scorpio to catch Orion and exile him to his original place. Scorpio crept up on the unsuspecting Orion and stabbed him in the heel with a poisonous needle. Orion died before he could respond. Because of this feat, there are scorpions in the sky. Even now, as long as Scorpio rises in the east, Orion dares to hide in the western horizon and sink.

Legend of Constellation-Sagittarius

Once upon a time, there was a race of half-man, half-horse, a savage race whose upper body was a man and lower body was a horse. However, among a group of cruel people, only the son of Cronus, the God of Harvest, is a wise centaur. He not only knows music and divination, but also is a teacher of Hercules. One day, when Hercules clashed with his people, he was chased and fled to Ken's farmhouse. Angry Hercules aimed at the centaur and shot arrows frequently, but he didn't know that his teacher Kennon was among them and shot him in the foot. Because the end of the arrow is covered with immortality, it can't be freed from pain. Prometheus, the giant god, abolished his immortality and let him die peacefully, becoming Sagittarius in the sky.

Legend of Constellation-Capricorn

Paine was the son of Hermes, the messenger of the gods. He looks very strange, with goat horns, hooves and a beard. He is a very good musician. Paine is often invited to parties because he can play wonderful music and bring joy to the gods. Once, when he was invited to attend and work for the gods, the monster Tifeng suddenly appeared and fell into chaos. When Tifeng rushed into the party, all the gods fled. Paine also turned into a fish and jumped into the Nile in a hurry. Because of nervousness, only the lower body became a fishtail, while the upper body was like a goat. This is a goat, half a fish and half a sheep.

Legend of Constellation-Aquarius

Heather, the daughter of Shearer, the father of the gods, was a waiter and cupbearer at the banquet of the gods on Mount Olympus. Since she married another theologian, the position of serving wine has been vacant. Later, Zeus finally took a fancy to a handsome young Trojan prince-Ganymede. The gods also agreed that he should be a sommelier, so Zeus sent messengers to invite him. However, Ganymede loves freedom and is bohemian. He never agrees to Zeus' invitation. Zeus was very angry when he found out. He not only took Ganymede back, but also forced him to be a waiter forever, and the water in the Aquarius became the source of wisdom for the gods. This is the origin of Aquarius.

Legend of Constellation-Pisces

One day, because of the fine weather, the gods held a banquet by the river. Music-loving gods happily sang and played musical instruments, and the atmosphere was quite warm. Suddenly there was a shrill cry. This is Fan Jie, a monster with big wings and a hundred snakes under his shoulders. The gods saw something bad and fled everywhere. Zeus became a bird, Apollo became a crow, Hera became a bull, and julius became a goat. All the gods turned into animals and ran away. African jute, the goddess of love and beauty, and Jeros, the god of love, took her son into a fish and fled into the Euphrates River. At that time, they decided to tie their tails together with ribbons and never separate, thus successfully escaping from the monster. In this way, mother and son are connected by their tails and will never be separated. This is the origin of Pisces.

Legend of Andromeda

Andlau Moda, an Ethiopian princess, was sacrificed to the sea monster Cetus. She was chained naked to a rock near the coast of the ancient Palestinian seaside city of Joppa. The background of this terrible event is fully described in the section Cassiopeia.

While Andrao Moda was lying there helplessly, Poerxiusi, the mortal son of Zeus, flew here on his way home after killing Medusa, the gorgon. Some people say that he is wearing flying boots given to him by Athena, the god of wisdom and heroes. There is another version that is more suitable for this constellation. People think that he is driving a winged Pegasus.

When approaching the rock, Poerxiusi was fascinated by Andromeda's virgin beauty, and he promised to fight the sea monster if she married him in return. Her father Cepheus agreed to the deal. Poerxiusi used the shadow of the sea as chaos in Cetus, gave a fatal blow to the monster, and then rescued Andromeda.

About this constellation, there is a darker and more confusing root behind its Greek myth framework. We see a clue in Andromeda's name, which means "ruler of mankind": as the Latin poet Manili Uus (A.D. 1 century) said, "Those who conquered Medusa were conquered by the beauty of Andlau Moda". So, maybe she is not passive and innocent, but closer to Aphrodite as the embodiment of female desire. The legend of Moda and Lao in Mesopotamia confirms this. In the early days, this constellation was dedicated to the love of ancient Egypt and Sivir Achta (the Babylonians called it Ishtar). Ashtat's portrait shows a sexy and greedy goddess of the sea, who was worshipped in various temples on the ancient Palestinian coast, Andlau Moda was the sacrifice of these shores.

Legend of Constellation-Cygnus

Cygnus is depicted as a bird that originated in ancient Greece. Originally in Mesopotamia, people called this constellation "Wulaga", which is the prototype of Sinbad's "Dapeng Bird" in the Arabian Arabian Nights story. Sinbad is a fictional character based on a businessman in Baghdad.

On his second voyage, Sinbad found a Dapeng bird's egg with a circumference of fifty paces. When Father Bird came back, Sinbad climbed his paw and flew to the Diamond Valley. Then he returned to his hometown with a considerable treasure.

Several Greek myths tell the story of young people becoming swans. However, the most famous and enlightening story is the story of Leda, Queen of Tindarius of Sparta. Zeus turned into a swan and had sex with Rita, which caused her to lay two eggs. One of them was Helen of Troy, and the other gave birth to the Dioscuri brothers ("sons of God"). They were Caster and Polly dukes.

Legend of Constellation-Tianlong Star

This constellation is occasionally regarded as a snake or hippopotamus, and is regarded as a crocodile or alligator in India. The image of the dragon originated in Mesopotamia, which is larger than our current constellation and surrounds the head of Ursa Major. But the ancient Greek philosopher Thales (6th century BC) cut off its wings and formed the constellation Ursa minor. Since then, Draco has no wings.

In the first story, Draco represents the dragon of the man who killed the Phoenician prince Cadmus, and the Phoenician prince sent them to fetch water from the well of Ares (Mars in Roman mythology). Deimos killed the dragon and buried its teeth in the ground. The dragon tooth grew into a warrior, known as the "kind of man", that is, the ancestor of Thebes.

There is also a saying that Draco was Ladon the dragon killed by Hercules (Hercules in Roman mythology). During his service in Eurystheus, Hercules was ordered to pick the golden apples that Gaia, the goddess of the earth, gave Hera when she married Zeus. This tree is cared for by the four daughters of Atlas, the giant, and guarded by Raton, the sleepless dragon. From nereus, a wise old man in the sea, Hercules learned that he could not pick apples alone, and he had to get help from Atlas, a giant. Hercules shot an arrow into the apple orchard and killed Raton, so Atlas got three golden apples. Hera mourned Raton's death and put the image of a dragon in the sky.

Another Greek image of Draco is the dragon that fought for the giants in the war with the gods of Olympus. Ten years of war passed, and the dragon and the goddess Athena (Minerva in Roman mythology) met on the battlefield. She grabbed the dragon's tail and threw it into the sky. When it flies in the air, its body is bound and wrapped around the north celestial pole. The cold air there froze the dragon and twisted it into this shape.

Legend of Constellation-Pegasus

Pegasus is usually depicted as a winged horse. This tradition may have both Mesopotamian and Etruscan astrology origins. When Poseidon disguised himself as a horse to seduce Medusa, the gorgon, people would think of flying horses. When Poerxiusi later killed Medusa, Pegasus was born and grew up in her body. It is related to the inspiration of poetry: when his hooves set foot on Helikon Mountain, a spring gushed from the stone, which is the sacred inspiration spring of the Nine Muses. Pegasus is mainly the mount of the hero Belle Luofeng. In my dream, Athena came up with the reins and suggested Belle Luofeng ride on the Pegasus. After that, Pegasus is willing to be the mount of Bellerophon. Poerxiusi also rode this flying horse when he saved Andromeda.

Legend of Constellation-Eagle

The legend of this constellation comes from Mesopotamia. As early as 1200 BC, there were stone reliefs showing that it was an eagle. For the Greeks, the eagle, like all creatures in the sky, belongs to the supreme Zeus (Jupiter in Roman mythology). The eagle is the king of birds, the servant and warrior of the privileged royal family, and is mainly responsible for retrieving the lightning thrown by the Great God.

A myth with a special relationship with it designed Zeus's temptation and kidnapping of the beautiful boy Gnomed. In painting, it is sometimes depicted as an eagle, grabbing a teenager with its claws and taking it to the sky. Ganymede appears in the south of the constellation, and its head is located in the position of beta star in Aquila.

Another myth reveals the ferocity of the eagle. In some records, the giant is Prometheus of the previous generation (whose name means "foresight"), and is the descendant of the original gods Uranus and Gaia. Others say that he is the creator and protector of mankind. Prometheus taught human art and science, and Zeus thought this talent was too important for the lower classes. But Prometheus still insisted on bringing the gift of fire to mankind. He took the fire from the sun and secretly took it to the ground with a fennel pole in the air.

Zeus was angered by this behavior and gave Prometheus a terrible punishment. He was chained naked to a post in the Caucasus and sent eagles to tear his body and peck his liver from morning till night. But because Prometheus is immortal, his liver will heal every night, and the eagle will peck him again at dawn the next day. In this way, his suffering will never end. However, many years later, Zeus accepted the request of sympathy for Prometheus' hero Heracles. Kay Long Xing, the wise centaur, agreed to give up his eternal life in exchange for Prometheus' freedom. Hercules shot the eagle in the heart and saved Prometheus.

Legend of auriga

In Mesopotamian mythology, it was depicted as a rickshaw puller. From the beginning, Auriga kept a goat or a little goat-later in Greek mythology, it was said that it was Amathea who fed Zeus. Some people say that this constellation is Auric's erich Dones, the mother of the earth and the son of hephaestus. Auric Tonius introduced four-wheeled chariots to Athens. In another interpretation of this knot, Auriga stands for Myrtilus, the unfortunate driver. King Onomamus, who is famous for his love of horses, can't stand the thought that his daughter Hippodamia (a horse trainer) is getting married. He came up with a carriage race, and he would compete with every suitor. If the king wins, the suitor will lose his life. The horse of Onomamus is faster than the north wind. They came from Ares, the god of war, and were invincible, so Onomamus could kill every suitor of his daughter in this way. When it was the turn of Hermes' son Ross, the gods decided to step in. Poseidon (Poseidon) is an ancient horse god and the ruler of the ocean. He gave Ropes a golden chariot with golden horses on it. In order to ensure victory, with the help of Hippodamia, Pearl Rope and Meredith, the driver of Onomamus, the key parts of the king's chariot axle were replaced with wax. The pearl rope promised that if he defeated the king in the competition, the cunning coachman would get half the kingdom and enjoy the privilege of spending the wedding night with Hippodamia. At the climax of the game, the wheel of Onomamus flew out and the king was dragged to death. He cursed Meredith before he died. To celebrate the victory, Pearl Rope, Hippodamia and Meredith drove around. When they stopped for a picnic, Meredith asked for some rewards, but Hippodamia refused. The pearl rope beat the greedy driver, grabbed the reins and began to drive home. When the car was driving at high speed, the pearl rope kicked Meredith and killed him. Hermes admired the coachman's skill and put him among the stars to show his glory.

Legend of Constellation-Capricorn

One legend holds that the patriarch is Icarus, an Athenian, and his daughter is Erigone. Dionysus (Bacchus in Roman mythology) passed on the skill of winemaking to Icarus. Later, Icarus gave wine to some farmers, and as a result, they were all drunk. The farmers thought they were poisoned, so they killed Icarus and buried his body.

With the help of his father's dog Maera, Ergone found his father's grave. In great grief, she hanged herself. Zeus (some say Dionysus) put her in the sky and turned her into a Virgo. Icarus became a shepherd, Mara became Nanhesan in Canis Canis, or a dog near Canis Canis.