Myths and legends about the constellations

1, Scorpio

The son of Helios, the god of the sun, Fao Tong, who was born sexy and handsome, was conceited and arrogant, and his overbearing personality often made him unintentionally offend a lot of people.

One day, when a man said that Fearless was not the son of the sun god, Fearless asked his mother, "Am I the son of Helios or not?" But no matter how much his mother assured him that he was born of Helios, Fae Tong remained unconvinced, so his mother told him to ask Helios, the sun god.

Helios laughed at his son's question and said, "Don't listen to them, of course you are my son!" ? Phaethon still persisted in his disbelief, in fact, of course, he knew that the sun god never talks about panic, but he demanded to drive his father's sun chariot to prove that he was Helios' son.

Helios at first disagreed, the sun is the master of all life, a carelessness can cause great trouble, but could not argue with Fahuatong, Helios is explaining how to drive the sun car in a certain track, but Fahuatong is high-minded, did not even listen to hear immediately jumped into the car, and sped away.

As a result, the people, animals, and plants on the earth either died of heat or cold, and also messed up the time, making the sky dark and full of complaints. To curb Phaethon, Hera, the queen of the heavens, released a poisonous scorpion that bit Phaethon's ankle, while Zeus struck Phaethon with a thunderbolt, and Phaethon fell to the ground and died.

Peace was restored to the earth, and in honor of the scorpion that was also killed by the lightning, the constellation was named "Scorpio.

2, Leo

Hercules is the illegitimate son of Zeus and mortals, he was born with incomparable divine power, the Queen of Heaven Hera was also jealous. When Heracles was a baby, she put two giant snakes in the cradle, hoping to bite Heracles to death, but did not expect Heracles to laugh and shake them to death, so Heracles has been worshipped as "the greatest hero of mankind" since he was a child.

Later, Hera deliberately let Hercules madness after beating his wife, Hercules woke up very remorseful and sad, decided to asceticism to clear their own sins, he came to Mycenae to ask the king to send him the task, who knew that the king by the instructions of Hera, asked him to must be completed within twelve days of the task, one of the tasks is to kill a man-eating lion.

The lion usually lived in the forest, and Hercules went into the forest to look for him, and when Hercules got tired of looking for him, he fell asleep. Just then, the man-eating lion reared its head out of a cave with a double opening, the man-eating lion was five times the size of the average lion and was covered in animal blood, adding to the horror.

Keres first shot him with a sacred arrow, and then hit him with a wooden stick, all to no avail, the man-eating lion is invulnerable to knives and spears, and finally Hercules and the lion in a physical fight, the process is very grueling, and finally strangled the lion to death with brute force. The man-eating lion was dead, but Hera threw the man-eating lion into the air and turned it into Leo.

3, Leo

Legend has it that Zeus coveted the beauty of the Phoenician Emperor Agonor's daughter Europa, Europa often play with friends on the beach in Tyre, Zeus will want his son Hermes to graze cattle on a nearby knoll, and Zeus disguised as a cow mixed in the herd, taking the opportunity to get close to the frolicking Europa.

Because the bull was unusually white, and its horns were shining, Europa was y attracted to the bull, and the white bull kissed Europa's hand and gestured for Europa to ride on it. Europa's youthful ignorance really fell into the trap, the white bull has been carrying Europa across the ocean, cunningly swimming to deeper water, forcing Europa to hold it tightly, and finally the white bull landed on the island of Crete and revealed its true colors.

Zeus was very much in Europa's favor, and Europa gave birth to several sons for Zeus, including the Cretan Emperor Minos, who commemorated the event by representing his incarnation of the White Bull in the heavens under the constellation of Taurus.

4, Cancer

Hercules is the hero of the Greek legend, he was ordered to get rid of the nine-headed water serpent HYDRA that harmed people and animals. In the fierce battle, Xudra had a giant crab to help fight, was Hercules with a big stick will crab shell broken and died. Afterwards Hera hated the hero so much that he placed the giant crab in the sky as a constellation.

5, Sagittarius

In the distant ancient Greek steppe, galloped a number of half-human, half-animal community, which is a fierce nature of the community. Centaurs in the only exception - Chilen, good natured, treating friends especially known for frankness, so in the clan is very respected.

One day, the greatest hero of Greece, Hercule, came to visit his friend, the super Hercules, who had strangled the serpent with both hands at an early age, and learned that Zeus had given the Centaurs a fragrant tea, but had asked them to keep it, and not to allow it to be opened unless Zeus's son arrived.

On hearing this, he didn't care that the wine was the property of the Centauri ****, so he forced his friend to steal it for him to enjoy, or else he would beat him to death. Everyone knew that Hercule was the strongest man in the world, and that even Apollo, the god of the sun, had to let him have three points, and was forced to do what he was told to do, which the Centauri did.

Just as Hechuli was intoxicated by the fragrance of the wine, the aroma of the wine filled the entire tribe, and all the Centaurs rebuked Hechuli, who was furious and chased the Centaurs with his sacred bow, and the Centaurs fled to the home of Chilen, one of the most revered of all the Centaurs.

Then Kieran heard the sound of hooves and panic outside his house, he didn't even think about it, he opened the door and ran straight out, but it was too late, Hechuli drew his bow full and shot it out instantly, hitting Kieran in the heart, and Kieran, who was kind and innocent, sacrificed his own life for his friends.

The sky god Zeus heard the Centaur's shout, so he hands to pick up the body of Chilen, to the sky a throw, Chilen instantly transformed into a number of shining stars, such as the form of the Centaurs, from now on in order to commemorate the Chilen, the constellation is known as the "Sagittarius", also known as the "Sagittarius", "Sagittarius". "

This is the first time that I've seen this constellation in the world.