Myths and legends about the constellations, folk tales

In fact, the legends of the constellations come from ancient Greek mythology. For example, a golden sheep saved the king's offspring from being killed by evil people, and so on, and then the sheep rose to the sky into the constellation of Aries and so on. Most of them are full of romance, adventure, and struggle. Ursa Major - Related Legends Oriental Legends Big Dipper - China's ancient name for the Big Dipper seven stars for the Big Dipper, the proverb "South Dipper note life, the Big Dipper note death", that the Big Dipper masters the right to life and death, legend has it that Peng Zu is the Beg Life to the Big Dipper, and therefore has lived 800 years! Legend has it that there are nine stars in the Big Dipper, two of which are hidden in the bucket, where the Jade Emperor's spirit is located, and are not easy to be seen by people, and if someone sees them, it will prolong his life. Legend has it that a servant in the home of Huo Guang, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, saw two bright stars in the Big Dipper's ladle one day, and kneeled down to worship them, thus increasing his life expectancy to be six hundred years old. The first is that the star is a very bright star, and the second is that the star is a very bright star. </SPAN></p> Greek mythology mother and child love - cowardly father There is a goddess called Callisto (Callisto), gentle and beautiful, the god Zeus (Zeus) very much like her, after a hundred pursuits, and then gave birth to a son named Arcas (Arcas), the good and bad. Arcas, the jealous Queen of Heaven (Hera) knew about this incident and became furious, turned Kallisto into a big mother bear and drove into the forest. Lost his mother since childhood, Alcas grew up to become an excellent hunter, but he did not know what happened to his mother, one day Hera and the God of Fortune arranged Alcas and mother bear mother met in the forest, the mother saw the longing for years of her son, the excitement of the mother forgot that he had become a big bear, and couldn't help but run to Alcas, and Alcas thought that the big bear wanted to hurt him, immediately raised an arrow to shoot it, just when the great mistake of matricide is about to be made, and the mother was about to die, and the mother was about to die. Matricide is about to cause a big mistake, Zeus breaks through the guilt and cowardice knot, Alcas also turned into a small bear, and will be placed in the sky to become a large and small bear constellation, so that they will always be together mother and child, but the story does not end, the Queen of Heaven is still not satisfied, she borrowed the power of the gods will be large and small Ursa Major and Ursa Minor driven to the North Pole near the North Pole, and insisted that they are day and night around the North Pole rotating, and never allowed to have a moment's peace and quiet, and the other constellations in the sky The other constellations in the sky can sink to the bottom of the sea for half of the day to rest.　 Ursa Major star map in ancient Greek mythology, there is a beautiful and kind girl, her name is Callisto. Among the nymphs surrounding Artemis, the moon goddess and also the goddess of the hunt, she was one of the most moving. But she was never proud of this; she was always kind to every one of her companions, and made everyone feel her heartfelt care at all times. People loved her for it, and they lived a happy, carefree life together.　One thing that sets Callisto apart from the rest is that she has a strong character within her gentle appearance. Unlike other nymphs, she did not spend her days wandering by the streams, strolling in the gardens, reciting poems, singing and dancing. She was always dressed in her mighty hunting clothes, with a bow on her shoulder and a golden spear in her hand, and followed Artemis in the mountains and forests, pursuing wild beasts with great courage. The roar of the tiger made all the beasts tremble could not frighten her, and the cunning fox could not escape from her skillful hands. She became Artemis' most capable and trusted assistant.　One hot summer day, Callisto chased the beasts to a forest clearing. Hot and tired, she lay down in the shade and soon fell into a deep sleep. All this was seen by the almighty Zeus. In ancient Greek mythology, Zeus is the biggest god in the sky, is the father of the gods. He is the supreme, by all things worship, but from time to time to do unseemly hooks. Secretly seduce the goddess of heaven, the mortal beauty, for him, has been a commonplace thing. Ursa Major Star Chart Zeus stunned Seeing the beautiful Callisto lying on the green grass of the Yin, Zeus was stunned, and he naturally refused to let go of such an opportunity. He flew down from between the clouds and shifted into the image of Artemis. He approached Callisto gently and took her in his arms. Callisto awoke from her dream, and was indescribably happy to see Artemis in this place where few people were. He was about to get up and go on hunting with Artemis when Zeus suddenly appeared in his original form. Poor Callisto did not have a little thought preparation, she desperately resisted, but to no avail. After all, Zeus is omnipotent, although Calixto has the ability to subdue dragons and tigers, she still did not escape the clutches of Zeus.　Zeus proudly returned to the palace of heaven, he is the master of the universe, naturally will not be punished or retribution. The unfortunate one could only be the innocent Callisto! She wiped away her tears and silently returned to the crowd. She couldn't even talk about how much pain she felt inside, and she still had to force a smile in front of everyone. But the old Callisto could no longer be seen. She always hung her head low, looking down at the ground in shame; the smile on her face disappeared, and she often sat in silence away from the crowd; when she hunted, she was even more devoid of courage and spirit, and watched her prey slip away from under her eyes.　To make matters worse, she realized she was pregnant. No matter how hard she tried to hide it, one day, everyone knew the secret. Artemis, who had no idea what was going on, was furious, and even though she considered Callisto her daughter, she couldn't hold back her anger and drove her from the hunting grounds. Callisto made her home deep in the forest. Unsupported, Callisto built a thatched hut deep in the forest and made her home, never again to see her sisters laugh or hear the call of the goddess. Soon afterward she gave birth to a boy, and named him Arcas, which became more or less a little support in her life.　Zeus thought he had done it so secretly that no one would know. However, the gods have miscalculated, his wife, the queen of the gods Hera heard about it. Hera noble birth, since childhood, proud and arrogant, even Zeus sometimes have to respect her three times. Zeus went behind her back to do such a scandal, and the little Arcas has been born, is following her mother toddler it! Hera, who had always spoken her mind, was furious, and vowed to use her power to punish Callisto, so that she would know the majesty of the Queen of Heaven.　Hera, the Queen of Heaven, came to the woodland where Callisto was staying and cursed her as soon as she saw her. She simply ignored Callisto's bitter pleas, and while tearing her hair and slamming her to the ground, said ferociously, "I'll ruin your beauty, so that you can never be charming again!"　As she spoke, Hera secretly cast a spell. Suddenly, Callisto's white arms sprouted long and thick black hairs, her delicate fingers turned into sharp, sharp claws, and her delicate red lips were suddenly transformed into bloody mouths. Hera was not yet relieved, she was afraid that the voice of Callisto's prayer would be heard by Zeus, so she deprived her of the ability to speak, so that her silvery voice turned into a dull roar. In the twinkling of an eye, the angelic Callisto disappeared forever, and she was transformed into a big bear. Calixto want to cry no tears Ursa Major Location Map Poor Calixto want to cry no tears, she can only keep wailing, lamenting the tragic fate, cursing the thinly veiled Zeus. Once upon a time, that magnificent hunter has become a hunter chasing the beast, all day in the deep mountains and old forests to hide, no longer the old days of peace and quiet time.　Fifteen years passed. Little Arcas grew into a beautiful young man, brave and determined like his mother, and became an excellent hunter. One day, Hera met Arcas by chance, the son of her enemy was so handsome, the evil anger of more than ten years ago could not help but come to her heart, a poisonous plan arose in her mind.　One day, Arcas, armed with a lance, was searching for prey in the forest. Suddenly, a large bear slowly approached him. The bear was Callisto. She recognized the brave hunter in front of her as the little Arcas she had been thinking about for fifteen years, and she excitedly ran forward to embrace her baby.　Oh my, how could Arcas have ever imagined that the bear in front of him was his mother of fifteen years! Excited to see such a big bear coming at him, he dodged back, raised his spear, and stabbed the bear with all his strength.　A tragedy was about to happen. Good at this time is cruising in the sky of Zeus saw this scene, he really can not bear to let his own son's hands to kill his mother. So he did a little divine magic, turned Arcas into a small bear. In doing so, little Arcas immediately recognized his mother. He ran up and snuggled into his mother's arms, and they were happily reunited.　Zeus in order to make the mother and son no longer suffered any accidents, they were elevated to the heavenly realm, in the stars to give them two places of honor, which is in the northern sky shining brightly in the constellation of Ursa Major and Ursa Minor. Hera stole the chicken and failed to eat the rice Hera stole the chicken and failed to eat the rice, she was furious, but could not afford to mess with Zeus, so they chose to send a hunter with two fierce hunting dogs, closely chasing the two bears in the back of the two bears. This hunter was the constellation of the shepherd in the sky, and the two hounds he led were the constellation of the hound.　When the ancient Greeks saw this great bear wandering in the sky night after night, never falling below the horizon, they thought it must be another of Hera's ghostly tricks. It turned out that Hera sent hunters and hounds to chase the bear mother and child still do not give up, she went to the blue sea, to ask her brother - Poseidon, god of the sea for help. Poseidon listened to her sister's words and granted her request. Therefore, we can see that all the other constellations have the phenomenon of rising in the east and setting in the west, and there is always a time when they sink below the horizon to rest in the territory of Poseidon, but only the Great Bear and her mother were excluded. But this is good, as Callisto can keep a watchful eye on her Arcas at all times, lest Hera think up any more bad ideas.