The legend of virgo
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A legend
Human management of grain of agriculture, the Greek god of mother earth - harvest Demeter, have a beautiful daughter, Persephone, she is a bright goddess of spring, as long as she stepped over gently place, will be full of delicate and charming be about to drip of the flowers.One day she and her companion is a piece of grass to pick a flower in the valley, suddenly, she saw a silver narcissus, sweet, flavour is floating in the air, Persephone to think: "it is more beautiful than any flower I!"Beautiful shine, so quietly approached, away from her hand was touching the flowers, all of a sudden, the ground opened a hole, a carriage by two black horses, rushed out of the ground, it is the grave of wang hai, he loved god "the most beautiful spring" Persephone, set a trick stole her.
Persephone's help. between valley, ocean, of course, also came to the ears of the mother harvest Demeter, harvest Demeter is very sad!She left for grain harvest, flying over the mountains to find her daughter.
Earth mother earth, fewer seeds sprout, no longer fertile land is the key to the string of grain, humans are starving to death, Zeus saw this situation so we have to command hades put Persephone, hades had to obey the Zeus, but secretly gave birth to trick - before leaving to Persephone a fruit, Persephone how do you know when she ate the fruit cannot in human life, destined to return to dark stench of hell.
Zeus no method, had to say: "a year, you will be only a quarter of the time can with Persephone".From now on as long as the earth covered with frost, nothing grows, people will know that this is due to Persephone went to hell.Virgo symbol of beauty and purity of the spring god Persephone, mother raising grain, also become her hand.Even so, she is no longer that carefree girl playing in the grass, although she will come to life, every spring still brilliant, but the stench of hell and terrible atmosphere with her forever.
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Legend and she is the daughter of Zeus and the goddess of justice, at that time, the world chaos, rampant evil deeds, hate this world, the gods are far from them.But hayes, still hold a glimmer of hope, running around, but still no progress.Have to regret to leave the world, become constellation virgo ascend to heaven.
On the evening of may and June, in the southern sky, you can see her still sentimentally attached to look down at the earth.
The legend of three
According to the Roman mythology, virgo and terry and (astraea), for the gods and the daughter of the goddess Venus, Jupiter, is the goddess of justice.The end of the golden age, offended her in some humans, then her rage under back to heaven.
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