Source of the zodiac
Words, the king of the ancient Greek wave and Athamas Nephele do fairy queen, took the cloud beginning and end, the other to marry the princess of the kingdom of Thebes Ino for later, and the cruel Ino is wanted to kill the prince Phrixos, good let his son to the throne in the future.Later in a nationwide famine, Ino and temple collusion, the angel of discredit Phrixos.Prince king, believe Ino, ready to put to death, suddenly fell from the sky with a golden retriever ram, prince will save to Colchis.Phrixos to appreciate his salvation, he put golden sheep eye kill, the lamb to Zeus, send the golden fleece to king of Colchis.The story of golden sheep eye is Aries.
There is a lot of stories about the myth of Taurus.One of them is about Zeus fell in love with the princess Europa kingdom of Phoenicia, Zeus was reincarnated as a beautiful and gentle bull to close to her.When the Europa curiosity and ride on the great bull, the bull was quite crazy jump, carrying Europa fly over the sea.As they pass through the sea, horrified Europa learned the identity of the bull and beg forgiveness.Zeus quickly giveaways poured out his love to Europa, and held a grand wedding with her.According to legend, the continent is named for Europa.
The twin brothers is the son of Leda Castor and Pollux.Brother Castor is california-based Sparta king, and my brother Pollux is Zeus, and Pollux have immortal bodies.Two brothers Castor and Pollux, and feelings are very popular.Castor is good at riding and training horses, often hunt together, and to participate in the adventure, and Pollux is good at boxing.The elder brother was killed in one battle, Pollux was very sad.Finally Pollux had to make a vow to Zeus and willing to change to return to the life of his brother in his own life, Zeus Pollux compassion by the strong sisterly partiality, decided to let them live forever in heaven.
Cancer and Heracles, familiar with Greek mythology's friends know, Heracles to sin upon completion of 12 almost impossible task, of which the second task is to kill strange snake Lernaean Hydra.When Heracles wrestle with a Hydra, Hera was secretly dispatched a cancer to thwart HeraclesKill the snake;When Heracles heel was cancer tightly clamped, want to make him could not move;But when Heracles in eventually kills the cancer, with a stick and successfully killed the snake, the Hydra, the Hydra.The cancer for injured Heracles feet, was Hera rise, become a cancer.
This is also happened in Greece's greatest hero Heracles another one of 12 almost impossible.Heracles first task is to kill the lion's ink.Nie ink and the lion has a thick skin, invulnerability, roars up such as storm, Heracles struggle with it for a long time, finally Heracles just strangle it.Heracles under the lion's claws, made shirt skinning the lion lion's claws, will head into the helmet, glorious task to carry on.To praise the merits of Heracles, Zeus will become a Leo's ink and lion rise
The great agriculture goddess Demeter, in charge of agriculture, she had a beautiful daughter, named Persephone.Mother and daughter two people together, and for the cultivation of humans have rich harvest.One day, Persephone happens to be the brother of Zeus, Pluto Hades saw, in charge of the hell Hades to Persephone in love at first sight, will Persephone forced away and taking to Hades.Demeter lost daughter, centerless tillage farming anymore, all the fields are deserted.By Zeus to mediation, demanded the release of Persephone Hades.But Hades design Persephone, let her eat pomegranates of Hades, she always stay in Hades.Persephone results only ate a half, so they can only meet every year for half a year.Virgo is the symbol of agriculture goddess Demeter.
libraThe gods to trying to eliminate the bickering and injustice of the world, constantly stay in room processing, but the world too much bother, so almost all the gods gave up finally, only Demeter continue with libra judging the world of good and evil.Libra is used in libra, she is so libra is always in virgo Demeter side.
Greek mythology, the Orion Orion is the son of Poseidon Poseidon, tall, handsome, very brave.Because the boast to kill all beasts, god caused discontent, anger mother earth Gaea.Gaea and send a poison scorpion hid in the dark, unaware when Orion attack, Orion was bitten by the scorpion poison and fall on the ground, but in the end is still killing scorpions, mutually assured destruction.So, from now on as long as Scorpio appeared, hunters would hide, so Scorpio and Orion will never appear in the sky at the same time.
Sagittarius Chiron is a member of the centaur tribe in Greek mythology, legend has it that he is immortal.Chiron for boxing, wrestling, the sword, and archery, driving, riding, music, literature and art, astronomy, geography, medicine, even predicted that none not jing, is many heroes of the old master.But in a Heracles fights with the centaur tribe, Chiron has died of Heracles accidentally shoot arrows, no medicine can solution this poison, but because he has a immortality and die.Zeus saw Chiron poisoning is very painful, then take away his immortality, he will be moved to the sky become Sagittarius, forever chasing shoot poison - Scorpio in the sky.
Capricorn
Pastoral god Pan is god Hermes, he looks very strange, long the goat head, horn with a beard, and the foot is a sheep hoof, is half man and half goat monster.On one occasion he was invited to olin pass the mountain gods, and for the gods play a wonderful flute, has shocked the monster Typhon.When the gods had to escape their deformation and Pan also turned into fish in hurriedly jumped into the Nile, but too nervous, only the lower half into the tail, and upper body still goat is like.This is the myth of the origin of Capricorn.
Originally, the bottle of chun waiter is in accordance with the Greek customs by the master Zeus did not marry the daughter of the goddess of youth Hebe princess of, but because Hebe married hero Heracles, so water bottle waiter vacancies.Prince of Troy later Zeus attracts Ganymede, sent messengers to the invitation, but Ganymede don't promise.So Zeus had to become a great eagle, personally Ganymede to catch up the hill, he worked as a wine waiter.Ganymede henceforth will never become a celestial bottle the waiter.Aquarius is young carry a pot of wine, the gods and the water in the bottle is the fountain of wisdom.
One day, the gods at Olympus wonderland catering, monster Typhon en route, the gods are turning away.The goddess Aphrodite and her son Cupid Cupid immediately become fish, jumped into the river.Aphrodite because they fear that Cupid have mishap, they tear off a piece of clothes on a ribbon Cupid's feet, into two fish together.This is the origin of Pisces myth.