It is said that Atamas, king of Bohemia in ancient Greece, had a prince, Frixos. King Atamas listened to the slanderous words of a wicked woman named Enoch, whom he loved, and wanted to kill Prince Frixos. Fortunately, this plot was known by Hermes, the angel of the gods, and he sent the prince to Corcas in the distance with a flying sheep covered with golden hair. The king there warmly entertained the prince and married his daughter to him. In order to thank God for saving his life, Frixos slaughtered the flying sheep and gave it to Zeus, the god. Zeus listed the flying sheep with great achievements among the stars and let it shine in the night sky. This is the origin of Aries.
*** Centaur
Chiron, the cleverest and wisest of the urs people in Kenda, was the first person in Greek legend to know the constellations and teach people how to observe. Another story tells that Khyron was attached to immortal life when he was created, but once, when Hercules fought Sidura, a long snake, Khyron came to help, but he was accidentally shot by Hercules with a poisonous arrow from the long snake. Although he would not die, he suffered from extreme pain. Later, Khyron asked the gods to let him out of this endless pain and was willing to exchange his life for Prometheus, a Titan, to steal the flame from the gods and. Finally, Zeus finally agreed to let Khyron die. Zeus wanted to put Khyron in heaven to commemorate him, but later, because the northern sky was full of constellations, he had to put him in the southern sky.
*** Aquarius
stands for the goddess Heber, who lives in youth. She is the daughter of Zeus and Sheila, the queen of heaven, and serves as the maid for pouring wine when the gods feast. One day, when he was in his youth, Hebe remembered that he had an attractive appearance, but he was unable to find a partner because of the Ministry. He accidentally knocked over the water bottle and was removed from the Ministry. Zeus was very upset that no one could take the place of this job.
One day, Apollo came to Troy and saw the handsome prince Gé neros playing with the maids. He thought to himself that there should be such a handsome prince on earth, and he returned to the celestial world to report to Zeus. Zeus felt incredible and wanted to witness the Prince of Troy with his own eyes.
When Zeus saw the Prince of Troy, he missed him every day. One day, when the Prince of Troy acted alone, Zeus turned into a big eagle and took him back to the divine world.
The prince misses his hometown and family very much. At the same time, the King of Troy misses the prince very much. I wonder where he has gone. Zeus felt ashamed and couldn't bear the prince to lose weight day by day, so he gave the king a dream, told him about the prince's situation in the divine world, and told him to go back to Troy to see the king, and then went back to the divine world to pour wine.
So Gé neros became the only mortal in the divine world. After his death, Zeus lifted him to the sky with the water bottle and became an Aquarius.
*** Northern Crown
It is said that when Dionysus, the god of wine, married Princess Ariadne, Dionysus gave the bride a beautiful crown inlaid with crystal jewels as a wedding gift. Soon the princess died of illness, and Dionysus, who had always been happy, was very sad because of the loss of his beloved wife. He threw this crown into the air, and the crown rose higher and higher, and finally rose to the list of heavy stars. Up to now, we can still find this beautiful crown in the sky.
*** BOJIANG
It is said that one day, the son of Apollo, the sun god, drove his father's golden car in the sky. Because Phaeton whipped the fine horse with a whip, the horse lost its normal state and pulled the golden cart away from Heaven. The golden cart skimmed the clouds and hit the mountains, turning the earth into a sea of fire. Zeus, the god of heaven, dropped the solar car into the Bojiang River to stop the disaster. The earth slowly returned to normal order. Later, Zeus raised the Bojiang River to heaven and became the Bojiang constellation in the southern sky.
*** Fly constellation
The two brightest stars in the fly constellation, Bee III and Bee I, are like a pair of bright little eyes of bees, twinkling together, which is particularly cute. Therefore, in 163, when the German amateur astronomer Bayer delineated this constellation, it was named "Apis". But in 1763, the French astronomer Llakaj showed on the map that bees became flies, which were called "Southern Musca", making it correspond to Northern Musca. The northern constellation Musca was on the back of Aries, but it was later cancelled, so the southern constellation Musca was changed to Musca. Because bees are more pleasing than flies after all, until the star map compiled in 181, this constellation still painted a bee.
*** The jackal
It is said that this jackal was originally the father of callisto who was later turned into a bear. He sacrificed human flesh to test the divinity of Zeus, so he was punished by the gods and turned him into a jackal. This is the origin of the jackal.
*** Long snake
Legend has it that Xu Dela is a fierce and terrible big water snake with nine venomous heads. This monster can spit poison gas from nine mouths and feed on wild animals and people. In order to destroy it, Hercules, the great hero, and his friend Iolaus came to the place where Xu Dela lived. Hercules swung a big stick and broke the nine heads one by one, but after breaking the nine basilisk heads, nine new heads grew immediately. Later, Hercules found a way to make Iolaus burn the new snake head with burning branches. Finally, he killed the snake head, buried the body of the snake head underground, and pressed a boulder on it. Xu Dela, the water snake head, was eliminated. In order to praise Hercules for this achievement, Zeus, the god of the gods, raised the water serpent conquered by him to the sky and became the constellation Ophiuchus.
*** Bottom of the Boat
It is said that the Greek hero Jason and his warriors took the ship Argo to find golden fleece. After many hardships, golden fleece finally got this priceless treasure and returned home in triumph. Later, the goddess Athena lifted the seagoing ship to the sky and became the southern constellation. However, due to the large area of the southern constellation, in 175, the French astronomer Llakaj divided it into four constellations, among which the southern part of the starry sky was Carina.
*** Sail
Argo, the sail of the South Seat.
*** Stern
In p>175, the French astronomer Llakaj divided the huge southern constellation into four parts, and the stern is the largest one.
*** Big Dog
Legend has it that Cyrus is a beloved hound of hunter Horion, who always accompanies the hunter. Later, Horion died of manslaughter for his wife, Artemis, the goddess of the moon. His dog was also very sad. He didn't eat anything all day, just barked sadly, and finally starved to death in his master's house. In order to reward its loyalty, Zeus raised it to the sky and turned it into Canis major. Today, the hound still follows its owner and is bravely catching the little rabbit.
*** Bear
Legend has it that the beautiful Greek girl callisto was loved by Zeus and gave birth to a very cute son Arcaz. So she was jealous of Hera, the queen of heaven, and punished callisto with her magic power, turning this gentle and beautiful callisto into a big bear. Later, Zeus raised the great bear to a conspicuous position in the sky and became Ursa major.
*** carving tools
The carving seat is a star designated by the French astronomer Llakaj in 1752 to fill the gap in the southern hemisphere. It was originally called "the chisel of the sculptor" and later renamed "the carving seat".
*** Rhododendron
Rhododendron is actually a bird with a huge mouth and beautiful feathers living in South America. In 163, the German amateur astronomer Bayer named a constellation to commemorate the discovery of this bird.
*** shield
In 169, the Polish astronomer Hevelis delineated this constellation to commemorate the fact that King sobieski III of Poland led an army to resist the Turkish army in 1683, thus defending Vienna. So the constellation figure he envisioned was a shield with a coat of arms.
*** Pegasus
One of Ethiopia's fairy tales. When Perseus beheaded Medusa, the head of the banshee, blood flowed from Medusa's neck into the sea and mixed with the hippocampus, so a winged white flying horse, Peijiasu, jumped out. Neptune was once considered the father of Petraeus. Legend has it that Athena once caught the flying horse and took it to Helicon Mountain, a mountain belonging to Muses. During the leap, Peijiasu's hoof kicked down the mountain, and the famous Hippocrene spring began to gush out. At that time, it was said that Hippocrene was the inspiration of all poets and writers. Later, Peijiasi became a good friend of Luo Ming, a young warrior in Corinth, a Greek port city. With the help of Peijiasi, Bailey Luo Ming completed the task of assassinating a terrible monster Chimera (the lion's head, the sheep's body and the dragon's tail) and other great achievements. Finally, Bailey Luoming became very arrogant and wanted to ride a flying horse over Olympus to join the gods. Zeus sent a cow fly. (Note: The kingdom of Ethiopia is not Ethiopia today, but a dynasty originally located on the north coast of Africa).
*** Flying Fish
In p>163, when German amateur astronomer Bayer delineated this constellation, he imagined it as a tropical flying fish gliding beside a huge south ship.
*** Phoenix
Legend has it that the phoenix is a sacred bird before the sun god drives, which burns itself every 5 years and then regenerates from the ashes of its own cremation. In the southern hemisphere, every spring night, people can see the king of birds leading the cuckoo, peacock, swallow, crane and five birds, spring night, dancing in the South Pole.
*** Dolphin
In Greek mythology, dolphins are messengers of Neptune. When Amphitrite, a mermaid, avoided the proposal of Neptune, she advised her to marry Neptune. Later, the dolphin once saved the life of Aryon, the son of Neptune, when he was attacked by sailors and jumped into the sea after winning the laurel and other prizes in the music competition. In order to reward the dolphin, Zeus raised it to the sky and turned it into a dolphin constellation.
*** late hair
It is said that the ancient Egyptian queen Bellenaisi had beautiful amber hair. When the king went on an expedition, the queen prayed for the king's peace and made a wish to the goddess Aphrodite: If God could bless the king's successful return, she would cut off her hair and give it to the goddess. Soon, the king came back triumphantly, and the queen did not hesitate to cut off her beautiful hair and enshrined it in the goddess temple. Zeus, the god of heaven, appreciated her hairdressing very much, so he raised the queen's hairdressing to the sky and became a back seat.
*** Fox
This constellation was delineated by the Polish astronomer Hevelis in 169. His original idea was that a fox had a goose in its mouth, so it was called "Fox and Goose Seat". Later, perhaps because the goose was swallowed, leaving only the fox, so the name of the constellation was changed to "Fox".
*** easel
In p>175, the French astronomer Llakaj named a constellation with a drawing tool newly invented at that time. It was originally called "painting easel on donkey's back", probably because painters often used donkeys to carry easels and canvases at that time, and later it was simply called "painting easel".
*** Pump
Llakaj is the first person in the world to draw a complete catalog and map of the southern sky (southern hemisphere). From 175 to 1754, he systematically measured the stars in the southern hemisphere at the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa, and in 1763, he published a catalogue and a map containing the exact positions of 2 stars. At that time, because there were still many gaps between the original bright constellations, there were neither bright stars nor dark stars in those sky areas, so they were never included in any constellations. Llakaj put these small pieces of dim starry sky left over into independent constellations, each named after a newly invented scientific instrument or art tool at that time. Pump seat is one of the constellations.
*** Swordfish
In p>163, it was decided by the German amateur astronomer Bayer, and large magellanic cloud's was in this constellation.
* * * Taurus
It is said that in ancient Phoenicia, the king had a beautiful princess Europa, and Zeus wanted to woo her very early, but it was hard to get her. One day when the princess and the maids were playing by the sea, Zeus turned into a white bull, took the princess to Crete and married her. Because Europa was the first person to come to this land, later generations called this land "Europa". And the bull that Zeus transformed rose to the sky, which is now Taurus.
*** Whale
It is said that this whale with a terrible big mouth, huge body and thick front paws was sent by Neptune to devour Princess Andlau Moda who was locked on the coast as a sacrifice. Just as it was about to attack the princess, it suddenly saw the head of Medusa, a witch, taken out of her pocket by British Poerxiusi who came to rescue the princess, and it turned to stone in an instant, so the princess was saved. Later, Zeus, the god of heaven, moved the whale monster to the sky to commemorate Poerxiusi's achievements, and it became the constellation Cetacea that we see now.
*** Rectangular ruler
It was demarcated by French astronomer Llakaj in p>175, and it is actually a constellation separated from the adjacent constellation of Tiantan and Wolves. Originally called "carpenter's square ruler and water gauge", it was also called "surveyor's level", but later it was simplified to "square ruler seat". Sagittarius, Scorpio, Wolves and Centauri are the areas where the core of the Milky Way lies. There is a dark belt formed by interstellar dust clouds in the plane of the Milky Way blocking the starlight of the core of the Milky Way, and the square ruler seat is found.
*** Grand Jue
A small constellation in spring delineated by Tuomei, an ancient Greek astronomer in the 2nd century AD. Located between Ophiuchus and Ravens. Constellations are all dark stars, among which four fourth-order stars form a skewed square, just like a wine glass. Legend has it that the Grand Jue was a drinking glass used by Apollo, the sun god.
*** Serpent
Serpent is the only constellation in the whole day that is divided into two parts by another constellation. The whole constellation is divided into two parts by Ophiuchus: the snake tail is in the east of Ophiuchus and extends to Altair along the Milky Way; The other half is to the west of Ophiuchus, just south of the Northern Corona, and there are three stars forming a small triangle, which is the snake head. There are not many bright stars in the constellation, which meander around the equator of the celestial sphere. Legend has it that Askero Pios, an imperial doctor, is not only skilled in medicine, but also observes a spotted snake he caught repeatedly in order to seek ways to rejuvenate people. After the death of Askero Pios, Zeus raised his soul to heaven and became Ophiuchus. At the same time, the spotted snake was elevated to the sky to show Askero Pios' spirit of assiduous study and discovery. Therefore, whenever Ophiuchus appears in the sky in summer night, he always holds the spotted snake in his hand. This spotted snake is Hydra.
*** Cancer
It is said that Hercules, the son of Zeus, conquered the lion spirit and began to conquer Xu Dela, the water snake monster. While he was fighting with the water snake, Hera sent a huge crab to help the water snake. The big crab gripped Hercules' foot tightly with double claws, and the hero immediately put the pang with a stick.