星座英語:十二星座起源的美麗傳說之巨蟹

Story: Cancer (June 21-July 22)

Cancer is a northern constellation between Gemini and Leo that outlines a crab. Cancer is the

fourth sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters on or about June 22.

A long time ago, when Hercules fought the monster Hydra, a huge crab bit Hercules' feet but was

finally defeated. The crab fell onto an island in the Aegean Sea. Because the crab did not finish

the task given by Hera, the Queen of Athens was affected by the curse. As a result, when the

princess of Athens Meriot was born, a prophet foretold that the day the princess got married was

the day the Queen would die. Therefore, the Queen made sure the princess did not marry.

When Meriot was 20 years old, a prince named Sa came to Athens. He admired Meriot's beauty and

wanted to marry her. And when Meriot saw Sa, she fell into love at first sight.
But the curse was still valid and she could not pursue her own happiness by sacrificing her

mother's life. Meriot tried her best to control her emotions by arranging nine impossible missions

for him to complete. Only by finishing these tasks could he marry her. However, Sa managed to

complete them eventually, putting the princess in a great dilemma. Eventually her mother agreed to

their marriage for the happiness of her daughter.

On their nuptial day, the Queen did not go to the ceremony, as she did not want anything terrible

to happen. The Queen went to the beach and jumped into the Aegean Sea. When the Queen drowned, a

huge crab appeared in the sea and embraced her as if a shell of protection.

When Hera found out about her mother's death, she was full of regret and transformed the crab into

a constellation in the sky called Cancer.

星座起源的美麗傳說：巨蟹的故事 　　

在很久很久以前，赫五力大戰蛇妖許的時候，從海中升出一隻巨蟹爲幫助蛇妖咬了赫五力的腳踝，後來這隻巨蟹

被赫五力打死，落在了愛琴海的一座小島上。巨蟹沒有完成女神赫拉的任務，因而被詛咒，這詛咒便波及到了雅

典王后的身上。在雅典公主美洛出生的時候，就有一位預言家預言，公主結婚的時候就是王后死亡的時候。爲着

這個預言，王后一直沒有叫公主嫁人。

直到美洛二十歲的時候，雅典城來了一位王子，名叫所颯。所颯是慕名而來，他一心想娶美洛爲妻，而美洛在第

一眼見到所颯時也深深的愛上了他。然而詛咒是可怕的，公主也不希望只爲了自己的幸福去犧牲母親的生命。於

是她想盡辦法阻止所颯也阻止自己的慾望。他定下了九關，就如同九個不可能完成的任務一樣，除非所颯一一做

到，他纔可以迎娶美洛。然而，英勇無比的所颯竟一一做到了！公主陷入了兩難的境地。偉大的母親爲了女兒的

幸福，毅然決定把美洛嫁給所颯。

在美洛和所颯舉行婚禮的這一天，王后並沒有到場，她不希望宴會上出現什麼意外來破壞氣氛。王后一個人悄悄

走向海邊，迎接着愛琴海的浪濤，蹈水自盡了。當人們怎麼也找不到王后時，在海上發現了一隻巨大的蟹，它的

雙臂環繞在胸前，彷彿缺乏安全感，又像是一位善於保護的母親。

女神赫拉知道這件事情以後也有些後悔，於是讓那溫柔而敏感的母親在天上成爲一個星座，它的形象就是一隻巨

蟹。