星座英語:十二星座起源的美麗傳說之獅子
Bravery: Leo (July 23-August 22)
Leo is a northern constellation between Cancer and Virgo, containing the star Regulus. Leo is the
fifth sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters on or about July 22.
Nemean was the son of giant Typhon and monster of a snake. When people and monsters loved each
other, Nemean would fall from Moon, which was a gift to them. Nemean was half-human, half-monster.
In the daytime, he was a fierce lion with golden fur, and by night he was a young boy with golden
hair and blue eyes.
The sister of Nemean was Hydra who was also a monster of a snake with nine heads. Her upper body
was like girl, pretty and charming, but the other half of her body was like a snake.
Nemean loved Hydra since he was a child. Although they had same parents, Nemean fell from heaven
while Hydra was born from their mother.
Unfortunately, the hero Hercules accepted 10 tasks from the King, including killing Nemean and
Hydra. Nemean refused to fight with Hercules but to protect his beloved, Nemean decided to beat
Hercules. Nemean comforted Hydra saying, “Nobody can kill me except you.”
Hydra deeply loved Nemean and decided to fight Hercules herself even if it meant they had to die
together. Although she transformed into a snake with nine heads, she could not kill Hercules and
he finally defeated her. After that, Hercules dipped his arrows in her blood.
That night, Nemean found out what Hercules did and he became a fierce male lion. He rushed at
Hercules. Hercules pulled out his arrow but the fur of lion seemed to resist any weapons.
Suddenly, Hercules remembered the arrows dipped with Hydra's blood. He shot them at Nemean
immediately. Nemean escaped from first two arrows but was shot by the third one. The arrow with
Hydra's blood shot through Nemean's heart. He transformed into the young man and fell on the
ground and died.
Zeus allowed Nemean to return back to heaven and transform him into Leo in the sky.
星座起源的美麗傳說：獅子的勇敢
尼密阿是巨人堤豐和蛇妖厄格德的兒子。當人與妖相愛的時候，尼密阿就從月亮上掉了下來，是上天賜給這對夫
婦一個漂亮的寶貝，家人都叫他阿尼。
阿尼實際上是個半人半妖的怪物。白天他是一頭兇猛的獅子，全身的皮毛閃着太陽的顏色；到了晚上，他才變成
人形，是一個金髮藍眼的少年。
阿尼的妹妹許德拉是一個九頭蛇妖，她的上半身和人一樣，而且十分美麗；下半身是蛇，月光一樣的銀色。
阿尼從小就深深愛着許，他們雖然有同樣的父母，但阿尼是從天上掉下來的，而許是母親厄格德自產的。許一直
認爲阿尼是天上的某顆星星，終歸是要回到天上去的，而阿尼說，在回到天上以前願意爲許做任何事，包括死。
他們於是相愛了。
然而幸福的日子很快被厄運撕碎。英雄赫五力按照神諭昭示，接受了國王的十項任務，其中兩項就是殺死阿尼和
許。阿尼不明白爲什麼神界的爭鬥要波及到他們，宙斯犯下的錯要他們來承擔。阿尼本不願與赫五力爲敵，但爲
了保護心上人許，他決定將赫五力擋在尼密阿大森林外。許想要阻止他前往，阿尼安慰到：“除了你，沒有人能
殺死我！你放心吧，我一定可以戰勝這個宙斯與凡人的兒子。”說完，他隻身前往去會赫五力。
許很愛阿尼，他不會讓阿尼去送死，她決定在阿尼之前擊退赫五力，哪怕是同歸於盡。許來到阿密瑪納泉水旁迎
戰赫五力。然而，儘管她可以變出九個頭形成咄咄逼人之勢，但赫五力畢竟是一個偉大的英雄，他勇敢而果斷的
殺死了蛇妖許，並把隨身帶的箭全部浸泡在劇毒蛇血裏。
傍晚，阿尼也終於找到了赫五力，他現在是一頭浴血的雄獅，朝赫五力猛撲過來。赫五力拔劍與獅子戰在一處，
但獅子的皮毛似乎任何利器也穿不透，赫五力根本沒法殺死他。天色漸漸暗了下來，赫五力想到那些浸毒的箭，
於是瞄準獅子射了過去。一支、兩支沒有射中，第三支箭射中了獅子的心臟。那浸着許的毒血的箭一下子射進了
阿尼破碎的心。獅子倒在地上變成了人。赫五力驚詫的看着阿尼，而阿尼一句話也沒有說就死去了。
後來宙斯讓阿尼回到了天上變成了星星，就是那個燦爛如太陽的獅子座。而屬於獅子座的人類也被賦予了勇於爲
愛情而犧牲的性格。
