星座英語:十二星座起源的美麗傳說之處女

Winter: Virgo (August 23-September 22)

Virgo is a large equatorial constellation between Leo and Libra, in which the brightest member is the first-magnitude star Spica. Virgo is the sixth sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters on or about August 22.

Posefen was a goddess. She was the only daughter of the Greek Goddess of harvest Demeter. Wherever Posefen went, the places would be full of flowers.

One day, when Posefen played with her friends in the valley, she found a silver narcissus flower. She liked it and picked it up. Suddenly, the narcissus became a handsome man with purple eyes. Posefen was scared and took a step back. The man smiled and said, “Goddess, you broke the curse and saved me. Please let me fulfill my promise and marry me.” Before she understood what happened, Posefen was thrown into a rift in the ground.

After hearing her daughter’s cries for help, Demeter threw corn away and saved her daughter. However, without the Goddess of harvest, seeds did not grow and human beings would confront a great disaster. Zeus quickly got the news and knew it was Pluto that took Posefen away. Pluto could not win Zeus but he really loved Posefen. He knew he would be cursed and told Posefen, “My fragrance should belong to the world. Take it away.” Then he closed eyes.

When Posefen returned back to the world, it was spring. She scattered the fragrance around the world and brought sunshine to everyone, but she could not forget Pluto, especially his purple eyes. In summer, she missed him, and in autumn, she missed him. When winter came, she could not help meeting Pluto under the ground. At this moment, Pluto would wake up to see her and then sleep when she left.

Year after year, this pretty girl fell in love with this ghost in the hell. Zeus was moved by their love and gave them a quarter of the time each year to be together. Zeus decided to call one of the constellations Virgo to remember Posefen

星座起源的美麗傳說：處女的冬天

泊瑟芬是一個純潔的女神。

她是人間的大地之母、穀物之神狄蜜特的獨生女兒，是春天的燦爛女神，只要她輕輕踏過的地方，都會開滿嬌豔欲滴的花朵。

有一天，泊瑟芬和同伴們在山谷中的草地上摘花，她驚奇的發現一朵銀色的水仙，美的光彩照人。她漸漸遠離了同伴，伸手去採摘那朵水仙。就在她摘下它的一瞬間，水仙化作一團紫色的煙霧，一股淡淡的陰間的香氣瀰漫開來。煙霧漸漸散去，眼前出現了一個一身黑色，有着紫色眼眸的俊逸非凡的男子。

泊瑟芬驚的後退了一步。只見那男子嘴角邊流露出一絲可怕的笑，說到：“女神，你破除咒語救了我，那就履行我的誓言嫁給我吧！”泊瑟芬還沒有弄明白是怎麼一回事，地上就裂開一道縫，一股強大的力量把她捲了進去……

泊瑟芬的呼救聲迴盪在山谷裏，狄蜜特拋下手中的穀物，飛躍千山萬水去尋找女兒。人間沒有了大地之母，種子不再發芽，肥沃的土地結不出成串的麥穗，人類面臨巨大的災難。這一切很快傳到了宙斯的耳中，他知道劫走泊瑟芬的是冥王海地士，便下令再一次詛咒他。海地士終究敵不過宙斯的法力，但他是真的愛着泊瑟芬。他知道自己馬上就會再次陷入長長的昏睡，於是對泊瑟芬說：“我身上的香氣應該屬於人間，請你把它帶走吧！”說完，海地士閉上眼睛，再也看不見心愛的春天女神泊瑟芬了

泊瑟芬從地府回到人間的時候正是春天，她把百花的香氣撒在大地上，把燦爛的陽光帶給每一個人。然而，她卻忘不了在地府長眠的海地士，那雙紫色的眸子在女神的心裏揮之不去。夏天，女神疲憊的思念着；秋天，女神又沉甸甸的思念着。到了冬天，女神終於忍不住跑到了地府看望海地士。這時候海地士就會奇蹟般的醒過來，等到春天泊瑟芬一離開他，他又陷入睡眠。年復一年，這個純潔美麗的處女發現自己是真的愛上了陰鬱的冥間幽靈。

於是宙斯便規定一年之中有四分之一的時候可以讓他們相會。從此以後，大地結霜，寸草不生的冬天就是泊瑟芬到地府去見海地士的日子。宙斯感動於這份特別的愛情，將天上的一個星座封爲處女座以紀念泊瑟芬爲人間所做的一切。