星座英語:十二星座起源的美麗傳說之天蠍

Resignation: Scorpio (October 23-November 21)

Scorpio is a southern constellation north of Ophiuchus, containing Ophiuchus. Scorpio is the eighth sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters on or around October 24.

The palace of Apollo was grand and magnificent, supported by giant columns with gold and ivory and studded with jewels. The son of Apollo Phaethon and daughter Hayley lived here. Phaethon was born to be handsome and sexy but a bit impetuous and arrogant, while Hayley was tender and nice but did not have a beautiful face, which made her sad because she deeply loved Phaethon. The beautiful Naiades loved Phaethon too.

Year by year, Hayley was depressed and sensitive because Phaethon did not understand her and fell in love with Naiades. Whenever Hayley expressed her affection to him, he always refused her with the excuse of having the same father. Hayley could not bear his indifference and made up a lie. One day, she found Phaethon and told him, “Dear brother, I cannot conceal a secret anymore. Although she is our mother, I must tell you that you are not the son in heaven but the son of our mother and an ordinary person.” He believed this honest sister and asked their father. No matter how much Apollo assured him, Phaethon could not believe it. Finally, Apollo promised to give him anything for proving his true identity. Unexpectedly, he chose to ride his father’s sun chariot. He was never trained to ride it, so if he did not follow the right line, he could create a disaster for human beings.

However, Phaeton rode the chariot without hesitation and, as expected, he could not control it. As a result, the grassland dried up and the forest was set on fire. The lakes became deserts. Hayley could not forsee such a disaster and admitted it was her fault, but it was too late. She had to let her scorpion out to bite his ankles and it was too late to save him. The burning Phaethon and the chariot fell into the Eridanus. Naiades buried him with tears. For his death, Hayley cried for four months and became a poplar tree. Her tears became the sap of the tree.

Zeus gave a name to this scorpion, that is, Scorpio as constellation to warn people not to be arrogant.

星座起源的美麗傳說 天蠍的無奈

世上原本是沒有沙漠的，沒有沙漠也沒有琥珀。 　　

太陽神的宮殿，是用華麗的圓柱支撐着，鑲着閃亮的黃金和璀璨的寶石，飛檐嵌着雪白的象牙，兩扇銀質的大門上雕着美麗的花紋，記載着人間無數美好而又古老的傳說。太陽神阿波羅的兒子法厄同，女兒赫莉就居住在這個美麗的宮殿裏。法厄同天生美麗性感，衝動自負；妹妹赫莉溫柔善良，卻沒能得到父親的恩賜，擁有一張太陽神那樣美麗的面孔，這使得她很無奈，因爲她深深愛着的是法厄同。同樣喜歡法厄同的還有絕美的水泉女神娜伊。

日復一日，年復一年，在無盡的相思與失望之中赫莉漸漸變得憂鬱而敏感，自負的法厄同並不理解她，依舊與娜伊成雙成對。每當赫莉有所表示，法厄同總是以他們是同一個父親爲由將赫莉擋在門外。赫莉再也無法忍受他的絕情和冷漠，終於，一個無知的謊言在她的腦海中誕生了。有一天，她找到法厄同，對他說：“親愛的哥哥，我不能再隱瞞你了，雖然她是我們的母親，我本不該嘲笑她什麼，但我不得不告訴你，你並非天國的子孫，而是克呂墨涅，也就是我們親愛的母親，和一個不知名的凡人所生。”衝動的法厄同輕易的相信了一向不說謊的妹妹，跑到父親阿波羅那裏問個究竟。但是無論阿波羅怎樣再三保證，他就是不相信自己是父親的親生兒子。最後，太陽神無奈，指着冥河起誓，爲了證明法厄同是自己的兒子，無論他要什麼，他都會答應。然而法厄同選擇的卻是太陽神萬萬沒有料到的太陽車！要知道法厄同根本不會駕駛太陽車，如果不按照規定的航線行走，那必將釀成大禍。可是，自負的兒子完全聽不進勸告，跳上太陽車，衝出了時間的兩扇大門。

星星一顆顆隱沒了，金色的太陽車，長着雙翼的飛馬，無盡的天空，魔鬼一樣的幻象……法厄同根本控制不了太陽車，任由它在時空裏毀滅性的穿梭。草原乾枯了，森林起火了，莊稼燒燬了，湖泊變成了沙漠！地上的人們不是凍死就是熱死，天昏地暗，人世間充斥了無數的怨氣。赫莉眼睜睜看着慘劇的發生，知道是這一切都是自己的錯，她無奈的嘆着氣，狠心放出一隻毒蠍，咬住了法厄同的腳踝，衆神這才欲趁機阻止他，但是一切都爲時太晚了，燃燒着的法厄同和太陽車一起從天空墜落到廣闊的埃利達努斯河裏。水泉女神娜伊含淚將他埋葬。而赫莉絕望的痛哭了四個月，最後變成了一棵白楊樹，她的眼淚變成了晶瑩的琥珀。宙斯爲了警示人類自負的弱點，以那隻立了大功的蠍子命名了一個星座，叫天蠍座。