星座英語:十二星座起源的美麗傳說之摩羯

Happiness: Capricorn (December 22-January 19):

Capricorn is the southern constellation between Sagittarius and Aquarius, outlining a goat. Capricorn is the 10th sign of the zodiac, where the sun enters on or about December 22.

Usually translated as the “the Sea Goat” or the “Goat Fish”, Capricorn is based on the story about the God Pan. God Pan had an ugly face. He took care of the goat of Zeus but feared to sing with other gods. God Pan admired the harpist fairy in heaven but dared not express his love for her.

Nobody could understand his true heart behind his ugly face. There was a lake on the end of the Milky Way. No one dared to get close to it because it was cursed. Anyone setting foot in it would become a fish. But Pan did not care about it as he knew nobody would notice him even if he was in the masses. He preferred to play the flute and hoped fairy would hear him.

On day, when the gods got together for a banquet, a monster with many heads and eyes from the black forest rushed into the hall. This monster was overwhelmingly strong so that all the gods escaped instead of fighting it. However, the harpist fairy was scared stiff and stood there. While the monster rushed at her, the timid and shy boy Pan picked up the fairy and ran away. Suddenly, Pan remembered that cursed lake and ran towards it. The monster was aware of the curse in the lake and stopped chasing them.

But unexpectedly, Pan set his feet in the lake but held up the fairy. The fairy was grateful, but half of Pan’s body had become a fish. Then, Zeus created a constellation called Capricorn to remember Pan. Therefore, Capricorn people are like Pan, who have a cautious and introverted character.

星座起源的美麗傳說：魔羯的幸福 　　

牧神潘恩長得很醜。他日日看管着宙斯的牛羊，卻不敢與衆神一起歌唱；他一直愛慕着神殿裏彈豎琴的仙子，卻不敢向她表白……這一切都只因爲他醜陋的外表。潘恩害羞而自卑，也沒有什麼法力，在天界幾乎不名一文。

沒有人瞭解他那醜陋的外表下掩藏着的熾熱的心，也沒有人願意走近他去聆聽他那動人的簫聲。在天河的盡頭有一個湖泊，是誰也不敢涉足的，因爲它的水是被詛咒過的，任何人踏進河水一步都會變成魚，永遠也變不回來。但是潘恩無所顧及，他知道即使自己在最熱鬧的地方也不會有人注意，還不如就在這湖泊邊上吹簫，或許仙子可以聽見呢！

然而有一天，正當衆神設宴歡聚的時候，黑森林裏的多頭百眼獸卻突然竄進了大廳！這隻怪獸呼天哮地，排山倒海，所有的神都無法制服它，於是紛紛逃離。正彈着豎琴的仙子被嚇壞了，她呆立在那裏，不知道如何是好。眼看怪獸衝着仙子而去，膽小而害羞的潘恩卻猛的跳了出來，他抱起仙子就跑，怪獸緊緊追趕。潘恩知道自己根本跑不過怪獸，情急之中忽然想起了天河盡頭的湖泊，於是拼命的向湖泊跑去。怪獸也知道那湖泊的厲害，它暗笑潘恩的愚蠢，往那裏跑豈不是自尋死路！

但是怪獸萬萬沒有想到，潘恩竟義無返顧的踏進了那個湖泊，他把仙子高高擎在手中，自己站在湖泊的中央。怪獸這下沒了辦法，只好放棄。等到怪獸離開以後，潘恩才小心翼翼的挪到岸邊放下仙子。仙子十分感激想把潘恩拉上來，但是潘恩的下半身已經變成了魚！宙斯以他的形象創造了魔羯座，而魔羯座的人們也像潘恩一樣，嚴謹而內斂，對於幸福有着自己獨特的理解。