More Myths...

Today I read another three myths. One of these was that of Venus and Adonis, where the Godess falls in love with Adonis. He was then killed in a fight against some wild dogs, although Venus had warned him to not face them. When Venus finds out she is in deep grief, and using his blood, the anemone or Wild Flower was created. The second was that of Apollo and Hyacinthus. Just like in the previous myth, his lover also died and the God, with inmense sadness, also creates a flower for him, stating one similarity. The third was that of Ceyx and Halcyone, where Ceyx was the king of the peaceful Thessaly. Halcyone was his wife, and they were a very united couple. Ceyx embarked on a journey, where he wanted to consult the oracle of Apollo, concerning his brother's death. He died during his journey, and Morpheus delivered the message to his now widowed wife in a form of a dream. The next day Halcyone, inmensely upset, jumped off a cliff, and reaching out to her loved one, was turned into a bird. The element that this threesome has in common is the fact that they all talk about two loved ones, where one sadly perishes, and some sort of transformation occurs from this event, but not to someone in particular.