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(shuō)：獅子的勇敢 　

尼密阿是巨人堤豐和蛇妖厄格德的兒子。當(dāng)人與妖相愛(ài)的時(shí)候，尼密阿就從月亮上掉了下來(lái)，是上天賜給這對(duì)夫

婦一個(gè)漂亮的寶貝，家人都叫他阿尼。

阿尼實(shí)際上是個(gè)半人半妖的怪物。白天他是一頭兇猛的獅子，全身的皮毛閃著太陽(yáng)的顏色；到了晚上，他才變成

人形，是一個(gè)金發(fā)藍(lán)眼的少年。

阿尼的妹妹許德拉是一個(gè)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?lèi)?ài)著許，他們雖然有同樣的父母，但阿尼是從天上掉下來(lái)的，而許是母親厄格德自產(chǎn)的。許一直

認(rèn)為阿尼是天上的某顆星星，終歸是要回到天上去的，而阿尼說(shuō)，在回到天上以前愿意為許做任何事，包括死。

他們于是相愛(ài)了。

然而幸福的日子很快被厄運(yùn)撕碎。英雄赫五力按照神諭昭示，接受了國(guó)王的十項(xiàng)任務(wù)，其中兩項(xiàng)就是殺死阿尼和

許。阿尼不明白為什么神界的爭(zhēng)斗要波及到他們，宙斯犯下的錯(cuò)要他們來(lái)承擔(dān)。阿尼本不愿與赫五力為敵，但為

了保護(hù)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(méi)有人能

殺死我！你放心吧，我一定可以戰(zhàn)勝這個(gè)宙斯與凡人的兒子。”說(shuō)完，他只身前往去會(huì)赫五力。

許很愛(ài)阿尼，他不會(huì)讓阿尼去送死，她決定在阿尼之前擊退赫五力，哪怕是同歸于盡。許來(lái)到阿密瑪納泉水旁迎

戰(zhàn)赫五力。然而，盡管她可以變出九個(gè)頭形成咄咄逼人之勢(shì)，但赫五力畢竟是一個(gè)偉大的英雄，他勇敢而果斷的

殺死了蛇妖許，并把隨身帶的箭全部浸泡在劇毒蛇血里。 　

傍晚，阿尼也終于找到了赫五力，他現(xiàn)在是一頭浴血的雄獅，朝赫五力猛撲過(guò)來(lái)。赫五力拔劍與獅子戰(zhàn)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(méi)法殺死他。天色漸漸暗了下來(lái)，赫五力想到那些浸毒的箭，

于是瞄準(zhǔn)獅子射了過(guò)去。一支、兩支沒(méi)有射中，第三支箭射中了獅子的心臟。那浸著許的毒血的箭一下子射進(jìn)了

阿尼破碎的心。獅子倒在地上變成了人。赫五力驚詫的看著阿尼，而阿尼一句話(huà)也沒(méi)有說(shuō)就死去了。

后來(lái)宙斯讓阿尼回到了天上變成了星星，就是那個(gè)燦爛如太陽(yáng)的獅子座。而屬于獅子座的人類(lèi)也被賦予了勇于為

愛(ài)情而犧牲的性格。