astronomy myths and legends project
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- Constellations are the 88 portions of the sky that are officially recognized by the IAU. Virgo is one of the 13 zodiac constellations found in the sky.
- Hey kids! How are you guys? I'm Pat and I'm going to be telling you the story on the constellation of Virgo
- Alrighty! Once upon a time, there was a goddess of innocence and purity who went by the name of Virgo. She had beautiful white wings and was commonly seen holding a piece of wheat in her left hand.
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- A long time ago when Virgo came to be, she was associated with the Greek goddess of justice - known as Dike. Now, have any of you heard of the God of the sky, Zeus?
- Well... Dike was the daughter of Zeus and her mother was named Themis; an ancient Greek Titaness. Fun fact actually, Dike also commonly went by the name Astraea
- Astraea meant: "star maiden"
- After being born as a mortal, Dike was sent down to Earth during the Golden Age in order to rule over human justice.
- Human justice: human justice defends the right to a happy, healthy, and safe life/community.
- One day, Dike presented a speech to the entire human race about how worse was yet to come on Earth but they didn't listen, which caused her to turn her back on all of humankind.
- Shortly after turning on all humans, war began among all people and Dike eventually left Earth for good - this is when she went up into the sky where she is known today as the constellation Virgo!
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