Ask about foreign ancient myths and legends about the moon

Artemis, the goddess of the moon in ancient Greek mythology. She was the sister of the sun god Apollo, and she was very beautiful, and she was also a very good archer, in charge of the hunt, and was always accompanied by her beloved bow and hound. Every day she drove the silver carriage through the night sky, representing the cold, the loneliness, and the path of the dead.

She is also the patron saint of unmarried girls - she herself has never been married, and there is a sad story in this.

Poseidon had a son named Orion, who was very fond of archery, was a good hunter, and loved to run wild on the sea. The goddess of the moon was very fond of Oleon, they met, and they loved each other, often hunting together in the jungle and running wild on the sea. The goddess's brother, Apollo, hated Oleon and did not like her sister's relationship with Oleon, so he decided to get rid of him.

One day, when Oleon was running on the sea, Apollo covered Oleon with a golden light to hide him so that no one could see Oleon for what he was, and then he went to encourage his sister Moon Goddess, who was fond of archery, to use the golden object in the distance as a target. The moon goddess, of course, did not know that this was her brother's conspiracy, and shot an arrow that hit Oleon in the head. Later, she learned that she had shot her sweetheart Oleon, so she fell into despair and cried day and night.

In order to cherish her love for Oleon forever, she asked Zeus to ascend Oleon to the sky, hoping that she could be seen at any time when she ran through the sky in a silver carriage. Zeus accepted her request and turned Oleon into a constellation in the sky - Orion. The goddess swore that she would never marry, and that she would always accompany Oleon in the night sky.

Artemis, the goddess of the moon, was very fond of oak trees and always carried her oak staff with her when hunting. She was also worshipped as the goddess of oak trees. In ancient Greece, oak torches were lit when people worshipped the goddess of the moon, which later became the offering of cookies and candles, and finally evolved into a way to celebrate a child's birthday - put a candle on the cake at night, blow it out and make a wish, and the moon goddess would bless the wish to come true.

To this day, birthdays are celebrated in this way.

Chang'e ran to the moon, Wu Gang cut Gui.

There is also a Tang Ming Emperor Youyue Palace. Emperor Ming loved the moon, and its heat made him eager to visit the Moon Palace, and his attendant, Taifu, the wise man Tian Aojing (tien-o-tzê in Chinese version, is often said to be the Taoist Luo Gongyuan, or also said to be Zhang Guolao or the mage Ye Fashan), accompanied the Ming Emperor on a tour of the Moon Palace under the laurel tree. He said to Emperor Ming:

Your Majesty, this crutch will lead us to the moon, please Your Majesty do not open your eyes, I will throw the crutch into the sky. After arriving at the Moon Palace, the seer once ivory steps, the steps were bright, and they saw the owner of the Moon Palace, Chang'e, her husband Hou Yi was a guardian of the Heavenly Palace, he was famous for shooting down the nine suns in the sky, and was rewarded with the elixir of immortality, but it was his wife Chang'e who took the elixir, so she was immortalized and flew to the moon. Chang'e, who is always beautiful, pointed to the next hill, where the jade rabbit was pounding medicine, which was an elixir that could cure all diseases, and as for the cinnamon cane, it was erected on the moss-covered ground of the Moon Palace, and legend has it that it began to grow branches, leaves, and flowering ......