My Favorite Myth

     Today I introduced my favorite myth. That is the story of Lyra.

     "Lyra" is called "Koto-Za" in Japanese. That means a Japanese harp. The model is Orpheus. 

     Orpheus was the daughter of Calliope, the goddess of art, and was very good at playing the harp. Eventually, Orpheus married the beautiful nymph Eurydice and spent happy days. However, one day, Eurydice was bitten by a poisonous snake in the field and died.

     He was so sad that he went to the underworld to ask if she could be brought back to life. Pluto, the king of the underworld, did not tolerate him, but Queen Persephone was impressed by the sound of Orpheus's harp melody and decided to take Eurydice back to the ground.

     But she promised him never to see Eurydice's face until he returned to the ground.

     Orpheus was very pleased and took Eurydice to the ground. But when the light on the ground came into view, Orpheus involuntarily turned to Eurydice because he thought he could be back soon. Eurydice disappeared and Orpheus stopped playing the harp because of sadness. After that, Orpheus died. The goddess who pitied Orpheus's death raised the harp into the night sky, and it became Lyra.

     This story is very sad, but there are many stories like this in the myths of the constellations.